b. 788,992 immigrants arrived in 1882.
c. 1,026,499 immigrants arrived in 1905. (Report of Commissioner-General of Immigration, 1905. page 42.)
2. Two-thirds of the total number of immigrants in 1902 settled in the cities. (Editorial in Outlook, Vol. LXXI, page 154.)
3. These congested districts foster unsanitary conditions, physical degeneration, and crime. (Deputy Clerk of Children's Court, New York City, North American Review, Vol. CLXXIX, page 731.)
4. Charitable organizations are unable to cope with the problems in congested districts, for
a. The number of immigrants is increasing too rapidly.
(Report of Commissioner-General of Immigration, 1905.)
C. The present immigration is politically harmful, for
1. Immigrants of the kind that are now coming in do not make good citizens, because
a. They are indifferent to civic manners, for
1'. They cannot appreciate the spirit of American government, as has previously been shown.