Chairman and gentlemen of the committee. amnong others. two reasons present themselves why those who favor this legislation should vote against the amendment proposed by the gentleman from New York and why those who are opposed to the legislation will vote for the amendment. The first Is in the fact that the 1920 census will admit a larger number of aliens. The second is that a study of the immigration problem has disclosed the fact that during the last 20 or 30 years the older and steadier typeof our immigration has been relatively small. The number of the older and better immigrants coming has been relatively much smaller during the last 10 years. and the number from southern Europe. Italy. and Russia much greater. which will be reflected in the 1920 census. The making of the 19].0 census ilic basis will give us more of the better and less of the less desirable immigration than if it were based on the census of 1920. The reasons presented by the great immigration commission. which some years ago spent hundreds of thousands of. dollars in investigation and study of this great question. present conclusive reasons wiy we should encourage the coming in of the class which has been extolled so highly as an element which has contributed so much to our life and why it Ishould "discourage that which comes from Russia and southern Europe. These people do not go to the farm. do not distribute themselves throughout the country. but collect and congest in cities and other places where they have less opportunityto become producers. home owners. and good Americans. I hope the amendment will not be adopted.
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Generalizes that immigrants from Russia and Southern Europe do not go to farms, congest in cities, and are less likely to become producers, homeowners, and good Americans.