El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
To ALIENS
IS LARGE one
Thirty-three Millions Have
Come to Our Shores
in Record Time.

Washington, D. C.. Nov. 1T.="Higl
hope for the proposed Americaniza-
ton program is held out by q study
OF the remarkable way the United
states has absorbed the amazingly
large foreign element Of It's popula-
ton" says a bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic society.
In describing the volume OF this
influx. the bulletin quotes from a
communication 10 the society. as
follows:
"Who can estimate our debt to i'm
migratiou2 Thirty-three million
people have made the long voyage
from allen shores to our own since IL
was proclaimed that all men are born
free and equal and liberty's eternal
fire was kindied first on American
soil History records no similar
movement OF population which IN
trapldity or volume can equal this. OF
the 100000 who have come more
than 100000 still live among us,
and their children and children's
children are now ia good truth bone
or our bone ond blood Of our blood.
Almost 30 Percent Foreigners.
mot long ago America crossed the
ADMINISTRATION line in the number Of
Its citizens, and IL Is interesting TO
note the composition OF that popu-
latlon- To begin with. there are
100000 colored people, including
negroes, Indians, Chinese, etc. Then
there are lf,500,000 people Of for
eign birth among US. In addition 10
these, there are 100000 children Of
foreign-born fathers and mothers and
$500 900 children OF foreign born
fathers and native mothers. or vice
versa When all OF these have been
deducted from the 100, 10000 only
5ss000,0Q0 remain OF fun white na-
tive ancestry. q
grafton 70 the United States between
lII6 and 1880 and compare 10 with
that from other countries, a some
what startling result and one un-
usually unsupported is disclosed. The
total arrival Of aliens in those IL
years aggregated 1855. 900. Of whom
more than 100000 were British and
Irish and 5,125.000 were Germans.
which shows that one allen out Of
every three arriving in America dur
ing more than century OF our eN-
istencs was a German. Only the
United Kingdom shows a greater pro-
portion.
Germnn Immigrants Decrease.
since 1880 the trend has been very
different. With more than 100000
Immigrant arrivals since that date,
only l,015,000 have been Germans
u from this number a proper deduc-
ton Is made for those who returned
70 their homeland and those who
have died since their arrival, 70 viii
be seen that there are fewer than a
million former subjects Of the kaiser
in this country who have not been
here more than tWeuty-siL years. OF
more than 100000 people OF German
birth less than 100000 fail 70 have
the background Of birth or long
residence in America behind them.
II is interesting 70 note the other
2 81 81 ala 4
ntc the makeup Of American pGpu- I
ation since 1775. More Irish people !
have crossed the seas TO become part I
Of US than have remained behind. :
Austria Hungary stands next on the r
.ist OF contributors Although Aus
-ro-Hungarie rs began 20 immlgrate I
n considerable numbers only when I
ne arrivals from western Europe had 4
begun TO fall OFF. sufficient have
come from the dual monarchy to pop
llate the state Of Texas TO It's present /
leu5iry- Italy has sent US enough Of T
ler p-nnle 70 duplicate the population 4
y Montana. Wyoming, Idaho. Oregon. ]
Nevada, Utah, Colorado. Arizona and I
New Mexico. while England's and I
scoLaud's contribution, 3,889,o0O IN
lll, together with Ireland's $500. 900 f.
gives a total Of 6,3G9, 900, or plenty to .
populate all OF the states lying west I
II Texas and the Dakotas. The Rus I
slams VINO have come TO our shores I.
number 5,419.00Q. They could re-
place one half OF the population Of 4
Sew England"