II. From a political point of view, the immigrants who are arriving
at our shores make good citizens, for
A. Their previous political training has been such as to render
them capable of learning how to perform the duties of
American citizenship, for
1. Of the 500,000 immigrants that arrived in 1891, Germany sent approximately 100,000.
2. Italy sent 76,000.
3. Austria sent 78,000.
4. England and Ireland sent 50,000 each.
5. Russia, exclusive of Poland, sent 47,000.
6. Sweden sent 36,000.
7. Poland sent 27,000.
8. Scotland, Norway, and Denmark sent 12,000 each.