Speech #630432709

Mi. President. as the question of the relative number of males and females is one which must be .noticed as we examine the history of immigration. in order to determine for ourselves the purpose with which the different classes of immigrantA have -come. I want also to make a comparlson of the relative number of females in the immigration from the several countries which have been our contributors during the period 1899 to 1909. inclusive. During that period we received of the old immigration. those coming from Great: Britain. Germany. the Scandinavian States. Belgium. and France. 2.273.782. but of the new immigration. coming from southern and eastern Europe. we received 5.930.252a number. twice greater than -those of the old Immigration. and among whom the proportion of females was vastly less. Let me give that proportion. Of the old immigration the proportion of females was 41.5 per cent of the whole. while of the new immigration it was only 27 per cent of the whole. In connection with that I wish to introduce a table showing the relative number of males and females from each individual nation. constituting both the old immigration and the new. which I ask leave to Insert In the RECOtD.