Speech #590091375

Ireland. France. Germany. and Scandinavia. in 1880 about onetenth. in 1894 nearly equal to it. in 1901 the immigration from AustriaHungary. Italy. Poland. and Russia was three times as great to the United States as from the other countries just named. During the past fiscal year the greatest number of immigrants came to our country- from AustriaHungary. which sent 275.693. or 27 per cent of the whole number. Italy sent 221.479. or 22 per cent. and Russia. 184.897. or 18 per cent. and Asia sent 26.186. or 4 per cent. so that AustriaHungary. Italy. Russia. and Asia sent last year to the United States nearly threefourths of the 1.026.000. which came to our country. It has been asserted by those who have studied the immigration question with great care that one great reason our immigration from nations which furnished our country in the past so many worthy and desirable immigrants has decreased is because so many undesirable immigrants are now coming to the United States. It may well be asked here. Where did the large number of im.migrants go who came to our country last year? The CommissionerGeneral of Immigration says. "315.511 were destined to New York. 210.708 to Pennsylvania. 72.150 to Massachusetts. 72.770 to Illinois. 57.258 to New Jersey. and 49.351 to Ohio." Thus It appears that 777.748. or 76 per cent of the 1.026.000 immigrants who came to our country in 1905. went to six States. and the Rocky Mountain region and the West received but 43.571. and the States south of the Mason and Dixon line 46.343. or 4J per cent. Maryland. West Virginia. and Florida each received nearly 9.000.