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III-CHARACTERISTICS OF IMMIGRANTS WHICH
AFFECT AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS PAGE
1. Political and Social Institutions Molded by Condi-
tions
2. Character and Extent of Immigration May Seriously
Affect American Institutions
3. Countries of Origin and Character of the Early and
Late Immigration ..
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City Versus Country Dwellers
Physical Condition
Alien Seamen
Sex and Family Life
The Age of Immigrants
Occupations of Immigrants
4. Illiteracy
-5. Inclination to Return to Europe
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6. Ability to Speak English
7. The Need of a Detailed Study
8. The Social Evil and the White-Slave Traffic
Economic Causes.
Races
Motives.
Methods of Entry and Exploitation
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9. Results of Traffic
10. Legislation and Administration
11. Importance Attached to the Social Effects of Immi-
gration
V-MANUFACTURING AND MINING COMMUNITIES
1. The Extent to Which Immigrant Colonies Exist 70
2. Types of Immigrant Communities
3. Segregation of the Immigrant Population
VI-RECENT IMMIGRANTS IN AGRICULTURE
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4. The Significance of Immigrant Communities
1. The Returns of the Thirteenth Census
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3. The Recent Agricultural Immigrants from Southern
and Eastern Europe
11. Seasonal Agricultural Laborers
12. The Dearth of Farm Labor
13. Why the Immigrant Does Not Go to the Land
14. Getting the Immigrant on the Land..
VII-IMMIGRANT INSTITUTIONS
1. Unregulated Immigrant Banks
The Term Immigrant Bank a Misnomer
2. The Origin of Immigrant Banks
3. Ownership and Organization
4. Banking Functions-Deposits
5. The Unsoundness of Immigrant Banks
Attempts at Regulation
6. The Immigrant Press
7. Immigrant Churches.
8. Fraternal and Other Organizations
9. Immigrant Business Establishments
10. Coffee Houses and Saloons
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VIII-LIVING CONDITIONS AND CONGESTION
1. In Large Cities:
Congestion of Population a Serious Evil . . 127
Methods of Investigation
Care of Home: Sanitation
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Congestion in Sleeping-rooms
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Water Supply
Causes of Congested Districts
2. Industrial Cities and Towns
"The Boarding Boss System"
Overcrowding
Rent in Its Relation to Standard of Living
Tendencies Exhibited by Recent Immigrants. 144
Types of Immigrant Households .
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IX-THE STATUS OF IMMIGRANTS IN INDUSTRIES
1. Racial Classification of Industrial Workers .
2. Length of Residence of Immigrant Employees
3. Reason for the Employment of Southern and East-
ern Europeans . .
4. Occupations of Immigrants
5. Weekly and Daily Earnings According to Race, Age,
Sex, and Industry . .
Weekly Earnings of Males
Weekly Earnings of Females
Daily Earnings of Males
Daily Earnings of Females
6. Annual Earnings According to Race, Age, and Sex . 165
Annual Earnings of Male Heads of Families
7. Annual Family Income.
Sources of Family Income
Old and New Immigration Compared
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X-THE FLOATING IMMIGRANT LABOR SUPPLY
1. Methods of Securing Work
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Labor Agencies .'
The Padrone System
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2. Racial Classification of Railroad and Other Construc-
tion Laborers.
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3. Period of Residence of Immigrant Workmen in the
United States
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4. Earnings..
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5. Characteristics of the Labor Supply
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6. Housing and Living Conditions in the West
7. Working and Living Conditions in the South
8. The Commissary in Southern Camps
Detention Practises
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9. Southern Employers' Preferences for Labor
10. Maintenance of Law and Order in Southern Camps . 192
11. The Middle States
' XI-THE IMMIGRANT AS A DYNAMIC FACTOR IN
2. The Inefficiency of the Immigrant Has Encouraged.
the Use of Machinery
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3. The Employment of the Immigrant Has Changed
therm Industrial Organization.
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4. Immigration Has Produced Unsatisfactory Condi-
tions of Employment .
The Effect of the Recent Immigrant upon
Standards of Living
The Immigrant and Labor Organizations
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5. Racial Displacement as a Result of Immigrant Com-
petition
6. Immigration Has Checked Increase in Wages
7. Industrial Depressions
8. General Conclusions
9. The Outlook for the American Wage-Earner
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tions.
Changes Since 1900
Form a Separate Class
Governmental Action of China and Japan
Advantages of Association With Other Na-
Advantages of Contact With
Orientals
2. Population of the Pacific Coast-
Europeans and Mexicans
Displacement of Americans by European
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