Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-26
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Tl0N 0oMAalSSl0 NERS.
Glasses Of Immisranth who Are uu
desirable feom Amarioaa Standpoint.
Of Citissnship-Pauper Elemsnt from
southern italy Left in ssaboard Cities.
The report of the board of immigra.
ton commissioners at New York con-
tains figures and statistics that furnish
food for serious reflection on the much.
vexed problem of restricting the flow
of certain classes of foreigners to this
country. The total immigration for
the fiscal year l900-1901 was 3S3, 1881.
as against 341, 7l2 for the year previous
an increase of 1929. The total num-
Der Of immigrants from southern Italy
for 190O-1901 was III. 2SS,S as against
$500 for the preceding fiscal year.
From northern Italy there were 2O,36O
immigrants this year as against 1880
last year, an increase Of $3.50. The
commissioners report will show that
the southern Italians brought with
them this year $964,s79, a per capita
rate Of only $S.67, while the northern
Italians brought $47S.969, per capita
rate Of 323.62. standing well up among
the highest class of immigrants. AS to
the influx from other countries the fig
ures are also interesting. The second
highest on the list to the Italians are
the Hebrews, who numbered 43,237
decrease Of 1888 from the preceding
year. They were also short of funds.
having brought $360,940, per capita
rate of 1888, which Is 8 cents less than
that of the southern Italians and the
lowest on the entire list. Polish i'm
migrants numbered 1885, an increase
Of Sol. They brought 1919, $50, or 1898
per capita. The Lithuanians were
1892 in number and had per capita
rate of $685., the Portuguese were 1888
strong, with 1851 rate, and the Ru-
thenians 5,O32, with 1854 rate to their
credit. The per capita rate OF all 9th
ers was above SO. The German immi-
grafton amounted to 1850, an increase
If 6.298. Their per capita rate was
e31.14, the third highest ON the list.
the first being held by the French, at
4 $39.57 rate, with small immigra
lion of 3,771, while the English, Scotch
and Welsh at $32.64 were third highest,
with total immigration Of 6,433 per-
sons. Ireland sent over this year 49,
953 immigrants, which was 5,247 less
than landed during 1899-1900. They
brought s34O,822, or s17.10 per capita
rate. The Scandinavians increased
1884 over last year, their total being
4,161, with per capita ratio of $1615.
The Slovaks numbered 26,931, an in
crease of 1889. They had 1921 rate.
The Magyars were 1884, with 991 in
crease and a $10.96 rate. The Croa-
tian and Dalmatian races were repre-
sented by 12,34S immigrants. with
s15.54 as per capita; the Dutch and
Flemish had 3,065, with a high ratio
Of $26.3O, while the Spanish, with 513,
an increase of 2O4, had still higher
per capita of $SO.23. The Armenians,
Syrians and Bohemians furnished H.
721, the Finnish $3.50, the Greeks 1851
and all other nationalities 1927. Their
per capita rates ranged from SIS to S22
AS already stated, the increase in i'm
migration for the fiscal year 19O0-1901
was 47,219, and of this number 28,969,
Or 81 per cent, were natives of south
Italy. One of the railroad officials of
the immigration bureau, in New York,
commenting on this feature, said: ''The
southern Italians, who so largely
swelled the tide of immigration this
year constitute an undesirable class for
naturalization and citizenship. Past
experience bears out this statement.
and, as evidence of the fact that there
is no racial prejudice in the assertion, it
is only necessary to ask the opinion of
a north Italian on the pauper element
of southern Italy. Many of them have
told me how utterly worthless these
show how useless they are from pro-
gressive standpoint in this country.
They represent the lazy and indolent
outcasts of southern Europe, are abso-
lutely thriftless and will work only
when dire necessity compels it. They
bring just enough money with them to
this country to comply with the immi-
grafton laws, and, as they cannot af-
ford to buy railroad or steamboat
tickets to sections Of the country where
there is demand for their labor, they
linger in the large cities of the East
until their meager fund is exhausted,
and then, for the most part, become
| burdens on the municipalities in which
they are stranded. This, of course,
will apply to some classes of other ma
tionalities, and it seems that the time
has arrived for more stringent immf-
grafton laws, restricting the wholesale
influx of Objectionable classes of for
eigners to this country. New York
Sun.