Just a moment. if the Senator will indule me. On the other hand. the southeastern European peoplesthe Italians and the Poles and the othersresent the 1890 basis because they say It is a discrimination against them. and when we compare the foreign born in 1890 with the whole population of the United States today we see that 189a is slightly a discrimination against them. because it allows. them only 8 per cent of the quota. whereas they and their descendants constitute 13 per cent of our population. So there. you see. they have the same ground of objection to 1890 that the northwestern European has to 1910. and about all that can be said between the two methods is that the 1890 method is closer to our present population in its origins than is 1910. although it is not exactly the same.
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