The following table shows the relative percentage of illiteracy of the people of northern and western Europe to those of southern and eastern Europe: Per cent. English -----------------------------------------------------1 German --------------------------------------------------- 4 Scandinavian -------------------------------------------Irish----- 3 Scotch ----------------------------------------------------- 1 Welsh -------------------------------------------------------4 olsh ------------------------------------------------ 40 South------ --------------------------------------------------4 Sout Italian -------------------------------------------------5 Lithuanian ------------------------------------------------57 GLreek ----------------------------------------------------23 Russian --------------------------------------------------- 33 Portuguese-------------------------------------------------- 6T . The low type of people. as is indicated by the foregoing statement of amount of money owned and percentageof illiteracy. compose almost twothirds of last years immigrants. and makes it easy for the home governments to group and control them as their subjects in this country. Having quoted the statement of Commissioner Braun that it was the policy of foreign governments to group their subjects in colonies in this country in order that they might more effectively retain their control over them through their ministers. priests. teachers. etc.. and more effectively and certainly secure their return with their booty. I will give the following facts taken from the report of CommissionerGeneral of Immigration to sustain this statement: . In 1904 the total immigration to the United States was 840.714. Of this number. 541.979 (67 per cent) settled In the North Atlantic States. as follows State. "Number. Per cent.
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Immigrants are of a low type, easily controlled by foreign governments, and retain their allegiance to their home countries.