Show THE RUSH OF IMMIGRANTS Th The great rush of Immigrants from to the United States continues unabated The Tho state of Now New Tork York keeps k CPS a record of alien arrivals at the port of New York and the figures for forthe forthe the thelast last quarter of 1905 have just been q issued by the bureau burea at Albany They eho Bho v that the total for forthe the last quarter of 1904 1994 was Avas beaten in 1905 by From October 1 to December 31 11 1905 immigrants entered the United States through New York Tork The greatest increase was in the number of Italians There were immigrants over 14 years of age and more than one fourth of them could not write or read in their own language or any j other The report says this fact Is not altogether reassuring and the general lal public will agree with it There Thre could be no stronger emphasis of the desirability of an educational test for intending citizens It Is not possible to believe that persons who have haI not had ambition enough to learn arn to read and write in their own language will learn to read and write in a tongue unknown to them Now a man may ma be a good citizen without being able to read or oi write but hut the odds are decidedly against that I result How is it possible for one one who does 1005 not understand the language i ito to become b ome familiar with the laws the customs C the form of government of I the country They cannot become de do drable citizens in the most ordinary acceptation of the expression Yet Yeta a they will in time be naturalized they will ill vote and they may in close elec elections elections select our public officials Our immigration laws need strength strengthening strengthening ening badly America is big enough and great enough to accommodate a n good many thousands even millions more than are comprised in its population population population lation at present but in justice to Americans who have made mado the coun country country country try what it is i the most rigid care should be exercised in the admission of ot immigrants Wo We need strong men and women l from other lands but we emphatically do not need the ings the Ule riffraff the vermin of Europe |