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IMMIGRATION IN AUGUST, 1916Source: Monthly Review of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Vol. 3, No. 5 (NOVEMBER,1916), pp. 138-139Published by: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of LaborStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41823207 .

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138 MONTHLY BEVIEW OF THE BUBEATJ OF LABOB STATISTICS.

and the per cent of the maximum employed in each month at the same periods :

WAGE EARNERS AT THE CENSUS OF MANUFACTURES, 1914, CLASSIFIED BY MONTHS,

Wage earners in manufacturing industries.

Month. Number. Per cent of maximum.

1904 1909 1914 1904 1909 1014

January 5.262.472 6,210.063 7.075,682 »2.7 88.6 97.7 February 5.330.471 6.297,627 7,141.594 93.9 89.9 9«. ti March 5.450.736 6.423,517 7.242,752 96.0 91.7 100.0 April 5.493.343 6.437.633 7,217,320 96.8 91.9 99.6 May 5.512,373 6,457,279 7,148,650 97.1 «2.2 9<.7 June 5.463.804 6.517,469 7,100.368 96.2 93.0 93.0 July 5,323. 9(16 6,486.676 7,018,867 93.8 92.6 96.9 August 5.420 618 6,656,933 7,020,682 95.5 95.0 96.9 September 5.608,412 6. 89*. 765 7,086,804 98.8 98.5 97.8 October 5.676.920 6,997.090 7,006,342 100.0 99.9 90.7 November 5.5S7.02S 7.006.853 6,736,699 98.4 100.0 93.0 December 5 490.4Ó3 6,990,652 6,640,284 9Ô.7 99.8 91.7

IMMIGRATION IN AUGUST, 1916.

The number of immigrant aliens admitted into the United States during the first nine months of 191G has been in excess of the number admitted during the corresponding months of 1915. There has also been an increase from month to month during the first five months of 1916. Compared with the preceding month, June shows a de- crease of 0.8 per cent, July of 18.6 per cent, August an increase of 19.7 per cent over July, and September of 21.4 per cent over August. These facts are brought out in the statement following.

IMMIGRANT ALIENS ADMITTED INTO THE UNITED STATES IN SPECIFIED MONTII>, 1913, 1914, 1915, AND 1916.

1916

Month. 1913 1914 1913 £££« N umber. over pre- ceding month.

January 46,441 44,708 15,481 17,293 8.5 February 59,156 46,873 13,873 24,740 43.1 March... 96,958 92,621 19,263 27,586 11.5 April 136,371 119,885 24,532 30,560 10.8 May 137,202 107,796 26,069 31,021 15.1 June 176,261 71,728 22,598 30,764 ».8 July 138,244 60,377 21,504 25,035 1 18.6 August 126,180 37,706 21,949 29,975 19.7 September 136,247 29,143 24,513 36,396 21.4

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MONTHLY BEVIEW OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. 139

Classified by m ces, the number of immigrant aliens admitted into and emigrant aliens departing from the United States during August, 1915 and 1916, was as follows:

IMMIGRANT ALIENS ADMITTED AND EMIGRANT ALIENS DEPARTED FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUGUST, 1913 AND 1916.

Admitted. Departed. Race.

August, August, August, August. 1915. 1916. 1915. 1916.

African (black) 327 606 139 109 Armenian 72 202 45 39 Bohemian and Moravian 65* 25 8 2 Bulgarian, Servian, Montenegrin 301 110 86 10 Chinese 2 16 145 197 192 Croatian and Slovenian 84 39 4 Cuban 493 488 162 144 Dalmatian, Bosnian, llerzegovinian 17 8 Dutch and Flemish 56* 741 98 96 East Indian 6 13 13 2 English 2, 025 3.042 963 607 Finnish 362 452 53 47 French 1,050 1,874 289 256 German 931 912 112 53 Greek 2,180 4,767 820 599 Hebrew 1,425 1.344 32 37 Irish 1,701 1,502 218 218 Italian (north) 346 297 472 849 Italian (south) 1,316 3,964 21,636 1,732 Japanese...- 899 366 90 44 Korean 13 2 5 Lithuanian 65 38 13 2 Magyar... 88 47 35 9 Mexican 1,098 2,222 45 58 Polish 357 445 86 32 Portuguese 522 1,0*4 406 129 Roumanian 63 66 25 8 Russian 382 315 727 576 Ruthenian (Russniak) 201 197 1 Scandinavian 1,652 2.058 3S1 38i Scotch 1,069 1,176 290 95 Slovak 22 13 6 5 Spanish 505 7R5 399 201 Spanish- American 156 208 55 53 Syrian 70 105 18 12 Turkish 11 39 9 2 Welsh 71 m 16 21) West Indian (except Cuban) 78 94 55 37 Other peoples 212 13$ 78 127 Not specified 1.207 902

Total 21.949 29,975 ; 29.293 7,686

SEX OF IMMIGRANTS, 1910 TO AUGUST, 1916.

In order to ascertain whether the period of the war has had any appreciable effect lipon the sex distribution of immigrants entering thè United States or departing, the following table has been com- piled :

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