Percentage of foreignborn white. I189O ................................................. 58.609 12.105 20.6 1890 ................................................. 82.329 15.932 19.3 1904 ................................................. 81.772 12.945 15.8 1910 ................................................. 111.498 19.438 17.4 Committed during: 19041 ............................................ 149.691 35.093 23.4 19101 ............................................ 493.934 98.532 19.9 1 The 1904 census did not include prisoners who were committed for nonpayment of fines. while the 1910 census includes them. The foregoing table clearly demonstrates that crime better be laid sonewhere else instead of at the door of our immigrants. Iu IS0 the percentage of foreignborn white prisoners to all prisoners was 20.6 per cent. on June 1. 1890. it was 19.3 per cent. on June 30. 1904. it was 15.8 per cent. and on January 1. 1910. it was 17.4 per cent. Of the total nunlber of prisoners committed iii year of 1904. 23.4 per cent were foreignborn white. and in year 1910 only 19.9 per cent were foreignborn white. Instead of crilne being on tire increase among our foreigniborn population it is oin the decrease. and that. too. in spite of the fact that it is repeatedly charged that the presentday immigrant is styled as an undesirable criminal. while the old inunigrant was desirable. Of the 82.329 prisoners in 1890. 80.153 spoke English. 2.066 (lid not. Of the 1.5.932 foreignborn prisoners 14.473 spoke English. 1.448 did not.
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