INFLUENCE OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 1 
stated country to the total immigration for which the country of 
origin is known. In these charts a horizontal movement indicates 
that whatever the change in actual numbers, the immigration from 
the given country has not changed in proportion to the total. If 
the curve shows a drop, it means either that immigration from the 
CHART 34 
| RATIO OF IMMIGRATION FROM STATED 
COUNTRY TO TOTAL IMMIGRATION® 
1870-1914 | 
THE "OLD" SOURCES i 
SCALES OF 
PERCENTAGE 
CHANGE 
200 
160 
120 
80 
" 
“0 | 
20 le 
0 2 
C 0 
fs 
Increase 40 
50 
60 
Years Ending June 30 
sNumerical data in Tables 4 and 45. 
For a more complete discussion of the method of constructing the above chart, see 
footnote (b) to Chart 27, in Chapter VII. 
stated country has fallen off more sharply or has not risen as rapidly 
as that from other countries. 
Chart 34 contains curves for the leading “old” sources of im- 
migration. It will be noted that although drawn to the same 
scale, these curves have been vertically shifted for convenience in 
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