Show S STATISTICS TA A I IS I IC 8 0 OF F IMMIGRATION i Immigrants Constantly Constanty Increasing in Illiteracy LAST JASim YEAR Y BA It WERE WEItE W EIE lUU I M No lug JI the HID ol urile Criminal Ii I Hint I Unites tissues i Washington Oct Oct annual re me report report Thomas Fitch l commissioner of uC port of at New York has ho been re to received Immigration at nt NeI leen ro Time The he department at tho the treasury report shows that the tho tic number ber of oC aliens alenA the time fiscal year end ended ended ended who arrived during ed Juno June 30 1901 1301 was Them were nisI also als G citizens of ot the United Slates Stute who trite arrived from abroad Promo From l a n com coin comparison parison larison of tIme the steerage Immigration for tor forthe forthe the last alt two tie yean It I Is shown that nearly learl heath 2000 of oC the Increase of oC last lat year yen I over tho tIme year Clr before was in 1 the Immigration from southern Italy alone alono The lIme number of at returning allen alien alen stands at per cent of oC the tIme total immigration In the tho ito amount of If money brought per capita there appears lon to bo bc be an on appreciable increase over oer lust last year but time the reports say The fhe conclusion Is un unavoidable avoidable that our alI Immigration Is iii con coil constantly COl stoutly Increasing In Illiteracy Not on only only only ly are we e drawing more and ali mote from fI this countries where illiteracy 1 I Is high but hUI also the tho Immigrants are showing higher percentages of ot II 1 literacy Nearly early of at our steer teer Ige ige immigrants now present an nn Illiteracy acy mucy of from forty tort to over oer tifty Ily per ver percent percent verent cent ent Of Ot the tie steerage aliens olens who arrived ar aI arrived rived during the year the following am ate given for tor time the principal countries Southern Souther Italian males 2496 Polish males 1210 females Hebrew males 1959 females 1738 1 males 12 1442 2 females 1930 males females Northern N Italian males male emOtes 1200 I males fe Ceo niches The fhe total number of ot deportations for tor he hi tar Ial a n decided decrease ns as af com comum compared pared ared with last year car follow lag ing ate ale the given causes es lu charges 33 4 contract labor laborers laborera ers era Insano In ano persons 13 32 convicts 6 C one year ear eases Of m tIme the total of oC Immigrants were alien Ilen residents to this coun country country try tt As a n means menns of ot protection against the tIme coming of convicts fugitives from jus justice ice tice or ur says the report the of or our abroad would either chImer be futIle rute or unnecessary These Inspectors would naturally be le dependent nt on aim local authorities for In imm foi fonna matlon of oC this kind If I no rio efforts made iad to secure such Information their c Ie ns as to the thu nonexistence of bud bad antecedents would woul be he worthless If I they were ivere to tn assume the tho right to tu ex cx exact exact act evidence pI uce of oC an unobjectionable po pa police palice lice recel d train from him why wh ishu not It I Is IsI asked I make malee It Il nt at t once a a requisite for tor admission to 10 the country or make the absence of ot such Buch a record upon Ullon arrival fade evidence of criminality Hut But even cIen the above procedure would not offer a complete solution of ot the dUn dim culty cult It I Is perfectly l roper proper II to adopt any nn an measures to prevent tho the coming of Rurh people provided the lie method Is 16 not hot likely to degenerate Into n mu mere mero an nn annoyance annoyance nOnce to legItimate travel In our own case we need not establish any nn new precedent to enable eMble us lS it to accomplish acom this object object Time The precedent Is II al aI already already ready rend established In the amendment to the alien alen contract labor law which the courts have construed to apply to all al the time excluded clauses classes es There is no ran rea reason renon ranson son on why wh the same procedure should not nt be extended to cover COWl nil all al cases eases of at unde uncle undesirable aliens whether of ot tho the excluded class or riot not lot and anti without limitation of ot time proper r legal safeguards being eln pro II I abuse of ot this power he lie of at the limo head tax to 2 and an extension of oC the period of oC juris Juno jurisdiction diction over the Immigrant from two to tn live five years ears Is recommended ed |