Speech #540082055

I want to give the House some figures to show how rapidly this evil is growing and with what fearful strides it is increasing. I want to show you that the deluge is almost upon us. In 1892. 2.801 immigrants were debarred out of a total of 579.663. in 1893.1.630 out of 440.739. in 1894. 2.389 out of 288.020. Under the present laws only 2.211 were debarred or returned. as follows: Debarred as likely to become paupers ------------------- 1.883 Debarred as insane -------------------------------------- 4 Debarred as contract laborers ---------------------------- 765 Returned within one year after landing ------------------ 109 Making a total of ----------------------------------- 2.211 Now. of this number. 2.211. debarred or returned last year as inadmissible under the immigration laws of the country. AustriaHungary. Italy. and Russia contributed. as likely to become paupers. 1.087. insane. 2. contract laborers. 626. returned within one year. 27. or 1.742 in all from these countriesmaking from all the other nations of the world combined only 469 who were inadmissible to land in this country under the laws now in existence. showing the class of labor that now comes in and is so objectionable under the existing laws of the country. and showing how utterly impossible it is to prevent the influx of these people under our existing laws. We admit the families of immigrants already here. and of the 229.304 steerage passengers arriving during the last year 84.3839 were admitted as going to join their immediate families. From July 1. 1894. to June 30. 1895. AustriaHungary. Italy. and Russia contributed 35.934. who were admitted as going to join their immediate families. From 1821 to 1890 the total immigration to this country was 15.427.667. Of this number 5.246.613 came between 1881 to 1890. or over onethird of the total number. From 1890 to June. 1895. 2.658.797 more have come. and of this last number nearly onehalf. or 1.002.183. came from Russia.