Speech #620137171

A remarkable suggestion is contained in the census report of 1900 from which it appears that in the year 1900 of those who remained in the public schools of the United States for a full six months period were the following: 73.3 per cent of the children of nativeborn parents. 89.7 of children of foreignborn parents. and 90 per cent of foreignborn children. in other words. there was a much larger proportion of the children of foreignborn parents and of the foeignborn children themselves who took advantage of the public schools for the full term of six months than there were of the children of nativeborn parents. a fact which should be recognized and credit be given where it is due. ir. President. while there is much to encoul: ..e us in our examination of this subject. there is also much that requires thoughtful consideration. We must examine the trend of the latest immigration and discover what that portends. There is no question that the last great influx of immigration. that which has come since 1899. has come because of the increase in the manufactures and basic industries of the United States. I find that between 1900 and 1910 approximately 50.000 manufacturing establishments went into operation. covering 360 different industries. which gave employment where employment was not given previous to that time. In that connection Senators should remember that during that same period of 12 years 72 per cent of the immigration came from southeastern Europe. and of this-