January. 1S91.] THE REsTRCrION Or I MGRTION. [By Hon. HENRYCABOT LoDGE. Representative in Congress from yasahusetts.] The immigration into the United States from 1874 to 1839. Inclusivea period of sixteen yearshas amounted to 6.418.633 persons. withoutcountingsine" 1 11 the overland immigration from Canada or Mexico. To pet it in another form. the immigration into the United States during the last sixteen years is equal to onetenth of the entire population of the country at the present time. arid ha furnished probably every four years enough voters to decide a Presidential election. if rightly distributed. During those sixteen years Immigration hae fluctuated with the business prosperity of the country. the highest point beingc reached in 1831 and 1832.720.645 persons arriving in the former year and 730.319 in the latter. while the average annual immigration has been 401.1t. If we divide these sixteen years into two periods of eight years each. one of tb!e two heaviest years coming in the first and one in the second half. we find that for the eight years from 1874 to 1881. inclusive. the average annual rate of inmigration was 307.185. and for the eight years from 1832 to 1889. Inclusive. it was 48S2.643a gain of 57.1 per cent. Statement showing the number and nation ality of immigrants arrived in the United States during each year ending December 31. from 1874 to 1889. iacduscc. i I Countrits. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. J 1881. 182. 1883. 1834. 1585. 1830. I$7. 1K11. 1s3.
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