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with special emphasis upon standards of living in an industrial section of the United States.

Fairchild, Henry Pratt-Greek Immigration to the United States. Yale University Press, 1911. A careful study of Greek immigration to the United States. The first part deals with the conditions, causes, and sources of Greek immigration; the second part studies the Greeks in the United States with special attention to their economic and social conditions; the third part sums up the effects of immigration upon the immigrants, upon Greece, and upon the United States.

Lord, Eliot; Trevor, J. D.; Barrows, S. J.-The Italian in America. B. J. Buck and Company, 1906. Presents the contribution of the Italian to American development and citizenship.

Warne, Frank J.-The Slav Invasion. Lippincott Company, 1904. A study of the Slav with particular emphasis upon his life in the mining regions of Pennsylvania.

Many Government Reports contain excellent material regarding immigration such as:

The Report of the Commission of Immigration of California-1916 on Immigrants' Education.

New York State Immigration Commission Report for 1909. The University of the State of New York's Syllabus of Civics Education for Immigrants.

The Report of the Department of Education, New York City, Division of Reference and Research on the School and the Immigrant-Bulletin No. II.

Publications of the United States Bureau of Education and the United States Bureau of Naturalization.

The Cleveland Foundation has recently published an excellent report by Herbert A. Miller on the School and the Immigrant, based on a survey of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Alien land, holding in, Washington,
Wisconsin, Idaho, 352.

Alien seamen, 28, 401, 446.

Alien societies, the work of, 278.

Aliens debarred and deported by
countries, 556.

American civilization, principles
upon which it is based, 5.

American institutions, effect of im-
migration on, 24.

American nation (see Assimilation).
Appendices, key to, 405.

Arizona, 240, 252; alien land-hold-
ing, in, 351.
Armenians, 76.
Arnold, Pa., 75.

Arrival in the U. S., year of-of
foreign born. 585.
Assimilation, tne importance

of,

214; Appendix B, 451-462; that of
Orientals, 216-217 (see Appendix
B); agencies of, 261-373; needs
and present methods of, 261-263,
284-318; conclusions regarding,
317-318, 368-369, 372-373.
Associated Charities, 50.

Association with other nations, 284.
Austria-Hungary,

convictions

persons born in, 56.

of

Austria, returned immigrants in, 20.

Banks, immigrant, 23; extent of,
104; location of, 104; regulation
of, 104; characteristics of, 106;
origin of, 106; proprietors of, 106-
108; organization of, 109-110;
branch banks, 110; functions of,
110; deposits of, 110-113; trans-
mission of money abroad by, 113-
115; unsoundness of, 115,116; at-
tempts at regulation of, 117-118.
Baron de Hirsch Fund, the, 90,
278.

Bay City, Mich., 304.
Bayonne, N. J., 72.

Belgians, the, 83, 96, 97, 98.

Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, 47,
48.

Benefit organizations, 121, 122.
Benefits, those to be derived from
immigrants, 284.

Benevolent societies, 225.

Bennet, William S., 3, 365.

Birth-rate among immigrants, 60.
"Black Belt," the, 86.

Boarders and lodgers, 133-134, 506-
507, 513.

Boarding Boss system, the, 140-141.
Boards of Special Inquiry, 267, 361,
366-367, 400, 431.

Boaz, Prof. Franz, 287.

Bodily form, changes in, 286-288.
Bohemians and Moravians, 61, 83,
130, 132, 134, 137, 138, 287, 293,
301, 304.

Bohemians in Connecticut, 94; in
Texas, 93, 94.

Borders, the Canadian and Mexican,
354, 355.

Boston, Mass., 128, 131, 133, 135,
136, 277, 303, 304, 311.
Bravas, the, 95, 96, 98.
Brownsville, N. Y., 193.
Bryan, Texas, 85.

Buddhists, 251.

Buffalo, N. Y., 128, 131, 136, 137,
176.

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Fayette County, Texas, 94.
Fecundity, 60-64.

Fines, administrative, 398.

Finnish, the, 11, 96, 97, 150, 220,
224, 225, 292, 302, 308, 315, 316.
Floating immigrant labor supply,
the, 175-193.

Foreign born, population of the,
in the United States, 577-588.
Forgery, conviction for, 56.
Fraternal organizations, 121, 122.
Fraud, convictions for, 56.
French, the, 61, 63, 64, 65, 75, 148.
French Canadians, the, 52, 62, 63,
148, 149, 308, 311, 315.

Gainful offenses, frequency of, 56.
Galicia, ticket agents in, 21.
Gary, Indiana, 74.

Geneva, N. Y., 89.
Genoa, Wis., 84.

Germans, 48, 50, 52, 56, 64, 65, 73,

75, 81, 82, 98, 126, 130, 132, 133,
135, 137, 138, 148, 150, 180, 220,
270, 293, 303, 304, 309, 310, 311,
313.

German-Hebrews, the, 307, 308.
German-Russian farmers in Califor-
nia, 226.

Glass industry, the, 75.
Gonorrhea, 48.

Granite City, Ill., 75.

Greeks, the, 76, 96, 98, 126, 132
133, 134, 135, 136, 143, 150, 181,
183, 184, 185, 222, 223, 236, 243,
302, 315.

Gulick, Sidney, 4; plan for restrict
ing immigration, 342, 451, 462.

Hair, the color of, 287.
Hammonton, N. J., 96.
Haverhill, Mass., 72.

Head, length and width of, 287.
Head Tax, the, 374,396, 409-410.
Hebrews, 38, 47, 48, 52, 64, 65, 83,

90-92, 109, 130, 150, 195, 278, 287,
288, 297, 298, 303, 304, 311, 312,
313.
Hebrews, the Russian, 11, 27, 32, 38,
130-132, 134, 137, 138, 153, 309,
310.

Hebrews, other than Russian, 32, 38,
134, 153.

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Hindus (see East Indians).

Hirsch, the fund of Baron de, 90,
278.

Holyoke, Mass., 72.

Home, care of the, 136-137; owner-
ship of, 135-136, 299-302.
Hospital investigation, 47-48.
Households (see Industrial locali-
ties).

Housing conditions, 144-145, 183-
187; in the West, 183-185; in the
South, 185-187.
"Hungary Hollow," 76.

Idaho, 247.

Illiteracy, 33-36, 183, 195, 210, 381-
383, 491.

Immigrant agencies, 23; colonies, 70-
71; types of communities, 71-76;
homes and aid societies, 263-270;
households, types of, 145-146; in
industry, Chap. XI, 194; institu-
tions, Chap. VII.

Immigrant banks, 23, 104-108.
Immigrant colonies, 70-76.
Immigrant homes and aid societies,
263-270; work of, 263-264; the
number of workers and persons
assisted in, 265-266; the coopera-
tion with the Government, 266-267;
details, 267-268; results, 268-270.
Immigrant institutions (see banks,
press, coffee houses, etc.).
Immigrant labor supply, the floating,
175-193.

Immigrants, characteristics of (see
Characteristics); in agriculture, 80-
103; in industries the status of,
147-174.

Immigrants on the Pacific Coast,
214-230.

Immigration and Naturalization, the
establishment of select committee
on, 330.

Immigration, the bureau of, 49, 60,
278-280; old and new, 25, 81;
causes of, 10-23, 43, 44; chief
subjects in a study of, 6; inquiry
into, 330, 332; laws of (see Legis-
lation); movement in from the
U. S. to Canada, 560-561.
Immigration, the Commissioners of,
325.

Immigration, the countries of, origin
of, 25.

Immigration Commission, establish-
ment of the, 3, 336; nature of
its work, 4; its membership, 3;
conclusions and recommenda-
tions of, 5, 359-365; minority re-
port of, 364-365; the, of Massachu-
setts, 279; the, of New York,
279; industrial investigation of,
149.

Immigration, law of 1917, 377-400;
Appendix A, 408, 450.

Immigration problem, the, statement

of, 1; the industrial phase of, 210-
211; the most difficult phase of, 69.
Immigration, social effects of, 68.
Immigration, statistics of, 551-554,
589-590.

Immigration, subjects treated in de-
termining effects of, on American
standards, 6; physical, mental and
moral characteristics of, 6-7;
political and social institutions of,
7-8; industrial conditions of, 8-9.
Inclination return to Europe, 36-40.
Incomes, 138; source of, 170-173,

542-544; the family, 169, 541.
Independence, Louisiana, 36, 93.
Industrial Commission, the, 332.
Industrial communities, 140.
Industrial depression, 20.
Industrial distribution of immigrant
wage-earners, the, 516.

Industrial employees, racial classifi-
cation of, 147-152; residence in

the United States of, 152.
Industrial organization, effect of im-
migration on, 199-200.
Industrial progress, 289-290.

Industries, conclusions regarding the
influx of immigrants into, 209-210;
reasons for employing southern
and eastern Europeans in, 152-153;
status of immigrants in, 147.
Inefficiency, the, of the immigrant,

198; effect of, on the use of ma-
chinery, 198-199.

Information, the bureau of, 280-283,
445; data collected by, 281-282;
success of, 281; bulletin of, 282-
283; conference called by, 283.
Insanity, 49, 388-390, 411, 429.
Inspection abroad, 28, 440-442;
medical, 45; on land borders, 354-
355; on ships, 397.
Investments, 293-299.

Irish, the, 38, 47, 48, 50, 52, 56, 61,
73, 75, 130, 134, 135, 137, 138, 148,
180, 182, 220, 270, 292, 293, 303,
304, 311-313.

Italian government,

made by the, 15.

investigation

Italians, the, 47, 55, 56, 63, 83-90,
97-98, 100, 105, 108, 109, 178, 184,
187, 189, 191, 192, 214, 220, 223,
224, 225, 226, 236, 243, 259, 291,
295, 298, 303.

Italians, the North, 38, 70, 73, 75,

83-90, 133, 137, 138, 148, 150, 180,
181, 182, 183, 221, 295, 302, 308.
Italians, the South, 38, 50, 52, 70,
73, 75, 83-90, 96, 99, 130, 131, 132,
133, 134, 136, 138, 148, 150, 175,
180, 181, 183, 287, 295, 302, 304,
307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 315, 316.
Italy, returned immigrant in, 20.

Japan, government action of, 217-
218, 386.

Japanese Association, statistics of
the, 247.

Japanese, the, 237-252; number of,
237-238; picture brides and proxy
marriages among, 238; attitude of
their government, 238-240, 386;
Canada and Japan, 240; occupa-
tions, 240-241; strikebreakers, 242;
contractors, 242; wages, 242-243;
efficiency of, 243-244; race feeling
among, 244; agriculture among,
244-246; wages, 246-247; as farm
owners and leaseholders, 247-249;
domestic service and merchandiz-
ing among, 249-250; societies and
guilds among, 250; assimilation of,
251; anti-Japanese feeling, 252;
statistics of, 565-567, 459.

Japanese, in agriculture east of the
Rockies, 94 (see also Japanese).
Japanese, the land-holding by, 217-
218, 240.

Japanese, the, legislation regarding,
350-352, 386-389, 413; passport
provision of 1907, 350-351; land-
holding of, in California, 351; land-
holding of, in Arizona, 351; in
other states, 352.
Jenks, Jeremiah W., 3.
Jewish Agricultural and Industrial
Aid Society, the, 90, 91.
Johnstown, Pa., 72, 73; fraternal
organizations in, 122, 123; immi-
grant churches in, 121.

Kansas City, Mo., 176, 303, 311.
Kensington, Pa., 75.
Key West, Florida, 71.
Know-Nothing Movement, the, 43
(see also Legislation).

Labor agencies, 176-179; function of,
176; location of, 176; methods of,
177-179.

Labor, demand for in the West, 257.
Labor organization in relation to im-
migration, 202-204.

Labor supply, demand for, 18; atti-
tude of American wage-earner to-
ward, 19; effect of immigration
on, 209.

Lackawanna City, N. Y., number of
immigrant business establishments
in, 125.

Land-holding by aliens, 351-352 (see
also the Webb Law).
Latimer. Asbury C., 3.

Law, administration of the immigra-
tion, 352-356; the commissioner-
general, 352, 440; Ellis Island,
353; boards of special inquiry and
inspection on land borders, 354-
355, 427-432; difficulties of, 355-
356.

Law, maintenance of in Southern
camps, 192.
Legislation, 42-44, 239; the principles
of, 359; proposed immigration
law of 1917, 365-376, 377, 400;
as to religious and political
refugees, 365-366, 380, 414;
to delinquents, 366; boards of
special inquiry, 366-367, 427-432;
another assistant-secretary of com-
merce and labor, 367-368; ex-
ploitation and assimilation, 368-
369; Oriental immigration, 369-

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370, 386-389; contract labor, 370-
371, 391, 415; general restriction,
371-372; as to assimilation and
distribution, 372-373; the literacy
test, 373, 377, 380, 414; discrim-
inating the head tax, 374, 396; re-
striction to fixt numbers, 374-375,
454.
Legislation and administration, 319-
352; four periods of, 319; the na-
tive American and Know-Nothing
movement, 319, 320-324; state
legislation abandoned, 325-328;
New York legislation, 326; Massa-
chusetts legislation, 327; passenger
cases, 328; control by the federal
government, 328-337; law of 1888,
329; contract labor, 330, 415; law
of 1891, 331-332; investigation of
1892, 332; the educational test,
332-333, 379, 414; the law of 1903,
333; the law of 1907, 334-337; the
white slave traffic, 337-338; the
Dillingham-Burnett bill, 338-339;
the second Dillingham bill, 339-
343; law of 1917, 377-400, 408-
451; Chinese legislation, 343-350
(see Appendix A, 408-450, for
legislation of 1917); Japanese
legislation, 350-352, 386-389.
Law, the first federal immigration,

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