reported by the chairman of the committee . propose to do? It has been found that this class of immigration to which there is such objection. lower Europe. as it is called. has a percentage of illiteracy ranging from 57 to 30 per cent. as will be shown by tables which Iwill insertin my remarks. Of the classes that make good citizens in this country. the north of Europe. the Irish. the Spanish. in those countries the illiteracy does not amount to over 3 per cent. So this test will be a practical application of a bar to the very races that it is our desire and our interest to keep from our shores.
Identified stereotypes
Lower Europeans are illiterate and do not make good citizens.