Speaker. take the gentlemans own figures. There is an increase of a million a year in population. The average immigration into this country during those ten years was nearly half a million a year instead of 250.000. So that. by the census returns for those ten yearsI do not speak with absolute accuracy. but in the mainthe iinmigration between 1880 and 1890 was nearly or quite as large as the number of births in this country. or else the census reports have stated what is not correct. During those years there was a large immigration into this country. averaging abouthalfamillionparyear. Since 1890. especiallybeginningwith 1893. the immigration largely fell off. owing to the fact of hard times in this country. The people who came here. attracted by all the advantages which the country has by the high wages which grew out of protected industries in this country. when they found the mills and workshops shut down. when they found that there were hard times in this country as well as in others. ceased to come here. therefore the immigration. beginning with 1893. fell off largely. and in the latter part of 1892. But with returning prosperity and with the prospect of better wages and better times immigration is now largely increasing to what it was during 1893 and 1894. You will observe that the increasing immigration for the year 1895 was largely over that of 1894. and for the. months of this year it is still increasing. so that this year we will have probably over 300.000 immigrants. and for next year they will approach the figures of 1891 and t892. which was nearly or quite half a million. The question is whether. with an increase in population. counting every ten years. of a million a year. we can stand an immigration ranging from 400.000 to 500.000 annually. Why. Mr.
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