Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15

The most desirable citizen material among
these are the English. Scotch and Scandi-
navians. only one out OF a hundred of any
of which nationalities was found unable to
rad and write. Ranking next in educa-
tional order the Firms. Irish and Ger
mans. among whom only =. and ger cent.
respectively. were illiterates These SIX
classes. with the exception OF the irish,
comprise the blond or Teutonic grand divl-
sion of the human race.
The poorest citizenship material is offered
by the is, 800 Lithuanians fifty-seven out OF
each 100 of which can neither read nor
write. and by the 1856. 400 southern Italians.
SO per cent of whom are illiterates; and
this vast one years supply OF southern tai
ians-more than enough 10 I'll a Providence
or an acknowledgements the highest
crest on the immigration wave OF 1905!
Thus with our largest quantity we get
about the poorest quality Following closely
the Poles. who rank third In ilhteracy
as well in numbers. -Four out OF ten
cannot read or write Then. I'm order Of
percentage of illiteracy are the Croatians
and Slovenans. IS: Slovaks, %; Hebrews,
%; northern Italians. II; Magyars, II.
This question of good and bad citizen ma
terial receives still more light from an in
vestigation lately made. by the immigration
bureau for the purpose of learning the
proportion of aliens of different national
tiles in our penal and charitable institu-
tion- The percentages are worked out ac-
cording to the grand divisions OF race.
The most criminal are found 10 be tho
southern Italians, but including Greeks,
Portuguese and Spanish, who figure little
in our immigration compared with the
southern Italians. While there Is one ltal-
ian to every other thirteen aliens In our
penal institutions, the ratio OF murdeterS
is one Italian to every two other aliens.
The least criminal are found TO be the
Kettle aliens largely Irish and Scotch. who
outrank the blond Teutonic element or
English, German and Scandinavian by
very narrow margin.
The most prone TO pauperism are the
Slavic aliens, mostly Poles. Hebrews,
Jjthuanians Russians and Slovaks; and IN
this classification the southern Italian ana
their Mediterranean brothers rank second
But the least liable TO land in the aims
house are the English, German, Scahul-
navfan and other Teutonic peoples-the
same who have the smallest percentage OF
illiteracy.
With regard to insanity. however. the
order for crime IS practically reversed, the
Teutonic aliens ESPECIALLY the Germansl
being IN the lead-that is being me most
prone TO insanity-the Irish and their Kettle
kinfolk ranking a very close second, the
Slays third and the brunette Italians with
their Iberic fellow aliens, last Thus you
will see that the Iberic races have the
greatest predispostion to crime the slavic
to nauperism the Teutonic and Kettle TO
insanity 1t is generally agreed among
alienists that insanity and nervous diseases
Increase In proportion to intellectually. 80
upon the whole the burden OF these data
as to fitness for American citizenship 10
decidedly at the expense of the brunette
Italian and his kinfolk OF the Mediteran-
mean and in favor of the Teutonlc ana
Kettle peoples, the original bulwarks OF the
nation. - -, .,,,-,>-o