Arizona silver belt., 1891-05-02
Foreign Immigration.
tThe Philadelphia Telegraph. j

tioa- ard Naturalization has just come from the Government Printing Office, and fills three la 'ge volumes. IL con tains great dea of exceedingly inter- esting matter, al |, as was to be ex- pected, many md diverse opinions about tho evils 0 unrestricted imrnigra- ton and how tht mlty best be abated.
 If Is interesting to note that of the many witnesses vho showed very de- cided interest in the work of the Com mittpo, and who rendered. it service,
 were foroighnerL or American citizens of foreign birth One of those whose testimony is pre- sented at lon3th, and who suggested ai educational qualifica- ton is q remedy against undesirable immigration, was i'aul Wolf, the Wash ington correspondent of the New York Staats HeitHnR, who is of German birth,
 though t natural2ed ed and loyal Amer icap. Both in Germany and in the country of his adoption Mr. Wolf en- joys n high repab ton es a scholar and publiciet, who has devoted much attan- ton to the subject which the Gon8init- tee was appointed to investigate What is known of the general claracter Of the immigration 10 this country from all parts of Europe confirms, in almost every particular, Mir. Wolfe views, aid suggests that tue educational tast pso- posed by him should be, fl not ny itself,
 with supplementary ones, implied to every batch of immigrants landing in our Posis cl foreign entry. Eg=re one who has given the leasi thought to the matter knows that the best, the most desirable, immigrants that come here come from Great Britain, Germany,
 France, the Scandinavian countries and Switzerland; and that the worst and
 most undesirable onca come from Italy, Austria. HungaTy, Raszia, and Poland. To all ilts-o Mfr Wolf applies his sug- gested educational test. Beginning with the Prussian army recruits thl i!liier4te are six tcntAs of one per cent i, or ahout one in teo hGndred; while  these of Bulgaria are eishtg-fre per cent. These ap7cag, the foregoing as well as those that follow, are exclusive 2f children Tn Saxony the iliiterata class Is but two-teuths of ] per ceuf ; in Wariemburg, the same; in Baza-ia, loaftenlAs of per cent and this per. ccntsse o5taius generally throughout the German States. In Denmark, Swe- ,.gh. Howay, whence come many of OUT most welcome ilall.- -s,'nta, the per centage of illteracy Is less than ! pa cent. of the army recruits. In Swift
 lcrlaul 1t is 5-10 per cent. of th, population above 10 years of ago. T. England and Wales the percentage oI
 Q. the illi'er6te is 2 in Ireland 2l, but
 Mfr. Wolf said tbat this high pere5ntag,
 did Bot fairly represent Irish inmi grafton; aa q rule, inc better class O. Irish peasanis and farmers came here, they only hoving She molns to do l.
 In Fra go there are Il per cent of the population ilitorate, but those whc can neither read nor write sro chiefly
 the peasants who never emmigrate
 Thoaa who come here, said Mir. Wolf are mechanics, artist, cooks, dress.
 makers, walters and the like, all O
 whom can read and write. In Belgium there is q percentage of I5 illitcrate in Hungary 48. h Nothern Italy, whence come few immigrants, the per
 centage is 40; in Southern Italy, iron
 which the great nlnaaes come to th, United States, tho percentage IS 79 In Russia it is 80 per cent. and iron
 that country they are coming in hordes