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are, in number, practically equal, yet of the native only 664, or 2.70 per 

 cent, while of the foreign-bom 2,315, or 9.15 per cent, became parents 

 during the census year. In Detroit, there are 43,297 native inhabitants 

 with native parents and 92,305 foreign-born with foreign-born parents. 

 Of the former, 1,119, or 2.58 per cent, and of the latter, 8,984, or 9.73 per 

 cent, became parents. 



In Detroit, the absolute number of children born whose parents and 

 grandparents are all native was 256, and the number whose parents and 

 grandparents were all foreign-born was 3,826. The latter number is 

 nearly fifteen times the former. 



SOME CONCLUSIONS. 



From the statistics of births we conclude: 



1. In one thousand foreign-born in the State, the number who became 

 parents is two and one-half times the number in one thousand native. 



2. In one thousand foreign-born in the country, outside the cities, the 

 number who became parents is more than double the number in one 

 thousand native. 



3. In one thousand foreign-born in the cities, the number who became 

 parents is three times the number in one thousand native. 



4. The proportion of the native population who became parents is 

 about one-fourth less, and of the foreign-bom one-ninth more, in the 

 cities than in the country. 



5. The absolute number of children bom in the State whose parents 

 and grandparents are all foreign-bom is nearly double the number whose 

 parents and grandparents are all native. 



6. The absolute number of children bom in the cities whose parents 

 and grandparents are all foreign-born is five times the number whose 

 parents and grandparents are all native. 



7. A larger proportion both of the native population of native parent- 

 age, and of the foreign-bom of foreign parentage, become parents in 

 localities where the population is largly foreign, than in localities where 

 it is largely native. 



I do not care to make an argument, but perhaps may be permitted to 

 remind you of the strong opposition at present to foreign immigration. 

 I myself am opposed to it. I would not favor restriction, but prohibition, 

 and yet, after a study of the statistics of births shown by the census, I 

 ask myself the question, if immigration be prohibited where will increase 

 of population come from? The birth-rate among native inhabitants with 

 native parents is not largely in excess of the death-rate. 



SCHOOL STATISTICS. 



Let us now study school statistics. The school population of the State is 

 699,587, and the number who attended school in the census year, 466,314. 

 The number who attended school in the country was 68.79 per cent, and 

 in the cities, 62.74 per cent of all aged 5 to 20, school ages. Approxi- 

 mately, of the number aged 10 to 15, nine-tenths in both country and city 

 attend school, but at the ages 15 to 20, two-fifths in the country and one- 

 fourth in the cities attend school. These figures relate solely to the 



