Will the gentleman yield right there? Does not the gentleman make a distinction as to the foreignborn. whether they speak and use the English language or not? This ratio is derived in the following manner: Population data for each decennial census period is used. and the immigration figures are averaged for the fiveyear period at each census year. The immigration divided by population represents the ratio or flow of immigration. The population and Immigration data are. of course. taken from Government publications. -This low ratio is due undoubtedly to the fact that statistics were first collected in this year and are probably not accurate. 3 This low figure of 1920 is due to falling off of immigration In 1918 and 1919. which are included In the fiveyear average data for 1920.
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