Then -follow various conditions regulating the admission of alieis uhder the principle of a 10 per cent basis upon the number of each of those nationalities resident here In the last preceding census year. This proposition has caused some comment. and It may be of interest to the Senate to observe what its operation might be. I have before me a comparative statement showing the number of aliens admitted to the United States in 1913. by countries. the number who would have been admitted under the literacy test. and the number who would have been admitted under the percentage test. Take southern and eastern Europe. The number of aliens admitted for 1913. by countries. from that section amounted to 896.533. The approximate. number of this class who would have been admitted under the literacy test in 1913 is 614.082. and the approximate number who would have been admitted under the 10 per cent test. which I have suggested. is 529.553. In other words. the number admitted that year would have been decreased under the literacy test 31.5 per cent. and under the percentage test 40.9 per cent. In the immigration coming from northern and western Europe the results would be unique. The number admitted from Belgium. Denmark.
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