This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...had come from countries in northwestern Europe where a high degree of literacy prevailed; while the later arrivals included many from countries, like Serbia, for example, where the rite of illiteracy is 79 per cent. In 1910, there were 3,000,000 foreign-born whites, ten years of age and over, in the United States who were unable to speak, read, or write English, and 1,500,000 who could not read or write any language. While immigration practically stopped during the period of the war, there is evidence that it has begun again in full force, and it is therefore necessary that some definite policy in regard to it should be adopted. For a hundred years, the dominating principle has been to admit everyone who sought admission, although, from time to time, certain barriers have been erected. It was found that the opendoor policy was flooding the country with many types of undesirables. While the theory of keeping the way clear for all who wish to come is democratically sound, its practical application may be open to question. The latest immigration law was enacted February 5, 1917, after acrimonious discussion over the literacy test. The most important of the thirty-eight provisions of this law, which went into effect May i, 1917, are as follows: 1. (Section 2.) A head tax of $8.00 for each immigrant to be paid to the Collector of Customs. 2. (Section 3.) The excluded classes are: idiots, the feeble-minded, epileptics, the insane, chronic alcoholics, criminals, vagrants, the physically and mentally incapacitated, polygamists, anarchists, contract laborers, Chinese, except certain professional classes, and those unable to read some language. 3. (Section 4.) The deportation of prostitutes or other immoral persons. 4. (Section 18.) The immediate deportation of alien...