W. 1 Hebrew ....................... 16.8 Spanish ..................... 7.9 Irish .......................... 3.1 Turkish ..................... 54.3 Italian. north ---------------. 11.8 Welsh ....................... 2.5 Italiansouth ---- ---- 48.2 Japanese ----------------- 5 My amendment. therefore. provides that no examination shall be made to test the ability to read of aliens of those races which. for the three fiscal years preceding the test. have shown an average capacity in that respect which would appear tb make the results in the way of excluding totally ignorant aliens too insignificant to justify the cost. labor. etc.. involved in such examination. This average 1have placed at 10 per cent. Although the establishment of any fixed ratio may seem to the casual observer somewhat arbitrary. perhaps even whimsical or prejudiced. I have accepted this advisedly and after a close scrutiny of the statistical reports of the United States Immigration Bureau and with the conviction. which no practical man would care to dispute. that some exact standard must be fixed. I call your attention to another very important fact in connection with this new feature. It does not deal with countries but with races.
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