In short, we must set up our standard of what we desire this nation to
be, and then consider whether the policy we have hitherto pursued in
regard to immigration is calculated to maintain that standard or to
endanger it.--_Idem._
II
ALIEN ADMISSION AND RESTRICTION
_I. Method of Admission_
[Sidenote: Chief Ports of Entry]
How do immigrants obtain entrance into the United States? New York is
the chief port of entry, and if we learn the conditions and methods
there we shall know them in general. The great proportion coming through
New York is seen by comparison of the total admissions for 1904 and 1905
at the larger ports:
Port 1904 1905
New York 606,019 788,219
Boston 60,278 65,107
Baltimore 55,940 62,314
Philadelphia 19,467 23,824
Honolulu 9,054 11,997
San Francisco 9,036 6,377
Other Ports 22,702 24,447
Through Canada 30,374 44,214
[Sidenote: The Floating Gateway]
The proportion for New York is not far from eight tenths of the whole.
Hence it is true, that while the "dirty little ferryboat _John G.
Carlisle_ is not an imposing object to the material eye, to the eye of
the imagination she is a spectacle to inspire awe, for she is the
floating gateway of the Republic.
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