Speech #680070595

Mr. Chairman. I desire to make a few observations at this time relative to the immigration bill which is soon to come before the House. Mr. Chairman. the present immigration law. which restricts Immigration to 3 per cent of the nationals of each country now in the United States. based upon the census of 1910. will expire on the 30th of June of this year. and Congress is faced with the task of enacting some legislation to take its place. The present immigration law was passed. as we all know. merely as a temporary measure. but the conditions which led to its enactment still exist. In my judgment. this question of immigration is one of the most Important. if not the most Important. that Congress has to consider. There has been an everincreasing stream of immigrants as the years have passed. They have massed in certain States and cities. There has been a steady Increase in the numbers from southern and eastern Europe. and the class that have recently come to our shores have not been of the kind that are readily assimilated or absorbed by our American life. These facts are very accurately portrayed in the following tables: Increase by 10year period8 1E 211830 ----------------------------------------- 143. 439 18311840 --------------- --------------------------59. 125 18411850 ------------------------- . 65. 275 18511860 --------------------------------------------2. 571. 036 18611870 ------------------------------------------- 2. 377. 279 18711880 -------------------------------------------- 2. 812. 101 18811890 -------------------------------------------- r. 246. 613 18911900 ---------------------------------------------. 687. 564 10011910 ------------------------------------------ 8. 795 386 19111920 ----------------------------------------- 5. 735. Slt Total -----------------------------------------33. 62 t. 71.9 Percentage of foreign born in certain States Per cent R hode Island ---------------------------------------------- 29 Massachusetts ---------------------------------------------28. 3 C.neceticut ------------------------------------------------27.4 New York ------------------------------------------------- 27.2 Arizona --------------------------------------------------- 24.1 New Jersey .....----------------------------------------------- 23. 5 California .------------------------------------------------- 22.1 Nevada ----------------------------------------------------20. 7 New Hampshire -------------------------------------------- 20. 6 M innesota-............. 20. 4 North Dakota ----------------------------------------------20.4 Percentage of foreign born in certain cities Per cent New York ------------------------------------------------- 36.1 Boston ----------------------------------------------------- 32. 4 Chicago --------------------------------------------------- 29.9 Cleveland -------------------------------------------------30. 1 Ietroit ----------------------------------------------------29.3 ]rovidence ------------------------------------------------ 29.4 San Francisco ---------------------------------------------29.4 Sources of immigration Immigrant Immigrant Immigrant aliens aliens aliens Countries admitted. deported. remaining 18991923 19081923 un 30. Austria -------------------------------------Hungary -----------------------------------Czechoslovakia .................. _-----------3.519.805 774.361 2.745.444 Poland -------------------------------. Yugoslavia ---------------------------Germany -------.----------------------------0 94. 437 56. 063 538. 374 Greece --------------------------------------- 393.116 191.782 231.334 Italy ----------------------------------------- 3. 642. 208 1.098. 679 2. 543. 523 Norway --------------------------------- ---- 297. 640 28. 534 269. 108 Russia --------------------------------------- 2.711.324 273.311 2.438.013 Sweden ---------------------------------- 409.766 28.418 381.348 United Kingdom ---------------------------- 1.622.772 141.302 1.481.380 Other Europe -------------------------------- 1.220.230 292.192 928. 038 Total Europe ........................... 14.411.298 2.854.732 11.556.566 Asia ----------------------------------- 516. 04(1 114.183 401. 863 British North America ----------------------- 1.159.267 345. 185 814. 082 Remainder of world -------------------------- 842. 576 184.085 658. 491 Grand total -_----------------------- 16. 0.187 3.498.185 13.431.002 Analyiss of immigration frosn northern and western Europe. as compared wvith the southern and eastcrn portions