====================================================================== | DENIALS +---------------------------------+-------------- | Naturalization Reports | Cases Studied +----------------+----------------+ 1913-14 CAUSES | 1908-18 | 1913-14 | +---------+------+---------+------+--------+----- | Number | Per | Number | Per | Number | Per | | Cent | | Cent | | Cent ---------------------+---------+------+---------+------+--------+----- Want of prosecution | 33,493 | 31.2 | 3,856 | 29.4 | 689 | 22.7 Incompetent Witnesses| 28,262 | 26.3 | 3,982 | 30.2 | 422 | 13.9 Declaration invalid | 9,187 | 8.5 | 1,148 | 8.7 | 1,296 | 42.7 Ignorance | 11,109 | 10.3 | 1,147 | 8.7 | 220 | 7.2 Miscellaneous | 6,098 | 5.7 | 553 | 4.2 | 147 | 4.8 Immoral character | 4,269 | 4.0 | 588 | 4.5 | 59 | 1.9 Insufficient | | | | | | residence | 3,625 | 3.3 | 389 | 3.0 | 68 | 2.2 Petitioner’s motion | 2,824 | 2.6 | 381 | 2.9 | 51 | 1.7 No jurisdiction | 2,934 | 2.7 | 291 | 2.2 | 12 | 0.4 Deceased | 1,123 | 1.0 | 174 | 1.3 | 11 | 0.4 Unable to produce | | | | | | witnesses or | | | | | | deposition | 1,090 | 1.0 | 196 | 1.5 | 12 | 0.4 Already a citizen | 1,200 | 1.1 | 150 | 1.1 | 9 | 0.3 No certificate of | | | | | | arrival | 1,197 | 1.1 | 179 | 1.4 | 14 | 0.5 Premature petition | 979 | 0.9 | 96 | 0.7 | 17 | 0.2 Section 2169 (not a | | | | | | white person) | 84 | 0.1 | 3 | .... | .... | .... No information | .... | .... | .... | .... | 16 | 0.5 ---------------------+---------+------+---------+------+--------+----- Total | 107,474 |100.0 | 13,133 |100.0 | 3,033 |100.0 Certificates granted | 848,777 | .... | 105,439 | .... | .... | .... Cases disposed of | 956,251 | .... | 118,572 | .... | 26,284 | .... Per cent denied | .... | 11.2 | .... | 11.1 | .... | 11.5 ======================================================================