Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-12


 The Scandinavian countreis, Dem mark, Norway and Sweden, have sent 2,134,414 of their citizens to the United States.
 The total of immigration from France in the 100 years has been 523 ,806, the largest number from that country, 20,126, coming here in 1851. Switzerland has sent 256,707 persons to the United States and the Nether- lands 214,50s. British North Amer ;ca, including Canada, has sent S34,- 45O and Mexico 217,256.
 Belgium and Rumania have sent the smallest number of any of the European countries, the total for the former being 76,587 and for the lat ter 76,222. It was not until 1894 that the nationals of these two coun- tries as well as those of Portugal, Greece and Turkey began coming across the Atlantic in any apperci- able numbers.
 The total forPortugal is given by the Immigration Bureau as 159,702; for Greece 352,883 and for Turkey
 
 311, ,404.
 Chinese immigrants have number ed 1898, beginning in 1853 with AZ and virtually ending in 1883 with s. o31. The peak was in 1882 when 39,- 579 Chinese arrived. Chinese exclus- ion laws became effective about that <ime.
 Immigration from Japan was first taken note of in 1892 and reached its 1919, 1O,064 Japanese entered the 1919, 1O,064 Japanese enterde the United States, while the total for the 27 years was 229,030.
 From countries not specified, in- cluding parts of Poland, Serbia and many others have come total of 2,1O0,O00.
 At the outset England, Ireland Scotland and Wales furnished the bulk of the immigrants, the largest total from the British Isles, 272,7 coming over in 1851. By that time there also was large flow of immi- grants from Germany, the total ir 1853 being 215,O09, or the largest ir any one year except 1882 when the high mark of 25O,630 was reached. Immigration from the British Isles began to decrease in 1851 fluc trating between 32,O00 and 16O,OOO In the 12 years preceding the worlt war the number of immigrants iron those isles averaged about 80,00' annually.
 Tide From Germany.
 The tide from Germany began t. 1 turn in 1887 and since that time tn number of immigrants arriving her has steadily decreased reaching tn low mark of 35,734 in the year be fore the world war.
 1 At about the same time that i'm migration from the British Isles an Germany began to decrease tha from Italy, Austria Hungary am Russia advanced rapidly. It was no until 1891 that the number of immi grants from Italy passed the 5000 mark. It averaged slightly bette than that total for thesucceeding te1 years and then increased almost ev cry year, attaining a record of 285, 731 in 1907. The year before tn world war it was 283,734.
 Immigration from Austria Hun gary exceeded 5O,000 in 1901 went t 100 GOO in 1902, reached the hig mark of 33S,452 in 1907 and was 278. 152 the year before the war. Russi did not pass the 50,000 mark unti 1899 and it was not until 1902 tha immigration from that country ex ceeded 100000, The high mark, 291, O4O was made in 1913.
 The peak of the movement fror the Scandinavian countries wa reached in 1882 with 105,326. gradually decreased thereafter untl it was only 26,851, in 1895. The tota the year before the war was 29,391
 In only six years of the 100 ha the total of immigrants entering tn country exceeded 100000. Twent thousand more than that number en tered in 1905, in 1906 the total wa 100000 and in 1907 it reachd tn record of 1,285,349. The million mark was not reached again unti 1910, the total for that year bein 1,041 1,570.
 Two years again elapsed befor the million mark was recahed, tn Sotal for 1913 being 1,197,S92. In tn l year that the world, war began 1,