Show U U so OPENS GATE CATE TO 34 immigration figures show the growth of population in last century BRITISH ARE IN MAJORITY ci germany ermany furnished the second largest number seeking homes in the new world with italy third war causes decrease washington thirty four million have entered the lie untied led states in the ho p past ast century in I 1 alic lie same time the population of the country tins has increased OT until the world mar nr the effect ot of immigration I 1 on oil tile the population indrea e was very marked amounting to mole than fifty per cent in tho decade ending in 1910 1010 it exceeded forty per cent in the ten years ended with the th present year and immigration bureau officials ale aie of the opinion that had the alie war not dot intervened the percentage for foi this decade would haye have been greater than that of tile last froni from 1520 as 0 to 1830 the lie number of 0 immigrants arriving arri jing in the united states mas aias less than one per cent of the increase in population the lie figures being immigrants and population increase in the next jen ten years this one per cent had bad grown grobin to twelve the census of 1840 showing a population of with avith an all increase of while during the same period immigrants entered the lie country in the lie aie vt decade ended in 1830 tile population increased N while immigration totaled or slightly more than sixteen per cent jumps to 25 per cent in tile die ten years ended in 1830 the population increase was as while immigrants entering the country numbered or more than 25 per cent of i the population increase inci easo ease the next decade saw the lie population Iner eara and immigration totaled or slightly more than 23 28 per cent the percentage decreased during the ten bears ended with icso owing to rm unusually large increase 11 in population this thin increase was chile the total of immigration was or about 19 per cent in the tle decade ended in the population increased 1331 while immigrants entered the country making the percentage about 42 pet per cent in the succeeding decade ended in WO 1900 there was a sharp decrease in I 1 immigration with the result that persons como coming into the country depre dented only about 23 per cent of tb ohp population tiou increase tills this was while the number of immigrant arriving was while the population increase remained nt at about the same ratio luring during the decade ended in 1910 there N was as pt i very decided increate in the number of 0 Illi immigrants migrants the former being and the latter war causes decrease the estimated increase for the ton ten years ended this acar is while the total number of immigrants luring during this period nas as the percentage ratio thus was only about 43 per cent tills this being due to the falling oft off in immigration luring during tile the four years of the lie war of the immigrants agn n cering the country in the last years nearly one fourth of them of 0 1075 came ame from england lieland scotland and wales germany german furnished the second largest number 39 and italy the third largest austria hungary was next ilet with while russia was fifth with the Sc scandinavian andina alan countries denmark norway and sweden sieden have sent of their citizens to the united states the total of immigration f from rom france in the years lias has been the Jar largest get number from that country 2 coming here in 1851 switzerland erland has sent ent persons and the netherlands british N north ann america ira including Ca canada canaida has sent and ibi mexico Pela He lalum lurn and rumania have sent the smallest number of any of the european countries tile the total for tile former being and TT the latter 76 |