The 1920's Era» Population

Alien Register

Flapper — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:02:03 +0000

A PLAN FOR AN ALIEN WHO’S WHO THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE of the Secretary of Labor’s annual report to the President, several American newspaper editors agree, is the recommendation that the 7,000,000 aliens in the United States be registered, not only to prevent the entry of undesirables from abroad, but also for the protection of the hon... continued

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The Preservation of Alaska’s Resources – Part 3

Flapper — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 03:04:31 +0000

According to the census of 1920 the population of Alaska was 55,036, representing an apparent decrease of 9,320 since 1910. “However,” we are told in a Department of the Interior booklet of “General Information Regarding the Territory of Alaska,” “this census was taken in the depth of winter, when only permanent reside... continued

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Immigration Policies

Flapper — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:58:21 +0000

The present immigration policy of the United States not only regulates the quantity of the immigrant population but is selective as to quality. Designed to favor certain groups of nationalities, it encourages the Nordic racial types of northwestern Europe and restricts the Mediterranean and Alpine types of southern and southeastern Europe.

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Population Distribution

Flapper — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:50:06 +0000

The most significant movements of peoples relate to their concentration in centers of high density where the question is arising whether the larger cities are becoming too crowded to be comfortable and economical.

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Optimum Population

Flapper — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:46:06 +0000

The future is likely to bring continuing discussion of the optimum population, which is turn may effect the validity of present predictions. The forces which determine the size of our population may be expected to vary from time to time, so that in the future numbers may fall and later rise again, but within the near future the prospect is for further decline in rates of increase

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Rate of Population Growth

Flapper — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:41:15 +0000

The rate of population growth in the United States has long been declining but this fact has perhaps been obscured because of the size of the net increase decade by decade.

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