For example, the percentage of New York
State has steadily decreased from forty-two per cent. in 1892 to thirty
per cent. in 1905. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio have gained
proportionately.
[Sidenote: Diagrams to be Studied]
A series of diagrams which show the distribution of the foreign-born
living in the United States in 1900, was prepared by Mr. F. W. Hewes,
for the _World's Work_, and published in October, 1903. By the courtesy
of Doubleday, Page and Company, publishers, they are reproduced. Each
dot in them represents a thousand persons. They show at a glance where
the immigrants were in 1900, and the totals by race or nationality. By
adding to these totals the remarkable figures of the last five years,
one can appreciate the great increase in the Italian and Slavic totals,
and an idea of the present situation may be obtained, for as to locality
the percentages have not materially changed.
[Sidenote: Protective Societies]
[Illustration: Born in Sweden, Norway, Denmark--Resident in the United
States 1900
Reproduced by special permission from "The World's Work" Copyright,
1903.]
[Illustration: Born in Canada, England, Scotland, Wales--Resident in the
United States 1900
Reproduced by special permission from "The World's Work.
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