For two and a half centuries these seekers of better conditions came almost exclusively from the north and west of Europe. from races of Nordic stock. the British Isles. the Scandinavian lands. and Germany. About 1890 the tide turned to the people of southern Europe. middle Europe. and the Near East. By 1914 the predominant immigration was from those lands. so that today of the 33.000.000 persons in this country of foreign birtih or with one or both parents of foreign birth the great majority are of Italian or Slavic stock. The attitude of America toward the question of immigration ill the past has been one largely of complacency and toleration. We took great pride in calling our land " the great melting pot" of the world. we called our Nation the haven of refuge for the oppressed and distressed of all races and nations of the earth. The early years called for settlers in the great free lands of the everextending West.
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