Exactly so. and not only their willingness but. their ability to assimilate and to be absorbed into our life. and the best proof of that and the most eloquent testimony that you can find upon that subject is that given by the Naturalization Bureau of tile Department of Labor. wherein it is disclosed that the immigration coming from northern Europe shows a naturalization percentage of 50 per cent upward. whereas the immigration coming from the countries in southern anti eastern Europe shows a percentage of naturalization from 50 per cent down. with some as low as 7. 9. and 12 per cent. In other words. of a total of 100 people of a certain nationality. only 12 are naturalized. Now. Mr. Chairman. In many of the basic Industries we find the foreign born outnumbering the native born to an alarming degree. In the copper mines we find 65.4 per cent foreign born. In the iron mines we find 66.7 per cent foreign born. In the clothing industry we find 66.5 per cent. in copper factories. 63.7 per cent. in the hemp and jute mIlls. 60.7 per cent. In the sugar refineries we find 53.2 per cent. In the steel and blast mills we find 50.3 per cent foreign born and in the charcoal and coke industry 57.1 per cent foreign born. while in agriculture .we find only 8.1 per cent foreign born.
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Immigration from northern Europe is more easily assimilated and naturalized than immigration from southern and eastern Europe.