President. if I may say just a word in reply to the Senator from Maryland. I wish to say that we heard testimony for about three weeks. so the opinion expressed by the committee represents what we regard as the opinion of the country. Without indulging in guesswork. it appears as a fact. as the Senator from Massachusetts has just stated. that 411.000 immigrants have lauded on our shores during the last six months. At that rate there would be over 800.000 during the year. and. if immigration should increase. the figures might run tip to a million. It appears. therefore. notwithstanding the observation of the Senator from Maryland. that many citizens of foreign countries are able to obtain and have obtained passage. I am not going into the question of the checks and. the cross currents of immigration. for that would lead to a discussion of the whole subject. but. while I was originally impressed with the idea that there was no flood of immigration. I found upon examination. and after hearing all the testimony. including the testimony of witnesses who have made a study of immigration for years. that there was a danger in the next year. and perhmps in the next six months. not of a flood. but of an increase that would perhaps be beyond the large averages of the years from 1910. to 1914. Ther~fore. the committee. after much deliberation. recommended this bill. and in view of the notice from the other side of the determination on the part of a number of Senators to bring the immigration. bill to a vote. which. of course. will delay the supply bills. I hope in the interest of the supply bills. and especially in the interest of the general demand of the country for control of immigration for the next year. that the Senator from Maryland will withdraw his objection.
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