AustriaHungary furnished 10.421. Russia. 2.577. and so forth. Representatives on behalf of these monopolies make "impassloned appeals" to protect the American workman against the foreign pauper labor which the monopolies have imported and are using wholesale with the effect of driving the native American to despair. Mr. President. examine the census of 1900. volume 1. pages exxxi and 698. on population. and see what it exhibits. Table of foreign born. etc. PercentWhite Total Ior- age of p pulaForeign popula- eigu born Total tion forCensus 1900. Volume . horn tion for- and of (cxxxi). eign par- foreign- popul- elgn born entage born par- tion. and of _(p. 698). entage. foreignborn parentage. Massachusetts .............. 841. 324 897.386 1.743. 710 2. 505.346 62.1 Rhode Island ........... 134.519 140.292 274.811 428.556 64.1 Connecticut .............. 23 .210 282.245 520.455 908.420 57.3 New York .............. 1.90.425 2.415.845 4.316.270 7.268.894 59.3 New Jersey ............... 431.831 556.291 988.125 1.883.669 52.4 Pennsylvania .............. 985.250 1.430.028 2.415.278 6.302.115 38.3 It will be seen by the table which I submit that Massachusetts has 1.743.710 persons foreign born or of foreignborn parentage out of 2.805.346 total population. having. therefore. 62.1 per cent of people who are foreign born or of foreignborn parentage. Rhode Island. in like manner. has 64.1 per cent of its population foreign born or of foreignborn parefitage. Connecticut has 57.3 per cent of foreign born or of foreignborn parentage. New York has 59.3 per cent of its people foreign born or of foreignborn parentage. New Jersey has 52.4 per cent of its population foreign born or of foreignborn parentage.. thus disclosing in the completest manner the extent to which this use of foreign labor has driven out the American.
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