b. The criminal tendencies of people from southern Europe
are well known. (Henry Rood, Ibid.)
B. The educational test would improve the condition of the
cities, for
1. They would be more sanitary and less criminal, since
a. These evils are due largely to congestion.
b. Under this test the cities would be less congested, for
1'. Immigration would be reduced twenty-two and six
tenths per cent.
2'. Educated immigrants are not likely to settle in the
slums.
c. If the cities were less congested, charitable societies could remove more evils from the slums, and in time even eliminate the slums.
C. The educational test would aid the country politically, for
1. We should receive only those immigrants who are intellectually capable of becoming good citizens, for