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Show I S ENGLISH PREDOMINATE PREDOlNATE PREDOl\ PREDOl \ NATE INFOREIGN INFOREIGN IN INFOREIGN FOREIGN BORN IN UTAHOf UTAH UT Of the appro approximate imate 50,000 50000 , , oreign- oreign foreign- foreign foreignbern ! foreign-born foreign born oreignbern - bern bernpeople - people -people now residing residmg in Utah Utahabout , , about 20 20000 000 , , or 40 per cent , , are Eng- Eng English English Eng English - lish This striking fact is brought to tolight tolight tolight light by Walter C Neville , . socIology socIologyInstructor sociologyinstructor sociologyinstructor Instructor at the University of Utah Utahin , in a S'P SP ' special clal study of the race composi composi- composition composition composition - - tion of Utah That this percentage of ofEnglishborn ofEnglishborn ofEngllsh-bom ofEngllsh bom English-born English born - people is " very "ery ery sery high is isborne Isborne isborne borne out in m a comparison of race raceI racecomposItion racecomposition racecomposition I composItion in Utah and in the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States where but 9 per cent of the 00- 00 im- im 00migrant immigrant im immigrant - - migrant popuhtlon popuhtion population hails from Bntain Britain Britainor Bntainor or its colonies , Canadexcepted Canadi Canad\ Canad Canada ' \ exceptcd excepted exceptedOther exceptedOther exceptcdOther Other people of foreign " ' white "lite lite 'lute lute stock stockin stockIn stockin in Utah are represented by countries countriesin in percentages as follo follows follol's follols ' s Scandm- Scandm Scandin- Scandin Scandma1'l Scandinas Scandm-avil Scandm avil - ' a\1'l a 1'l 1l as \ i ' i 26 264 4 , , Germany Gennany , , f 7 . , , Italy . , , 39 3 39Netherlands 9 , , Netherlands , , 3 , , Switzerland Sv.itzerand Svitzerand . ) 29 , , Can Can- Canada Canada Canada - ada , , 2 27 7 , , Greece , , 2 22 2 , , and all others 7 72 72per 72per 2 2per per cent In striking contrast to this thisUtah thisUtah thisUtah Utah race composition , , the United Unitedstates UnitedStates UnitedStates states lists Germany Germanj as its larg largest largestcontributor largestcontributor t tcontributor contributor to the immigrant popula popula- population population population - - tion with about 21 2 ! 4 million mimon , or 177 17 7 per percent percent Icent I | cent of the 141 14144 14 million fmeign-born fmeign born foielgn-born foielgn fmeignbornpopulation foielgnbornpopulation foielgn-bornpopulation foielgn bornpopulation - population of the country Italy , Ire- Ire Ireland Ireland Ire Ireland - land , , England , , Austria , , Hungary . , , Po- Po Poland Poland Po Poland - land , , Scandinavia . , , Russli Russh Russia and Canada Canadafollo Canadafollow Canadafollow follo\\ follo follow folloin \ \ in the older oider namedSince namedSince named namedSince Since 1890 when such census ccnsus datav datasere data dataft v . sere ft ere first compiled Utah has shown shownan shownan shownan an interesting shift from the pre- pre predominantly predominantly pre predominantly - dominantly British Bntish population mflu influx influxto influxto . " ( to an ever increasing mcreastng number of other otherEuropean otherEuropean otherEuropean European Immigrants In 1890 more morethan morethan morethan than half , , 567 56 7 per- per pel percent " - cent , , of the foreign foreignwhite foreignwhite foreignwhite white stock population of Utah ssas ssasBritish , wasBritish \ as asBrlti"h Brlti"h Brltih British " , , and 28 285 5 per cent Scandin Scandin- Scandinavian Scandinavian Scandinavian - - avian Irish , , Germans and Canadians CanadiansfOlmed Canadiansfoimed Canadiansf fOlmed foimed 01 med the small remamderMr remainderMr remainder remamder remainderMr Mr Nevilles NeVIlle s work , . very summary m in mnature innature innature nature , contains contams many interesting interestingcomparisons interestingcomparisons interestingcomparisons comparisons in m present and past con- con conditions conditions con conditions - ditions and trends as icgards egards iegards I sex com com- composItion composition composition - position , , divorce dlvorce marriage , , birth rate ratedeath ' , , death rate'ldeath rate , , intra mtra and extra-state extra state - rate'l ratel migration mi- mi migration mi migration - gration , , and other social statistics statisticsTis statisticspis statisticsTis Tis pis thesis has been the object of e- e ex- ex etensive extensive ex extensive " ( - - tensive press comment m Utah and andthe andthe I Ithe the mtermountain mtermounta.i mtermountai intermountain . country o try I |