Show foreign during the fiscal year ending jaae 30 1897 there arrived iu the united states as compared with for the year previous or a falling off of in twelvemonths twelve months this decrease is attributed to the bard times that have prevailed it is the smallest number of immigrants for th twelve months of any lescal year since the close of the war with the ex of the four yeara from 1875 to 1880 the heaviest ot foreigners was from 1880 to reaching tho enormous figures of during 1882 last year and he year before those coming to on shores were principally from slavonic nations including alussia poland and austria with ital up 52 of gratice as their language and customs are entirely dissimilar lo 10 our own this class ot 11 european immigration ia moat difficult to and taken in consideration their large percentage of illiteracy make them the most undesirable the four elates Il linol etts new york and received 72 per cent ot the foreigner in 1890 and 1897 while only 11 ll per cent went south of the potomac and west of be |