Mr. President. gentlemen. while I have been reqluested by two organizations to speak on this occasion. what I have to say comes rather from a man who has studied it from an independent point of view. It has been my lot for the past 10 or 15 years to follow the history of immigration to this country wvith more or less care and with particular reference to the early immigration. I have also examined with great care the milliondollar output of the Immigration Commission--42 volumes. I think. in all. I wvill not swear that I hays read them from cover to cover. Now. this report. to which reference has been made today. is presumably the basis upon which the committee and Congress have formulated the immigration bill before us. I wish to say one word about this report. It begins practically with 1810. at a time when our statistics begin to flow rapidly and freely.
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