New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
IMNTGRiTION FOR TIE fEAR.

r.rrRrerrxc FACTS AND FIGURES GIVEN IN
couMIssi ,NEE-GENERAL sTUMP's REIoRr.
,vosh,ryior Noy 1.-The annual report Of tho
rom,nisslcrcr-Gcmcral OF immigration. made public
to-day gives IN It's statistical tables some interest
ing data for politicians and stuccnts OF economic
ou,s,lo,a The total arrivals during the fiscal
wear aggregated 3i3 26,. an Increase OF S'oo over
tho preceding year OF this total Soi'S were land
cd and -, were dobarrcd and dcport,d at tho eN-
mons. ~ tho various steamship Ines by waicA they
came 10 this country. or those deported. 40 were
under contract 10 perform labor in the United
States made prior to their arrival. ond 2"5 were
returned as belonging to the classes OF alohs pro-
hibiied by tho act OF March .. 1881.
Ia addition to these dcbarrcd immigrants. there
wero returned during the same period to tho coun-
tries whence they camc c3s who had become public
ch,,ycS within one year after their arrival In tho
United States The report calls attention to tho
Fac, that no Immigrant landed In this country
within the las year IL now burden upon any pun
", ~ nrlv,te Institution. with some exceptions.
the Conrnissioncr SAYS the physical chhracteristcs
NJ the Years immisraton were those OF "A hhrdy
sourd laborng class accustomed ana apparently
well able 10 earn A livelihood wherever capable and
Industrious labor can secure employment. As to
occInations IT composed largely OF inc classes
doscratcd az skilled md unsk!lled laborers' WIN
some profes ssionals. The amount of money brough'
into the country by immigrants was at least sh'i'-
2is probably was larger! IN 'NO'"S VI '"'''
nrures since only those having less than Ss are
rcnursd 10 disclose the exact amounts thcy hh'r..
conparlson OF the figures or tho last year win
IN. nyer,c annual Immigration for tho preceding
Ton wears discloses decrease OF over Il per CENT.
ard the large number who annually return 10 th,iI
own country leads Coulrnissiorcr stump 70 noupt
seriously that there has been my material increase
I'm the foreign born population since lshh On this
lin. the Cornriisslo observes: kcgafdinB ouiy
tho large numbe. OF arrivals. the public nina PC
comes much excited ard urges restrictive icR,sia-
ton but this apprehension would be "s*cned IL no,
.nflrnlV nlnyed. Ivy n correct enumeration oi tnose
Who depart never 10 return and cf those VINO come
and 20 each year engaging In work mere durlhg inc
busv senson and returning To their own MONIES at
other times where they can i've nluch moro
chcapv In compliance with public demand meas
ures have been presented and are now pending pc
forc Congress which will materially reduce tho
ing homes In this country, and VIII tend 10 make
Tho Innux approximate In number the losses from
death and the OF aliens 10 rc-cs'absh thein-
selves I'm their native countries"
From ACCOMMODATING tables II appears that tho
education OF the IL neglected to the greatest
EXTENT I'm Italy Austria Hungary ana Russia. whi
the largest proportion OF those who can read ana
write come from Switzerland. France. Dcnmark.
Sweden and Germany. Recommendations are made
Tor the revision OF the Allen Contract law ard mo
statutes bearing upon immigration In general. with
tho, view OF mailing them more comprehensive, GER
tain and exp,.t. giving additional remedies 10 IN
sure their enforcement, and At the same uinc re-
moving many fentures which render the enforce
mcnt OF them oppressive In many cases without aid
ing The purpose for which they were enacted.