The statistics show that the Chinese population in this country is not increasing. but. on the contrary. is decreasing under the enforcement of the present law. Figures furnished by the Census Bureau show that in 1880 there were. in round numbers. 105.000 Chinese in the United States. in 1890 there were 109.000. while in 1900 there were 93.283. Gentlemen connected with the Bureau of Immigration have denied these figures and claim that there are 300.000 Chinese in the United States today. I assume. however. that the figures furnished by the Census Bureau. whose business it is to gather such statistics. should be taken as correct. But even if there were 800.000. is that a good ground for disregarding our treaty obligations when the treaty will expire in two years from now?
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