People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1895 — IMIGRATION FALLING OFF. [ARTICLE]

IMIGRATION FALLING OFF.

Decrease of 77,664 Appears in Official Figures for Last Nine Months. Washington, May 1. —Statistics of immigration for the last nine months, ending March 31, 1895, show a decided decrease in the tide of immigration to this country. The tables show: Number of immigrants arrived in the United States for the nine months ending March 31, as'follows: 1893, 259,5641 1894, 218,644; 1895, 140,980; decrease in 1895 over 1894, 35 per cent, or 77,554. Amount of money brought by Immigrants, nine months ending March 31, 1895, $2,395,848, or about sl7 per head. Of the total immigrants landed, 136,440 came from Europe. The sex of the 140,980 landed from Europe and elsewhere, 75,928 males, 64,052 females. The greater number, 21,564, came from Ireland, 16,116 from England, 21,100 from Germany, 19,160 from Russia, and 16,125 from Italy. Of the 140,980 immigrants landed 19,602 could neither read nor write. Of this class 5,862 came from Italy, 4,519 from Russia, and 1,399 from Ireland. By far the greatest per cent of illiteracy is shown in the Italian and Russian immigrants.