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2. Establishment of Immigration Commission to Study
Problem . .
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Nature of Its Work
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3. Principles upon which American Civilization is Based
4. Subjects Treated in Determining Effects of Immigra-
tion upon American Standards.
Physical, Mental and Moral Characteristics
Political and Social Institutions
Industrial Conditions.
5. Need of Impartial Study of Remedies
II-CAUSES OF IMMIGRATION
1. Escape from Religious or Political Persecution.
2. At Present, Motive Primarily Economic
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3. Wages and Standards of Living Much Lower in
Europe than in the United States.
4. Military Service
5. Effect of Emigration upon European Countries
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7. Effect Upon the United States of the Return to
Europe of the Immigrant.
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8. How Far Does America Need a Cheap Labor Supply 18
9. What is the True Demand for Labor
10. Immediate Inducement of Immigration
The Returned Immigrant
Steamship and Railway Companies
Assisted Emigration.
11. Influence of Immigrant Banks and Agencies in
America.
III-CHARACTERISTICS OF IMMIGRANTS WHICH
AFFECT AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS PAGE
1. Political and Social Institutions Molded by Condi-
2. Character and Extent of Immigration May Seriously
Affect American Institutions
3. Countries of Origin and Character of the Early and
Late Immigration.
City Versus Country Dwellers
Physical Condition
Alien Seamen .
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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.
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9. Results of Traffic
10. Legislation and Administration
11. Importance Attached to the Social Effects of Immi-
gration
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V-MANUFACTURING AND MINING COMMUNITIES
1. The Extent to Which Immigrant Colonies Exist. 70
2. Types of Immigrant Communities
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3. Segregation of the Immigrant Population
4. The Significance of Immigrant Communities
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VI-RECENT IMMIGRANTS IN AGRICULTURE
1. The Returns of the Thirteenth Census .
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2. The Older Immigration from Northern and Western
Europe
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3. The Recent Agricultural Immigrants from Southern
and Eastern Europe
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.
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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
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2. Length of Residence of Immigrant Employees
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3. Reason for the Employment of Southern and East-
ern Europeans
4. Occupations of Immigrants
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5. Weekly and Daily Earnings According to Race, Age,