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the process Europe itself is being transformed. The reaction of this process 

 as a whole, and of the United States as its dominant factor, upon Europe is 

 one of the most important and at the same time elusive elements in the his- 

 tory. With the increase in amount and complexity of European immigration 

 into the United States this country must become more representative of the 

 parent stocks. As Mr. Bryce said years ago, "Europe now stretches to the 

 Mississippi River," so it may soon be said "Europe now stretches to the Pa- 

 cific." Certainly there is much evidence that the two regions are growing 

 more and more alike each year, and hence the importance of the movement of 

 immigration in the economic development of this country. 



There is no convincing reason for holding that the rapid influx of immi- 

 grants has materially checked the increase of the native population, or that 

 the instinctive economic tendencies of the foreign-born population differ 

 fundamentally or permanently from those of the natives. How far general 

 conclusions like these to which Dr. Willcox's studies have slowly brought him 

 will serve as unifying threads in that particular work it is hard to say, but 

 they seem clear and important enough to deserve mention in his report of 

 progress. They have been argued in a preliminary way in his two papers — 

 "The expansion of Europe" and "The distribution of immigrants." 



The persons now engaged in this division are : 



Mrs. Mary Roberts Coolidge : "History of Chinese immigration to the United States." 

 Copy is in hand and negotiations for its private publication are being made. 



H. P. Fairchild: Work on Greek immigration. 



Prof. A. B. Faust : "Germans in the United States," a copy of the final report being in 

 hand. The original has received the first prize of $3,000 in a competition and will 

 soon be printed by the University of Chicago. 



Dr. E. A. Goldenweiser : "Doctor's thesis on Russian immigration to the United States." 

 Copy now in hand, but not yet published. 



Mrs. L. S. Houghton: "The economic status of Syrians in the United States." Manu- 

 script in hand. 



H. M. Lewis : "Summary of the decisions affecting Chinese immigration to the United 

 States." Manuscript in hand. 



It will thus be seen that Dr. Willcox has a large amount of material all 

 ready for printing, either by private enterprise or as a part of his final report 

 on Population and Immigration. 



Division 2. — Agriculture and Forestry. 



The experts in this Department are hard at work, and President Kenyon L,. 

 Butterfield, in charge, feels more encouraged about the outlook than at any 

 time since it began. It is a large field that he has undertaken, but the quan- 

 tity of work being done, as shown by his report, is very satisfactory. 



Prof. B. H. Hibbard, who is at work on the Federal and State land policies 

 as influential in economic development, reports that studies have been made 

 of North and South Dakota, by John L. Coulter, of the University of Wis- 

 consin; Colorado, by L. F. Smith, a student in the University of Colorado; 

 Oregon, by F. G. Young; Iowa, by Professor Hibbard himself. 



