The New York herald., 1922-06-11
our ALIEN GROWTH
CUT DOWN TO S0,726
Only 2+1,6+4 Immigrants
Under New Law, but 160,-
918 Others Leave.
JEWS LEAD ARRIVALS
Albert Johnson Says U. s.
Has Prevented Influx
of 100000.
FAvORS LOWER QUOTAS.
Asylum Idea Ended Just in
Time to Save Country, AS
serts Congress Member.
FAvoRs LOWER QUOTAS

As a merchant takes stock" at re-
curing periods to ascertain the status
ton authorities at Washington been
schecking up" the inward and out
ward passenger movement at all ports
OF entry and departure, with view to
measuring the net results of this
country's first year of restrictive i'm
migration on the percentum basis.
The report of their findings will be
read with interest wherever concern is
felt for the nations welfare. for the
Dillingham; act was an experiment ar
rived at for a postwar emergency,
and the first fiscal year of the expert
nent is now drawing to close. Con-
gress has extended the law for two
years. 1t limits immigration to per
cent. year of the nationals residing
in this country by the census of 1910
Figures now available cover only a
specified period-nine months of the
first fiscal year, from July 1 to
March 81.
What the Figures Show.
Here are some of the interesting
things the figures show:
For the period mentioned the total
arrivals of all persons at all ports. i'm
migrant aliens, Immigrant aliens
and citizens, numbered only 524.47S.
Total departures ran up to 4ss,639
The Inward movement of passenger
traffic was in excess of the outward
movement only by the small margin
OF 35,sS9. The total arrivals of all
classes at all the gateways of the
nation were less than the daily float
ing population of New York city, esti-
mated at more than 100000.
For the nine months named. 1854
Immigrant aliens were admitted to the
United States. while 16O,s1s emigrant
aliens went out of the country, a bal
ance OF S0,726, representing the excess
OF immigration over emigration. OF
the non-immigrant alien class, $3.50
were admitted. while 10s,413 went out
of the country.
Jews Lead All Immigrants.
Figuring "by race or people,' the
computations of the immigration Off
cial tabulators show that the Jews led
all other races or people with 43,72S
admitted to the country during the
nine months specified. The report fur
ther shows that only GOT emigrant
Jews went out of the United States
In that time.
From northern Italy 5.S40 were ad-
mitted and from southern Italy 34,1s1,
total of 40,031 Italian immigrants.
But the report shows that 44.OS2 emf
grant aliens left the United States and
went back to Italy or 1000 more than
were admitted The explanation for
this lies in the fact that the Italians
have always been inclined to go and
come according to the times. That
country has always encouraged its
people In coming to America to catch
American notions of thrift and profit
by high wages when times were good
here, bu. to return to Italy when in
dustrial conditions in this country no
longer justified their remaining.
The explanation of why so few Jews
emigrated from the United States Is
furnished by the fact that they have
not been welcome in many of the
lands of Europe because of factional
and postwar disorders, and this also
explains why the largest number of
immigrants coming to the United
States have been Jews. Many of them
who came here brought scars on their
bodies from the pogroms of the
Ukraine or other districts of the old
Russia.
o,63O Aliens Are Excluded.
During the nine months covered by
the report $3.50 aliens were excluded
at the ports of entry and deported,
3,s43 of these as likely to become
public charges, 730 as iliterate, $50 as
contract laborers and 1850 in excess
OF quotas. More than 1000 in excess
of quota were admitted because Of ac-
knowledged unusual hardshps" in
flicted by the mandatory exclusion law.
Under warrant 3,345 aliens who had
already entered the country were arr
rested and sent out the majority hav-
ing become public charges or crimi-
nails.
Officials of the present administra-
tion at Washington are elated over
the outcome Of the first years opera
tion OF the Dillingham; law. Repre-
sentative Albert johnson. chairman OF
tho Committee on immigration and
Naturalization, House of Representa-
tives. inspected Ellis Island recently.
New Law Came Just In Time.
Here Is what he said of his trip:
"In my opinion the act limiting i'm
migration to 355,000 for the fiscal year
ending June 30 came in the nick Of
time. II has saved the United States
in that year from an influx of fully
1906, 900 immigrants at time when
we could neither assimilate nor employ
them.
"Under the quota restrictions 230. 1897
were admitted to May 81, while about
e,7s7 were admitted temporarily for
reasons OF humanity and because OF
difficulties In getting the new law into
operation, while 1,44s we're turned