Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — Foreign Immigration. [ARTICLE]

Foreign Immigration.

Of the 229,370 alien steerage passengers who arrived at the port of New York last-year, 42,942 above 14 years of age could not read and write. About 149,500 .ofnthe, steerage arrivals were over 14 years of age, and only 29,287 of these* brought with them S3O and over. No less than 182,000 of the whole number of steerage Immigrants had some point in the north Atlantic States for a destination, while only 2,451 were bound for the South Central States. A statistical person who says he has carefully investigated the subject says that, with the exception of William Henry Harrison, all Presidents of the United States have had blue eyes.