Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-08
STATISTICS OF
Immigration.
Immigrants Constantly Increasing
in lIIiteracy'
LAST YEAR WERE 45S, 1896
No special Recommendation heg"ro-
Ing the Exclusion OF the Criin'n"'
and Anarchist Glasses.

Washington, oct. S.--The annual re-
port OF Thomas Fitch, commissioner OF
immigration at New York, has been re-
ceived at the treasury department. me
report shows that the number OF aliehs
who arrived during the fiscal year end
ed June 30, 1901, was 453,496. There were
also 1896 citizens Of the United states
who arrived from abroad. From COM
parlson of the steerage immigration for
the last two years II is shown that
nearly 10000 Of the increase OF last
year over the year before was
IN the immigration from southern Italy
alone. The number OF returning alien
residents stands at 1916 per cent OF the
total immigration. In the amount OF
money brought per capita there appears
TO be an appreciable increase over last
year, but the reports say
The conclusion unfortunately Is un-
avoidable that our immigration II con-
stantly increasing In illiteracy Not on
~ are we drawing more and more from
the countries where illlteracy Is high
Dut also the immigrants themselves
are showing higher percentages OF IL
literacy. Nearly one half OF our steer
age immigrants now present an Hitter
acy Of from forty TO over hfty per
cent"
OF the 3SS,93l steerage aliens who ar
rived during the year the following are
given for the principal countries:
Southern Italian, S6,92s males; 1886
females.
Polish. 20. 4G6 males; 1910 females.
Hebrew, 2S,3 lS males; 1884 females.
Germany, 1928 males; l2.442 females.
Slavik, IS, 800 males, 1892 females.
Northern Italian, 1920 males, 4,l5S
females.
scandinavian, 1920 males; 1881 fe-
males.
The total number Of deportations for
the year, q decided decrease as COM
pared with last year, was S,O59. Follow
ing ale the given causes:
Public charges, 1894; contract labor
ers, 1870: insane persons, 10; diseased,
1892: COnvicts. 6; one year cases, 2S6.
OF the total Of immigrants, Abs were
allen residents returning to this coun-
try.
"As means OF protection against the
coming OF cohyicts. fugitlyes from JUS
tlce or anarchists" says the report,
the presence Of our inspectors abroad
would either be futile or unnecessary.
These inspectors would naturally be
dependent on local authorities for in
formation OF this kind. II no efforts
were made 10 secure such information,
their certificate as to the non-existenCe
" bad antecedents would be worthless.
IL they were To assume the right to ex-
act evidence OF an unobjectionabe po-
lice record from him. why not, II Is
asked, make II at once requisite for
admission TO the country or make the
absence OF such a record upon arrival
prllna facie evidence Of crimnallty?
but even the above procedure would
not offer q complete solution Of the diff
Guilty. II is perfectly proper TO adopt
any measures to prevent the coming Of
such people, provided the method is
not likely TO degenerate into mere an
noyance to Legitimate travel. In our
own case we need not establish any
new precedent to enable us to accom-
pllsh this object. The precedent is al
ready established In the amendment to
the allen contract labor law, which the
courts have construed to apply to all
the excluded classes. There Is no rea-
son why the same procedure should not
be extended 10 cover all cases Of unde-
sirable aliens whether Of the excluded
class or not. and without limitation Of
time proper legal safeguards being pro-
Ylded against abuse of this power"
Z he Increase Of the head tax to s.
and an extension OF the period Of juris-
dicilon over the immigrant from two
10 five years is recommended.