Speech #590091375

Idaho. and Wyoming in one year. At the ratio of increase. it would only require four generations for our country to reach the limit of the density of population. and by that time we would have eight or nine hundred millions of people. or a territory as densely populatedas the Empire of China. I present a table showing the annual immigration to the United States from 1820 to 1905. inclusive. furnished by the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration: Number of immigranta arrived ft the United States each year Tfrom 1820 to 1905. both inclusive. Year ending September 30 : 1820----------------------------------------- 8. 385 1821 ------------------------------------------------:-.127 1822 -------------------------------------------- 6.11 1823 --------------------------------------------- 6. 354 1824 -------------------------------------------- 7. 912 1825 -------------------------------------------- 10. 199 1826 -------------------------------- 10.837 1827 -------------------------- - - 18.875 1828 -------------------------------------------- 27.382 1829 ---------------------------------------- - 22. 520 1830 -------------------------------------23.322 1831 22.633 October 1. 1831. to December 31. 1832------------------- 60. 482 Year ending December 31: 1833 --------------------------------------58. 60 1834 --------------------------------------65. 365 1835 -------------------------------------------- 45.374 1836 --------------------------------------------- 76.242 1837 ---------------------------------------------- 79.340 1838 ---------------------38. 914 1839--- ------------------ 68. 069 1840 ------------------------------------------- 84. 066 1841 ------------------------------------------- 80.289 1842 -------------------------------------------- 104. 565 January 1 to September 30. 1843 ------------------------ 52.496 Year ending September 30: 1844 -------------------------------------------- 78. 615 1845 -------------------------------------------- 114. 371 1846 ----------------------------------------------154. 416 1847 ----------------------------------------- 234. 968 1848 -----------------------------------------------226.527 1849 -------------------------------------------- 297. 024 1850 -------------------------------------------- 310.004 October 1 to December 31. 1850------------------------- 59.976 Year ending December 31: 1851 -------------------------------------------- -879.466 1852 -------------------------------------------- 371.603 1853 -------------------------------------------- -868.645 1854 -----------------------------------------L__ 427. 833 1855 -------------------------------------------- 200.877 1856 ----------------------------------------------195.857 January 1 to June 30. 1857 ------------------------------112.123 Year ending June 30: 1858 -------------------------------------------- 191. 942 1859 --------------------------------------------- 129 571 1860 -------------------------------------------- 133. 143 1861 -------------------------------------------- 142. 877 1862 -------------------------------------------- 72. 183 1863 -------------------------------------------- 132. 925 1864 -------------------------------------------- 191. 114 1865 -------------------------------------------- 180. 339 1866----------------------------------------------32.577 1867 -------------------------------------------- 303.104 1868 --------------------------------------------- 282. 189 1869 ----------------------------------------------352. 768 1870 -------------------------------------------- 387. 203 1871 -------------------------------------------- 321. 350 12 ------------------------------------------- 404. 806 1873 --------------------------------------------- 459. 803 1874 --------------------------------------------- 313. 339 1875 -------------------------------------------- 227. 498 1876 --------------------------------------------- 169. 986 1877 ----------------------------------------------141. 857 1878 ------------------------------------------- 138. 469 1879 -------------------------------------------- 177. 826 1880 --------------------------------------------- 457. 257 1881 --------------------------------------------- 669. 431 1882 --------------------------------------------- 788. 992 1883 --------------------------------------------- 603 322 1884 --------------------------------------------- 518 592 1885 --------------------------------------------- 395. 346 1886 -------------------------------------------- 334. 203 1887 ------------------------------------------- 490. 109 1888 ------------------------------------------- 546. 889 1889 --------------------------------------------- 444. 427 1890 ------------------------------------------- 455. 302 1891 -------------------------------------------- 560. 319 1892 --------------------------------------------- 579. 663 1893 -------------------------------------------- 439 730 1894 - 285 631 1895 --------------- --------------------------- -258 536 19------------------------------------------------343.6 1896 -------------------------------------------- 343. 267 1897 -------------------------------------------- 230. 832 1898 -------------------------------------------- 229. 299 1899 -------------------------------------------- 311. 715 1900 --------------------------------------------- 448. 572 1901 -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 487.918 1902 ------------------------------------------- 648. 743 1903 -------------------------------------------- 857. 046 1904 --------------------------------------------- 812.870 1005 ------------------------------------ 1.026.499 An analysis of immigration statistics presents an interesting and instructive lesson when we consider the character and class of the immigrants now coming to our country and the class and character of the immigrants who came to our country up to 1890. Those who came to our country up to the last fifteen years were the class of people that were by nature possessed with instincts and aspirations kindred to our own. and with love and admiration for our institutions. They were. in the main. the same race of people to which we belonged. and came from the countries whence our fathers came. They were persons of courage. energy. and lofty purpose. and were in every respect fitted to assimilate our ideas. hopes. and conditions. and became valuable additions to our citizenship. Immigrants from England. Scotland. Ireland.