Mr. Chairman. there is neither let nor hindrance to stop the everincreasing tide. For the year 1910 the immigration was 1.041.570. of whom 223.453 were from Italy alone. Most of these new immigrants come through Ellis Island. N. Y. Commissioner Williams. of Ellis Island. in an interview in the New York Herald of April 13. said: The immigration this month has passed the highwater mark. -In April last year. which was a big month and taxed the capacity of the department. 85.575 Immigrants arrived at Ellis Island. In April of this year the total is expected to be more than 100.000 immigrants. which will be the record for the department. * * * * * a*ag s .5 In March of this year 83.654 immigrants arrived. asagainst 75.300 of last year. With the inadequate facilities for examination of these vast numbers. who come in during the spring months especially. thousands of diseased. feebleminded. and otherwise undesirable immigrants are coming in ev.ery year. Commenting on the conditions referred to. the Herald in the same article says: Recently the .Herald published statistics showing that more than 00 per cent of the occupants of charitable Institutions and insane asylumsin New York were foreign born. * * * From the plagueridden districts of eastern and southern Europe thousands of immigrantsare cemIng here every week. There is no question that -many of them are Suifering with diseases characteristic of their country. and -ot a few are in the early stages of consumption. The New York Times of March 28. 1912. says:
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Immigrants are portrayed as diseased, feebleminded, and undesirable, coming from plague-ridden districts.