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old country" is given as birthplace. Altho in some cases it is 

 clear to what country this phrase refers — as, for example, the 

 Belgians who are born in the "old country'' are without doubt 

 born in Belgium — in many cases it is not clear, as, for instance, 

 in the case of the Jews, where the phrase has a bit of pathos in 

 it. Almost every country and province in Europe is represented 

 in birthplaces of these cases. 



Of the cases bora in the United States where information is 

 given as to specific place of birth, 38 states and the District of 

 Columbia are represented. Of the total number, only 2 are given 

 as being born in territory now included in the city of Gary, 20 

 are born in the nearby towns in the county, 88 are born in Chicago, 

 and 57 in Indiana. Of the adjoining states, Illinois (with the 

 exception of Chicago) furnished 48, Kentucky 45, Ohio 41, and 

 Michigan 22. Higher than these, however, ranks Pennsylvania, 

 with 91. 



An examination of these cases according to geographical 

 divisions as used in the United States census shows that the 

 greatest number of cases born in the United States come from 

 the eastern north central states, the region closest geographically 

 to Gary; the second greatest number in the middle Atlantic 

 states. This second group has followed two influences: the 

 general westward movement of population in the United States, 

 and the movement to Gary of industrial populations from the 

 older industrial states, especially the iron and steel making 

 states. 



Of the Colored, the great majority have come from thg old 

 slave states and those southern states showing large colored 

 populations. These cases have followed the gene±al northward 

 movement of the colored population of the country. 



Without doubt much of the petty crim? in Gary is due to the 

 confusion caused by lack of uniformity of moral standards and 

 ignorance of legal regulations among the various racial and 

 national groups making up its population Even that part of 

 the population born in the United States is recruited from many 

 communities in many parts of the country, each differing some- 

 what from the other in morals, customs, and laws. The only 

 unifying element in the American born population is the fact 

 that much of it has been accustomed to an industrial community 

 such as Gary is. 



But if confusion results among the native born population 

 because of the various parts of the country from which it has been 



