The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-18
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born Observation-Disclosures some of the
most illuStriouS citizens of our repub-
lie. Even the president ot the United
States has only one ancestor who WAS
| born in America, and the list is long
and notable of statesmen. captains of
industry. leaders of finance. investors.
makers of literature and progress,
who have strains OF blood not more
than one generation on this side of the
| sea-
AN examination of the statistics of
American immigration shows that since
the foundation of our government
Great Britain has contributed S.1Ob,Nh
of her people and Germany more than
GNMNM Ireland with more than l..
MltNU the rest of Great Britain with
Il little less than !.MO.AN and Scandi-
navia. with something less than 2NN.-
900. have. together with Germany con
/ ,rihulcd more than half of the total i'm
| migration Ia our shores since the be-
ginning Of the Revolutionary war.
when we take the German immigra-
ton "f the United States between 1916
and 1870 and compare il with that from
other countries. Il somewhat startling
result. and one usually unsupported. is
disclosed. The total arrivals Of aliens
in those ia years aggregated l:.i!'>.
'sD of whom more than 6.NN.thn were
British and Irish. and 1.l..J.,Hn Mere
Germans. which shows that one alien
out of every three arriving in America
during more than n century Of Our rN-
| i>tenrr WAS II German. Only Great
Britain shows "A greater proportion.
'Since 1880 the trend has been VERY
different. With more than 1000 tsn
immigrant arrivals since HAT date. only
l.U.3.taN have been Germans If from
his number Il proper hraHrtion is
made for those who returned to their
homeland and those who have died
since their arrival il will he seen thai
there are fewer than II million former
subjects of The kaiser in this country
who have not been here more than rs
years. OF more than >.nN,Nn people
OF German birth and immediate anc.S-
Try among lis less than Il million fail
10 have "A background of birth ar Ion.
residence in America behind them.
ireland Sends Many.
1T is interesting To note the other
nleign elementS that have entered i'll
/" the makeup Of American population
since 1916. Whal ii wealth of blood
thar wonderful little island. Ireland.
has given us. More Irish have crossed
The seas /" become part of lis than
have remained behind. II is remark
able shat so small an i>and--Sinaller
| indeed. than the state of Maine--cOuld
IN a century and half send lis enough
people 10 duplicate the present DOM
! latiun of eleven of our states havin.
an aggregate area as large a> The Uni
ted Kingdom. France. Germany and
AuS1ria-Hunyary together
Austria stands mex, on the LIST of
cont ritutnrS. Italy has sent Us enough
at her people TO duplicate the pnpula.
Ii"n nf Montana. Wyoming. Idaho. Orp-
g"n. Nevada, Utah. Colorado. Arizona
and New Mexico. while Englan,,'S and
Scotland> contribution. 3.SSa. uN in all
n total of S.:'S9.nN. or plenty to uopu.
late all the states lying west Of Texas
and tn" l'nkn,a> The Russians who
have come I" our >hnres number 3.4l9,-
sN"
In considering the part that New
York city has piaye.. in aiding tn as.
>imila'" this vast influx. il is pointed!
OUT that three persons ont of every
fnur here were born und.r foreign,
flags or are the children of the foreign
born. Commenting on how iii. one
fourth Of the ri!y'S population. that is
of native ancestry. has AmeriraniZpd
III" threrf"urthS that is foreign in
birth or parentage. the society SAYS:
I'll. who studies ~ first hand the
processes Of AmericuniZation and citi-
zen building finds work being done
which would stir the heart of the most
International observer. II. realizes that
all If what is called New Ynrk's poll
. Ties, stories of graft and the like. are
, hut the fro'h and foam which tieck the
waves Of the city'S life. while beneath
runs a deep current of progress and
public spirit which takes form N care.
fully conceived and sp!endi!ly execut.
! ed health laws. in Il schoo! system thar