The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-04-22
.|LL|TERATES ARE
COMING ACROSS
To Us In Big Numbers
Every Year.
MANY As 322,S3l ADMITTED
To the United States During
Year 1913, According To
Latest Statistics.
A BILL PENDING TO STOP 1T

III the proposed immigration bill
had been in effect during the calen-
dar year of 1913, 322,S3l foreign
ers admitted to the United States
would have been subject to the ex-
clusion provisions which require an
ability upon the part of the immi-
grant either to read the English
language or some other.
The figure given above represents
the number of immigrants during
1913 who could not write, and of
the whole number only 5,460 could
read. The literacy test proposed in
the bill affects all immigrants over
the age of . years. If applied to
the tremendous army that came
into this country last year, the I'M
migration Bureau says, 26.6 per
cent. would have been sent back. All
records for excluding immigrants
would have been broken, because
1913 witnessed the unprecedented
figure of 1,3S7,31S foreign immi-
grants being admitted to the United
States.
or the 322,S31 foreigners who
would have been denied admission
to this country had the literacy test
been in effect, 221, 1924 were males
and 101 COZ females. OF the num-
Der of males, 2,S73 could read, but
not write, and the remaining 21S,-
351 could neither read nor write.
OF the females, 2,5S7 could read,
while $4,000 could neither read nor
write.
If the pending immigration bill is
not speedily enacted into law. the
fiscal year ending July 1, 1914, will
go down in history as the banner
one when the number of immigrants
to this country is taken into consid-
GRAFTON. The calendar year of 1913
is the largest in the history of the
United States, but when the immi-
grafton statistics are considered by
fiscal years, that of 1907 shows the
largest number of aliens coming to
the United States. The fiscal year
ended June 80 last is second to that
of 1907. The figures for 1907 were
1,2S5,349, while those for the fiscal
year of 1913 were 1,197,S92.
The present fiscal year, however,
which ends on July | next is likely
to surpass that of 1913 as we'll as
1907, unless the immigration bill is
enacted in sufficient time to put a
stop to the present rate of influx of
immigration aliens. If the last six
months of the fiscal year OF 1914
keep up with the rate established
in the first six months, the total
number of immigrants is likely to-
reach the high number of approx
mately 100000. During the six
months extending from July ] to-
January l last, 734,S immigrant
aliens were admitted into this coun-
try. A comparison of the immi-
grant figures for the last six months
of the year back to 1911 with those
of 1913 gives a good illustration of
the increase which the latter years
show over the others. In the first
six months of the year 1911, 375,-
255 immigrants came to this coun-
try; in 1912. 545,433. and in 1918,
734,S69.
Taking the statistics for the last
six months. 1t is shown that 1881
100 emigrant aliens departed and
that the net increase In population
by immigration was 515,S79, or
more than the entire year of 1911.
Adding to these figures those for
the first six months, OF 1913, the re-
suit for the calendar year is 74,2O9
emigrant aliens departed, with net
gain in population for the calendar
year of 1.O17,95G. The figures for
the calendar year 1912 were 299,-
1855 emigrant departures and &c.
742 net gain in population.
There should not be scarcity of
farm laborers and laborers of other
classes in the United States, for of
the 1.197.S92 immigrants who came
10 this country In the fiscal year of
1913. 320.105 gave their occupation
to the agents OF the Bureau of I'M
migration as farm iaborers and
220.992 as laborers. The servant
problem OF American housewives
should not be as hard to solve as
formerly. for l40.21s servants land
ed here during the fiscal year of
1913, and during the next six
months. which ended January /
last. s9,205 more were admitted
Washington Cor Brooklyn Eagle.
Education Best or All.
In this day and age II Is conceded