Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-24

immigration has re-
NAMED almost constant in the
asst 20 years, and while the
Canadian has decreased, that
rom Mexico has more than dou-
1led in the last 10 years, due
doubtless to the continued period
)f unrest in the government of
1ur southern neighbOr.
Only One Deduction
There can be only one deduc-
lion drawn from the figures pre-
sented here-a marked change in
The American type in the coming
Students of ethnol-
ogy may be able to say that If
the swarthy southern races con-
linue TO reach America in the
same proportionate increase as
they have in the last generation,
in the next half century at least
their racial characteristics will!
1t also may be safely
deduced from these figures that
that if the incoming races, with
their high birth rates, continue to
thrive as they do in America,
they will soon supersede the orig
inal American stock based on the
Celtic, Germanic and
scandinavian peoples.
An excellent idea of how the
newer type of immigration re-
mains in the larger manufactur-
ing centers may be had from the
following figures showing the
Of Russians: Ba.ti-
more, 23,202; Boston, 3S,02t,
Chicago, 102,095; Cleveland, 21,-
500; Detroit, 27,278; New York,
479,797; Newark, 19,96S; Phila-
delphia, 95,744. Divided in an
other way this Russian immigra-
ton reveals itself as seeking the
manufacturing centers, in that
New England holds 147371 as
against 7,408 in the east south
central section, while the middle
Atlantic states harbor 763,S91 as
against 26,690 in the mountain
states.
1t is impossible to make a di-
rect comparison of the number
of Russians in tha larger cities,
with the previous census figures,
because III the enumerations of
1900 and 1910 the Poles were
distributed under Austria, Ger
many and Russia respectively,
while in 1920 they are classified
by themselves. Also because in
the 1890 census the Firms were
included in the Russian figures,
but since then have classifiea-
ton of their own.
Large Return Movement
OF course the figures analyzed
here are those supposedly OF
January 1, 1920. Since that time
there has been a large return
movement of foreign born to
their native lands. This trek
eastward, has not been of the
peoples of eastern and south
eastern Europe, but has been con-
fined almost exclusively to those
who came from northwestern Eu-
rope, including the British isles.
The chaos in Russia has damp
ened any desire on the part of
the Russians domiciled here to
return except in a few scatter
ing instances. 1t is true that
many Italians who wished to &C
home have refrained from doing
so for fear of being classified as
deserters in not responding to
Italy's call to the colors in the
great war.
BY far the largest number OF
eastward bound foreign born
have been Germans or German
Americans, Scandinavians and
British marooned in America by
the war and eager to be reunited
with their families. These facts
are easily discernible by even d
cursory examination of the out.
going passenger lists OF trans
Atlantic liners.
There might seem to be q ray
I of hope for the survival of the
old American type in the fact that
the total foreign white stock III
the 10 years census period has
increased only from 32,243, 3S2
to 36,39S,95S. while the tota'
white population (native and
foreign) has increased from ST..
731, ,957, to 94,S20,915. Whereas
in 1910 native white of native
Iparentage constituted only CO.'S
per cent of the total white pop.
lulation, In 1920 native white ot
white parentage constituted G2.G
per cent of the total population
But when we analyze the &c.
1S9S,95S foreign borns Of 1926
we find that the northwestern
Europe types-the English, Celt,
ic, Germanic and Scandinavian
constitute only 58.5 per cent as
against more than 66 per cent il
1910. Thus the percentage of the
others, made up in large part Of
the Slavs, Russians, etc., have
proportionately increased from
less than 33 per cent in 1910 tc
41.5 per cent of all the foreign
borns in the country of today
As previously explained, the out.
going foreign borns are of the
northwestern Europe type rather
than the southeastern type. sc
at this moment this ratio of the
| southeastern type remaining ii
America must be even greater
than revealed by the cold figure;
as of January I, 1920.
Dark Eye and Black Hair
What will the American ot
1860 look like? If the census
and immigration figures NEAR
anything the long spare, lear
Yankee type, the rangy southern
and western type and the large
boned and northwestern kind o.
a man will be replaced by a shor-
heavy-set individual. IL the hu
man flood from eastern ant
southeastern Europe continues
unabated for two or three decade!
the blond in America will be {
rarity. Blue eyes will be unusual
red hair extraordinary. Instead
the olive complexion, the dart
eye and black hair will be thu
prevailing characteristics of thu
people of the United States. b,
mere weight of numbers thest
dark types will absorb the pres
ent typical American. Those WHIT
look forward to the future ar,
wondering what effect this
change in the personnel o
American citizenship will NEAR
to the nation at large.
| Max Nordau in one of his LITTLE
known and seldom read essays
written more than half q cen
fury ago, foretold this very rusi
from dissatisfied, crowded Eu
rope to the land of promise Il