4. While the Germans, English, and other immigrants from northern Europe who came here before 1880 were moral and upright, the present immigrants from southern Europe have a low code of morals, for
a. The moral degeneracy of the races of southern Europe is well known. (Henry Rood, Forum, Vol. XIV, page 116.)
5. Crime among foreigners in this country has increased immensely, for
a. In 1905 twenty-eight per cent, of our criminals were of foreign birth. (Report of the Commissioner-General of Immigration for 1905.)
6. Illiteracy among immigrants has greatly increased, for
a. In 1905 the percentage of illiterates of foreign birth was twenty-six. (Ibid.)
b. Many of the present immigrants are illiterates from southern Italy. (S. E. Moffett, Review of Reviews, Vol. 28, page 55.)
B. The condition of the cities and especially of their slum
districts is alarming, for
1. The number of immigrants is increasing astonishingly, inasmuch as,
a. 8,385 immigrants arrived in 1820.