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Show ! IMMIGRATION IS GRAVE PROBLEM t Facts and figures Prc-; Prc-; , seiited by Commis- sioner Sargent. j . "WASHINGTON. Dec. II. In present- t Ing the annual report of the Bureau of j 1 Immigration Commissioner-General . 1 argent refers to the magnitude and "C jravity Jt the problems presented by p. . OHi growth of the alien population of . ihe United States. "These problems," he declares, ' "loom o large in the prospect of our country that it may be said without giving; just tJuse to charge of exaggeration that :WftUjer questions of public economy, klatins to things rather than to human beings, shrink into comparative insignificance." insig-nificance." ' The total alien arrivals reported for '.he year of 1,026,499 represents an increase in-crease over the preceding year of 213,-k 213,-k 829, of which the continental ports of 1 . ' ' the United States report 198.940. as compared com-pared with arrivals there last year, and the Canadian ports 13,830. At1 the insular in-sular ports the-increase -was 2849, al-. al-. though the arrivals at Porto Kico were less by 94 than In 1904. There also waa a large Increase in arrivals at Southern borts, while a decrease Is shown for the Pacific ports, which Is accounted for in tome measure by the Russian-Japanese war. Qf the increased arrivals above referred re-ferred to, Austria-Hungary sent 98.53T over Its quota of 1904. Russia .39,756. Italy 28,183. and the United Kingdom 49,544. This Increase from the last mentioped country, says the Commissioner, Commis-sioner, is ' somewhat .off set by the de-rreases de-rreases from Germany, Switzerland I undr Sweden. Notwithstanding the tn- i crease from Italy, that country, says ; j the Commissioner, may be regarded as having probably reached the hjgh-wa- I ter mark. . |