I have no objection to the interruption. Mr. Chairman. I was discussing the question of immigration. The report on her census for 1899. prepared by our War Department. says: The native whites constituted 57.8 per cent or considerably more than onehalf of the population of Cuba.. The foreign whites constituted but 0 per cent. the colored including the regro and mixed element amounted only to 82 Eer cent. or less than onethird. while the proportion of Chinese was trifling. eing less than 1 per cent. The report also says: While the statistics of Cuba show a larger proportion of colored than white criminals. the colored population is in some respects superior to the colored population of the Sou: hern States. being more selfreliant. temperate. frugal. and intelligent. and since the abolition of slavery showing a strong desire to own their homes. to educate their children. and to improve their condition.
Keywords matched
immigration