At the ratio of increase for the past five years it has been estimated that we would reach a density of population in the next hundred and thirtysix years that would equal that of China proper. which is considered the limit of the density of population. However this may be. it is far better to build up a nation strong in civic and domestic virtue and happiness than to overcrowd and densify our population. On this point the report of the CommissionerGeneral of ImmIgration says: What will be the effect if the present phenomenal immigration continues is a question that is constantly being asked. With regard more particularly to quantity the question may be answered by the following illustration: China proper Is the thickly populated portion of the Chinese Empire and is the country popularly thought of as practically representing the limit of density of population. At the present rate of immigration. say 1.000.000 per annum. and the present rate of natural increase (14.66 per cent per decade) the United States would reach the density of China proper in about four generations. or. more particularly. in one hundred and thirtysix years. at which time we would have a population of 950.000.000. ThIs is in no sense an estimate of future population. It is simply an answer to the mathematical problem as to how long it will take to reach a density of population equal to the estimated density of China proper. with an annual immigration of 1.000.000. at the present rate of natural increase. and represents the present pace. Mr. Chairman. this has ever been a hospitable land.
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