I now direct your attention to the next table: !TABLe 2.-Total Europeanbore population in United States. 1890. 8.020.608Proposed quota. 165.085 Percentage Number Quota ]opulatlon of total entitled to allowed Country by census European- admission under of 1890 born on percent- proposed population age basis law Selglum ------------------------- 22.639 0. 3 495 609 nited Kingdom --------------- 3.122.911 38.9 4. 217 62. 658 Sweden -------------------------- 478. 041 5.9 9.839 9.601 Germany ------------------------ 2.784. 894 34. 7 67. 283 50.129 Norway _---------------------- 322. 665 4. 0 6.603 6. 553 Denmark ---------_------------- 132. 543 1.6 2.641 2.882 France ------------------------ 113.174 1.4 2.311 8.978 Italy --------_------------------ 182. 580 2.2 1.631 3.989 Greece --------------------------- 1.887 (I) 165 135 I Less than onetenth of 1 per cent. Those of you who had the pleasure and privilege of hearing the gentleman from Colorado must have been convinced that basing the quota on the census of 1890 was just and in no way discriminated against any nation. Certainly his facts appealed to your intellect unless your reason is warped by prejudice due to the fact that your district is overwhelmingly foreign born. which influence Is perhaps allcointrolling in too many instances. Now. the foregoing table discloses that in 1890 In the United States Belgium born totaled 22.639 people. There were 8.020.608 European born In the United States In 1890.
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