Speech #680076636

This is a most instructive chart. and it deserves patient attention on the part of those who are inclined to vote for the 1890 census. And why? If you will examine this chart you will find that it typifies the length of time the various immigrants of this country remained here prior to their taking out their final papers. This chart is the result of an examination of 26.000 naturalization papers for the year 1914. the first normal prewar year in wideflung areas of this country. in the cities and towns and the rural sections. by John Palmer Gavitt. for the Carnegie Foundation. author of " Americans by choice." I . These tabulations now have the imprimatur of the Senate Immigration Committee. From them we find that the average stay of an immigrant in this country before he becomes naturalized is 10.6 years. How does that compare with reference to the stay of an immigrant from north and western Europe and the immigrant from south and eastern Europe? On this chart we find that those countries which are termed new immigration countries are yellow and those termed old immigration countries. like England and Germany. are green. You will note that the Finlanders remain in the country 10.5 years. the Austrians. 10.5 years. the Danes. 10.2 years. the Hollanders. 10.1 years. Hungarians. 9.9 years.