Speech #550032342

In the report of the Commissioner of Labor for 1894. page 44. it appears that the proportion of those of foreign birth to the total population in the slums in Baltimore was 77 per cent. in Chicago 90. per cent. in New York 95 per cent. and in Philadelphia 91 per cent. It also appars from the same report that of every 100 aliens. 40 were illiterates in the slums of Baltimore. 47 in Chicago.. 59 in New York. and 51 in Philadelphia.. and that of every 100 of these illiterate aliens there were 67 males of voting age in Baltimore. 77 in Chicago. 78 in New York. and 85 in Philadelphia. An analysis of the destination of the immigrants for the last three years shows that over onehalf of all the immigrants to this JuNK 29. country have settled in the States of Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont.