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Mass. Some of our largest cities showed the following per cent offoreign born: Per cent. New York -------------------------------------------------- 36. 1 Boston ---------------------------------------------------- 82.4 Chica o.--------------------------------------------------- 29.9 Clevelnd -------------------------------------------------- 80. 1 Detroit ---------------------------------------------------- 29.8 Providence ------------------------------------------------- 29.4 San Francisco ---------------------------------------------- 29.4 It is also entirely proper for us to inquire into the source of this stream of immigration. from what countries and in what proportion does It come. what has been its environment. what are the political. social. and moral standards of the countries from which these millions of aliens come? From the following table we may ascertain the countries from which came approximately 17.000.000 of Immigrants during the last 24 years. the number that have departed during the last 16 years. and the number remaining June 30. 1923: Immigrant Immigrant Immigrant aliens aliens aliens Cotntries. admitted. departed. remaining 18991923. 1901923. 1 30. Aun r ...................................... A usma r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Czechoslovakia ................................ 3. 519. 805 774.31 2.745.444 Poland ........................................ Yugoslavia .................................... Germany.. ............................. 594. 437 56. 03 538. 374 reee....................................1393.11 181.782 231.334 Italy .......................................... 3.642. 208 .098.679 2.543.529 Norway ............................ 297. 640 28.534 269.109 Russia ................................ 2.711.324 273.311 2.438.013 Sweden ....................................... 409. 766 28.418 381.348 United iadgom .............................. 1.822.772 141.392 1.481.380 Other Europe ................................. 1.220.230 292.192 928.038 Total Europe ........ ....... 14. 411. 208 2. 854. 732 11. 558. 560 Asia ................................. . 516.046 114.183 401.883 British North America ........ ....... 1.159.287 345.185 814. 082 Remainder of world ......... ........... 842.576 184. 085 658. 491 Grand total ............................. 16.929.187 3.498.185 13.431.002 There is much public discussion as to the desirability of immigration from southern and eastern Europe as compared with that from northern and western Europe. It is. therefore. interesting to analyze our immigration for the past 24 years from this viewpoint.