. The National Civic Federation review . -born population furnished a much higher per-centage of criminals than the native-born. In thecourse of his remarks Mr. Hall said: Fifty, or even thirty years ago the expense of com-ing here, the hardships of the voyage, acted as a sieveto screen out the undesirable. By undesirable immi-grants I mean those ignorant of a trade, lacking in re-sources, of criminal tendencies, averse to country lifeand tending to congregate in the slums of the largecities; with a low standard of living and lacking am-bition to seek a better; failing to assimilate within are
. The National Civic Federation review . -born population furnished a much higher per-centage of criminals than the native-born. In thecourse of his remarks Mr. Hall said: Fifty, or even thirty years ago the expense of com-ing here, the hardships of the voyage, acted as a sieveto screen out the undesirable. By undesirable immi-grants I mean those ignorant of a trade, lacking in re-sources, of criminal tendencies, averse to country lifeand tending to congregate in the slums of the largecities; with a low standard of living and lacking am-bition to seek a better; failing to assimilate within areasonable time and having no permanent interest inthis country. It is significant that in general immigration legisla-tion was found unnecessary until some years after thepresent flow of relatively undesirable aliens had result of this influx is shown in the large numberof persons who are diseased, insane and criminal at thetime of landing, or become so shortly afterward. Com-missioner Watchorn asserts that the general physique. CHARLES of Ridgrly National Hank, Springfield, III. of the immigrant has very much deteriorated in thirty years. Among recent immigrants, one He-brew in forty-two was certified as having seriousphysical dcfecls, and one Syrian in twenty-nine. Of thosecertified for minor defects having some bearing uponthe ability of the immigrant to earn a livelihood, therewas one Italian in twenty-six, one Syrian in twenty-four, one Hebrew in sixteen. The proportion ~»f im- migrants sent to the hospital in proportion to thelanded, was for Hebrews, one in ninety, for Italians,one in one hundred and seventy-seven. Comparing maleprisoners with males of voting age, those of foreignbirth and parentage contributed three times as manyprisoners as those of native parentage, while the for-eign-born contributed more than twice as many pris-oners as the native white of native birth and parentage. It is often said that, however it may be w
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