It appears that 20.56 per cent of the foreignhorn criminals and 80.11 per cent of the foreignborn white paupers were illiterate. A large number of these could not have secured admission to this country under the provisions of the pending bill. and to that extent we wouldf have been relieved of the burden which their coming imposed. The gravitation of undesirable immigrants into the large cities and their reenforcement of the slum districts is one of the pronounced evils. These slum districts make their ample contribution to the police courts. the workhouses. and the penitentiaries. and axe a burdensome tax upon the benevolence and thrift of the community. They are the hotbeds of vice. where American customs and institutions are foreign. and where in many instances the banner of the Republic is not the emblem most honored.
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Foreign-born criminals and paupers are a burden on the community and contribute to vice.