Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-24
COMPLEXION OF
pop PULATION IN
U. 6. CHANGING
Blonde in America viii Be a
Rarity if the immigration
From Certain Sections of
Europe Continues
Copyright, 1929, by
EUGENE DOANE)

race of the dozens that have
found religious freedom, personal
opportunity and asylum from
wrongs in the United States in
the last hundred and fifty years
viii dominate? How many old
world characteristics will survive
In the amalgamation of the myr-
lad peoples from foreign lands2
win the American who has made
the United States the worlds
leading nation, pass?
The answers have been sought
by congress for the last genera
ton and have not been found.
AS a result of the search we have
today the most drastic restrict
i've immigration laws ever enacted
by this nation. What the outcome
will be Of their enforcement un-
chfnged for a period of years,
cannot be foretold. But in the
figures of the 1920 census which
are coming to light bit by bit as
tables. compilations and deduc-
tions are completed and printed,
are seen some most significant
facts.
The 1920 census reveals an ex-
traordinary change in the COM
plexion of the American popula-
tion. The sturdy blond faces of
northwestern Europe which dom
mated our immigration for so
many years are declining in num-
hers. The influx of the swarthy
races from southern Europe and
eastern Europe has increased AZ
a most extraordinary rate in the
last ten years.
Figures Show Change
There are three sections OF
the census return which show
this change in striking llgufea:.
ono part is called Country OF
birth of the foreign born pop
ulation." Another is designated,
Mother tongue of the foreign
white stock" while still another
is called Country of origin OF the
foreign white stock" Figures tor
the first classification are buried
in the government printing ottlce
awaiting publication, but the pre-
liminary figures Of the two other
illuminating chapters have been
compiled and released and ten d
story Of interest to every think-
ing person and are of direct per-
,sonal interest to every adulI'
whether foreign or native born. !,
Standing out in the chapter OF
"foreign white. stock by moothef
tongue" is the amazing 1lSure
that between 1910 and 1920 the
persons entering the Unlted
States giving Russian as their
mother tongue had increasea
701.3 per cent. In the same
period those who gave 1lddlsil
and Hebrew increased 22.S per
cent. The two are closely reiat-
ed. census officials admit, be-
cause without a doubt many who
gave Russian as their mother
tongue really should have given
Yiddish or Hebrew, for the bulk
of the Russian immigration
came from the great Jewish dls-
tricts of the former czars ems
immigration Of somewhat sim
liar character is that Of the Slo-
vaks. with an increase OF l2O
ner cent. and the Ruthenians
Gdttle Russians) of 174 per cent.
That this unusual influx OF
Russians and their neighbors was
not expected by the authorities Is
shown in the following para.
graph taken from Chapter TX OF
Volume l Of the 1910 (Thlr-
% teenth) Census Report:
"How small factor the new,
immigration from southern ana
eastern Europe really is, up to
the present time, may be better
shown by comparing it with the
total white population OF the
Tinted States. Taking as 100
ner cent the total white popula-
ton in 1910 (S1,731,95D, the ma
tive white of native parentage
constitutes CO.'S per cent, and the
three linguistic groups of foreign
stock from northwestern Europe
constitute 27.1 per cent, making
a total of S7.6 per cent. The ell
ements from southern and eastern
Europe, together with the Cana
dian French, constitute, there
fore less than 13 per cent of the
total"
How this new type of inmigra-
tion survives and thrives is told
by Frederick L. Hoffman, q lead
ing authority of the Association
of American Life Insurance COM
panies. He says: "The superior
longevity of the Jews is attested
by every admissible method OF
inquiry in mortality investiga-
tions. 1t is an extraordinary
phenomenon of human survival
without a parallel in history.
Infant Mortality of Jews
/. "When the mortality of the
Jews is subjected to critical anal
ysiss an astounding contrast ts
presented in a comparison of the
death rates with those Of other
types OF mankind. The infant
mortality OF Jews is, as rule
surprisingly low even in the worst
of slum areas, while the birth
rate is generally much higher
than the rates prevailing among
non-Jews."
DR.. Hoffman explains this long
evity in part by saying that the
Jewish dietary laws are largely
responsible. DIR. N. e. Aronstam
who has written monograph on
this subject, says that the most
important of the Jewish regula-
tions are those concerning TIE
consumption of animal foods. He
says that the~ ritual slaughter OF
food animals was a forerunner oi
the present meat inspection and
that the ancient Jewish concep-
tion OF wholesome food is fast
becoming general among non
Jewish people.
Changes in the streams of inn
migration to the United States
have become more markedly per-
ceptible since 1900 than they were
in the previous SO years. From
1850 to 1890 there was an ever
increasing influx of Gesmans
while 1890 marked the termina
ton OF the increase of immigra-
ton from the British isles. Ire.
land, which long supplied the
United States with able-bodied
men and women, shows practic.
ally no increase since 1870 and
there was notable decline in the
20 years from 1890 TO 1910.
Ever since 1890 the incomins