But this check operated only for a short three years. From 177.826 arriving in 1879 the figures jumped to 669.431 in 1880. They fluctuated widely until. 1903. when the total reached S57.046. Since then there has been a momentous increase. for in 1904 the immigrants numbered 812.870. in 1905. 1.026.499. in 1906. 1.100.735. in 1907. 1.285.349. The significance of these figures is to be found in an analysis which discloses the countries from which in these later years emigration flowed westward. Of the total. in 1902. of 648.743 immigrants. AustriaHungary furnished 171.989 or 26.5 per cent. Italy 178.375 or 27.5 per cent.
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