The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-22
The Foreign Horde
One Third of Growth in POpula-
ton Due to Foreign Immigra-
tiOn to America

millions immigrants have entered the
United states in the past century. In
the same time the population of the
country has Increased 97,000,000.
Until the world war the effect of i'm
migration on the population increase
was very marked, amounting to more
than SO per cent in the decade end
ing in 1910. 1t exceeded 40 per cent
In the ten years ending with the pres
ent year and immigration bureau Of
ficials are of the opinion that had the
war not intervented the percentage
for this decade would rave been great
er than that of the last.
During the first 10 years Of the CEN
tury or from 1S20'to 1880 the number
of immigrants arriving in the United
States was less than one per cent of
the increase in population, the figures
being 14S,+8S Immigrants and 3,227,-
567 population increase.> In the next
ten years this one per cent had grown
TO IL, the census of 1910 showing a
population of 17,O69,453 with an in
crease of -4.2OS,43S wIiiie during the
same period 599, ,f25 ,immigra ntss.en-
tered the country. ~ 49,"
In the next decade ended in 1850
the population increased 6,122.423
while immigration totalled 1713251
or slightly more than 18 per cent.
In the ten years ended in 1860 the
population increase was 8,251,445
while immigrants entering the country
numbered 2,59S,214 or more than 25
per cent OF the population increase.
The next decade saw the population
increase 7,11S,O50 and immigration
totalled 2,3l4,S24 or. slightly more
than 2S per cent. The percentage de-
creased during the ten years ended
with 1880 owing to an unusually large
Increase I'm population. This increase
was 1857 4lS while the total of i'm
migration was 2,8l2,191 or about 10
per cent In the decade ended in 1890
the population increased 12,791,931
while 5,246,613 Immigrants entered
the country making the percentage
about l2 per cent. ss.
In the succeeding decade ended in
1900 there was a sharp decrease i.l
Immigration with the result that per-
sons coming into the country repre-
sented only about 20 per cent Of the
population increase. This was 13, ,046,-
SCI while the number Of immigrants
arriving was -3,S44,420.
While the population increase re-
mained at about the same ratio dur
ing the decade ending in 1910 there
was q very decided increase in the
number OF immigrants, the former be-
Ing l5,s77,6sl and the latter $685.
1856. ....
The estimated Increase for the ten
years ended this year (1920) is a.
10000 while total number Of immi-
grants during this period was 6,1O0,-
400. The percentage ratio thus was
only about As per cent, this being due
to the falling Oft in immigration dur
ing the four years OF the world war.
or the $4,000, 900 immigrants enter
ing the country in the, last 100 years.
nearly one. fourth Of them, or 8, 205,-
675 came from England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales. Germany fur
nished the second largest number, g.
495,53S and Italy = the third largest,
4,l00,740. Austria Hungary was next
behind Italy with 4,06S,44S, while
Russia was fifth with 3,311,406. The
Scandinavian countries Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden, have sent 2,l34,-
4I4 OF their citizens to the United
States.
The total of immigration from
France in the 100 years has been 52S,-
sos, the, largest number from that
country, 20,126, coming here in 1851.
Switzerland has sent 256,7O7 persons
to the United States and the Neither
lands 214,50s. British North America,
nV1n la I,n
and Mexico 2l7,256.
Belgium and Rumania have sent
the smallest number OF any Of the
European countries, the total for the
former being 1857 and for the lat
ter 1922. 1t was not until 1894 that
the nationals OF these two countries as
well as those of Portugal, Greece and
Turkey began coming across the At
lantic In any appreciabie numbers.
The total for Portugal is given by
the Immigration Bureau as l59,702;
for Greece 352,SS3 and for Turkey
81 ,404.
Chinese Immigrants have numbered
2SS,3sS, beginning in 1853 with AZ
and virtually ending in 1883 with s.
OSl. The peak was in 1882 when &c.
NAAAiSoV dIIlNcu '~iilHCSc CN-
clusion laws became effective about
that time. e.,
Immigration from Japan was first
taken note OF in 1892 and reached its
peak Of S0,226 in the year 1907. In
1919, 10,064 japanese entered the
United States, while the total for the
~ years was 229,O30.
FROM countries not specified, in
Guiding parties of Poland, Serbia and
many others have come a total of g.
100 900.
AT the outset England, Ireland,
scotland and Wales furnished the bulk
or the immigrants. the largest total
from the British Isles, 272,740 COM
ing over In 1861. BY that time there
also was Il large flow Of immigrants
from Germany, the total in 1858 being
zlo'OOS. or the largest In any one