Show immigration restriction the immigration restriction league which has baa for its purpose the enactment of further restrictive legislation as to immigration for the united states has baa issued its bulletins bul letina based on the latest immigration statistics corrected to feb 18 1895 A comparison is made between 1893 and thel total immigration for these years to be be 1893 1898 1894 thin indicating a de decrease fur for last year of 35 85 per cent there were debarred debarres de barred from entrance in 1893 1680 persons in 1894 2389 2889 the estimated emigration lor for the latter year is of which 66 per cent was immigrants as returning to their for mer homes abroad the percentage in both years of immigrants unable to read t their air own langu language aff a was 14 unable td write 27 in 1893 and 19 per pen tIB 1894 of the total immigration 4 43 per cent came from austria Hu hungary neary italy poland and russia in 1893 48 per cent and in 1894 49 per cent came from great britain france germany and scandinavia while the percentage of farmann far meis main laborers servants and those with no occupation was 81 in 1893 and 77 io in 1894 the league expresses surprise that considering albe recent liard hard times and the number of unemployed in this country there should be much euch a slight improvement in the quality of 0 the immigration the only change chance of importance being the decrease la in i um umbers bre it urges that this reduced volume is ie only a temporary condition and tabt it is of the utmost importance that legislation should be adopted to silt alit out the unworthy and undesirable elements when the numbers bers increase again in the near future ln in support of this claim it presents pre genta the following statistics of the immigrants sent to us in 1893 by the various countries of europe but a small proportion were skilled workmen thus among immigrants immigrant from scotland there was 1 skilled in 4 from england and wales 1 in 6 5 belgium 1 in 7 prance france 1 in 9 Gerri germany pany and norway I 1 in 10 italy 1 in 14 russia I 1 in 18 poland I 1 in 23 austria hungary 1 in 29 number of persons in each hundred immigrants who cannot read or cannot read and write their own language 1892 1891 1894 feb I 1 oct octal 1 july I 1 dec 31 sweden I 1 I 1 germany norway 2 2 scotland france 2 england 10 3 ireland 8 7 wales 6 9 average of above 5 3 austro hungary 28 25 russia rusia 20 76 26 poland 56 28 italy 66 36 86 average of above 42 28 notwithstanding the assertion ion of 46 slight improvement yet the figures indicate a marced advance over former years take for instance tho the countries of western europe which furnished nearly one halt half the grants grante from scotland there was one skilled laborer in every four persons pera ong from england and wales one in live five and from the other countries ranging up to one in ten when it to Is re remembered meria that many of those these immigrants are women and children members of families famili ei whose heads accompany them and t that but farmers and lab laborers orare are not classed as skilled workmen the showing to la not dot bad then from these countries the illiteracy la in shown to have fallen off 40 per cent that Is ie where there were give five persons in 1892 who could not read and writ ethere were only 1894 when infants infanta who have not dot reached reached school age are considered this is in by no means meana a poor exhibit even in the immigration from Austro Hungary russia poland and italy there ina la a falling failing off in the illiteracy of 83 per cent although even in this latter view of the case there way may be occasion aalon for more careful supervision of the immigration from eastern eusope aud and per hope bapa some amendments to present laws law may be necessary t aid in that respect at yd t as asto to western europe so BO far an aa the figures disclose a strict enforcement of the present statutes Is ie pretty close to being sufficient lor for every purpose except the absolute prohibition of all immigration |