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Hitherto the exclusion of undesirable immigrants has I ecn difficult, because the force of exam- 

 iners was not large enough to meet the rush of arrivals in the spring, and because the law 

 omillfd certain classes who should have been kept fuit. 'Ihc new immigration act, passed 

 by Congress in I'\'l)ruary, increases the inspecting staff and makes important new provi- 

 sions for excluding those whose presence in the United States would l:c dysgenie. It also 

 contains provisions which ensure greater consideration and safety for the individual immi- 

 grant. Photograph copyright by Underwood and Underwood. (Fig. 2.) 



insane, or feeble-minded, or diseased, 

 or physically defective aliens would 

 ever again be allowed to land at our 

 ports. How checrftilly and how ho])c- 

 fully we could then look forward tf) 

 real jjroj^re.ss in our care of the defec- 

 tive classes already in our midst, and 

 waitinj^' to be born of those who are 

 now here. 



The last report of the New York 

 Children's Aid Society has very clearly 

 pointed out the good that has resulted 

 in its work from the temporary redtic- 

 tion in the numbers of immigrants. 

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"We are encouraged in our fight against 

 incfiiciency and ignorance." it said, 

 "becatise we feel that the immigrants 

 are really being educated through their 

 children. If the ui)lift forces in New 

 York cotild count on a coiuintiancc of 

 the i)rc:-cnt blockade of immigration, 

 tlie worst of the evils of |)overty could 

 undoubtedly be ended in a few years." 

 This is no undtily oi)timistic view. 

 A similar statement might with equal 

 truth be made by educational and 

 ])hilanthro])ic organizations in all cities 

 into which, in normal times, a large 



