The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-12
OUR IMPORTED CITIZENS
Commissioner General Powderly
~r Gives Interesting Figures. aa
ITALY LEADS IN IMMIGRATION.
or the 22D, 800 Immigrants Who Ar.
rived in tho United States During
the Last Fiscal Year 5S,8I3 Came
From King Humbert's Domain.

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rived in tho United States During
the Last Fiscal Year 5S,8I3 Came
From King Humbert's Domain.
Washington, Nov. 12.-Commissione
General T. v. Powderly, Of the immi-
grafton bureau, in his annual report
to the secretary of the treasury, gives
the total number Of immigrants who
arrived in the United States during the
last fiscal year as 229,299, a decrease,
as compared with the fiscal year 1897,
of 1888. OF the whole number 13b,775
were males and 1884 females. OF
these 10,737 came into the United States
through Canada. During the year
5000 were debarred, and of this num-
: ber there were u insane, l idiot, 2,261
paupers or persons likely to become
a public charge, 1858 diseased persons,
Q convicts, 70 assisted immigrants and
Alt contract laborers; 199 were returned
within one year after landing. OF the
i. whole number. oyer II years of age,
1,41s could not write, 43,057 could
neither read nor write, 27,6OS over 20
. years Of age had $50 or. over and se,2O3
/, had less than .$3Osy The. total amount,
of money shown by. immigrants during
the year was $3.S52.O77 but the actual
amount brought over was probably
greatly in excess of this amount.
OF the whole number of arrivals 6S,-
613 came from Italy. 27,221 from Rus
sia proper, 25,12S from Ireland, Till
HyyV
1920 from Galicia and Bukowina, in
Austria Hungary, 1888 from Sweden
and 9,S77 from England. OF the total
number OF steerage passengers arrived
during the year 64 were actors, SO ar
lists, 1853 clergymen, IL editors, 4S en-
gravers, ST lawyers, 223 musicians, 81
physicians, 1856 sculptors, 2SS teachers,
Al accountants, 1,469 bakers, 1882 bar
bers, 1852 blacksmiths, $50 brewers,
1074 butchers. 1904 carpenters and
joiners, FOG dressmakers, 2.635 mariners,
1871 masons, 1904 miners, TAI paint
ers. 972 seamstresses 1929 shoemakers,
1926 tailors, 1882 weavers, 5 bankers,
1886 cooks, 1928 farmers, 1,13s grocers,
52,53l laborers, 4.492 merchants and 23,-
G56 servants. These figures, however,
the report states, are not to be relied
upon as indicating the pursuit they
will follow in this country, for it is
reasonably certain that many Of the
new arrivals did not engage in farming,
and 1t Is equally certain that more than
1904 miners found their way to the
coal regions.
The total arrivals of male immigrants
during the present fiscal year are
slightly in excess of those for the year
next before it, and 1t is fair to assume,
the report states. represent a more de-
srable class, since those from Eu-
ropean countries show an increase of
2,7SO, while those from other sources,
principally Asiatic, exhibit decrease Of
1902. 1t appears again that, although
there has been dimunition in the
total immigration, yet in respect Of
their means OF immediate self support
the arrivals for the present year are
more desirable, for they exhibited to
the examining officials $3,S52,077, an
amount in excess Of that shown in the
fiscal year ended June .3o,1Ss7, of $780,
SS6
The commissioner suggests anamend-
ment to the laws excepting immigrants
shown to be afflicted with loathsome
or dangerous contagious disease from
the right of appeal or hearing before
the board of special inquiry. He also
recommends that the head tax be in
creased from 81 to 50.
Mr.. Powdely states that the natural
ization laws Of the United States have
been repeatedly violated, and in his
opinion each arriving immigrant when
admitted to the United States should
be provided with a landing certificate.
The immigrant should be instructed,
by means of a circular, to retain the
certificate for presentation when ap-
plying for naturalization papers.
The commissioner general expresses
the belief that the figures given of the
arrival of immigrants through Can
ada represent only part of the actual
immigration through that country,
and he suggests as a remedy the en-
actment of law authorizing the sec
retary Of the treasury to designate GER
tain points along the border separating
us from the dominion to be the sole
ports Of entry to this country of trans.
atlantic and transpacific Immigrants.