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In California. 15.495. of which 5.212 were in San Francisco." This element of the nationalities of which I am now speaking not only gravitates to the great cities of which I have spoken and a few others. but they make up largely what is known as the slum population of these cities. I have here the Seventh Special Report of the United States Commissioner of Labor. for 1894. in which the statement is made: "That the proportion of those of foreign birth or parentage to the total population in the slums of Baltimore was 77 per cent. in Chicago 90 per cent. in New York 95 per cent. and in Philadelphia 91 per cent. The figures for the foreign born alone are correspondingly striking. It appears from the same report (pp. 160163) that of every 100 aliens 40 were illiterate 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. "The proportion in which the literate and illiterate nationalities contribute to the slum population is shown by the following tables." I now read that part of these tables referring to the immigrants from AustriaHungary. Italy. Poland. and Russia. the illiterates of which races I contend ought to be excluded from this country. because. as a rule they can not become good citizens of the Republic. can not attain to the measure and standard of citizenship under a selfgoverning system like ours: Per cent of Per cent of total pop- slum population. ulation. Baltimore ............................................... 1.97 12.72 Chicago ................................................. 6.41 44.44 New --o ............................................. 9.45 51.11 Philadelphia .......................................... 1.95 50.28 I now read from the same tables part referring to immigrants from the United Kingdom. France. Germany. and Scandinavia: Per cent of Per cent of total pop- slum population. ulation.