Also. 11.528 received aid at charity hospitals. and 11.265 were denied admission because of idiocy. lunacy. pauperism. crime. prostitution. and contagious diseases. and we can only by conjecture estimate the vast number of this class who escaped the vigilance of the officers and came into the country. There is another thought that overshadows all of this. What will become of our children and their descendants if this flood of immigration into our country is allowed to continue? Our own increase is 14 per cent per decade. and with an annual influx of quite 2.000.000" how long will it be before all the evils of overcrowded Europe will be upon us? I dare say that many of those of your blood and my blood will be unable to get homes in fifty years. and in one hundred years. unless this inpouring of humanity is stopped. all the evils of overcrowded India will be our fate. To some this may appear to be mere speculation. but listen to what the highest immigration official of the Government has to say in this regard: What will be the effect if the present phenomenal Immigration continues is a question that Is being asked constantly. With regard more particularly to quantity. the question may be answered by the following illustration : China proper is the thickly populated portion of the Chinese Empire. and is the country popularly thought of as representing the limit of density of population. With a net Increase to our population by an immigration of 1.000.000 per annum. which Is less than the present rate. and the present rate of natural Increase (14.66 per cent per decade). the United States would reach the density of China proper in about four generations. or. more particularly. in one hundred and thirtyfour years. at which time we would have a population of 950.000.000. This is in no sense an estimate of future population . it Is simply an illustration of the present pace. Mr.
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