In Germany we find there are approximately 312 people to every square mile. in Italy. 315. and in the United Kingdom. 374. Just think. gentlemen. with a population of only 300 to the square mile this country could support over 900.000.000. Is it riot the height of absurdity to claim that immigration should be restricted because we have no room for these people? Mr. Chairman. It also has been stated by those favoring the passage of this measure that the immigrants all flock to the large cities. there to increase the present congestion. This is not true. It may be a fact that these immigrants go. first. to the cities. but their residence there is only temporary. Gentlemen. I state without fear of contradiction. that there is nothing closer to the heart of the immigrant than his desire to become possessed of a piece of land which he can call his own. and he does this at his first opportunity. Hundredsyes. thousandsof these people are leaving the cities each year and settling on farms. The statistics will show that a large percentage of the people residing in the rural districts of the northern. western. and northwestern sections of our country are of fordign birth or foreign parentage.
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