Chairman and members of the committee. I rise to call attention to a very interestingfact. which supports to a very large extent the Madden ameninlent. It is this: Immigration from 1860 to 1890 was very heavy into this country from countries of northern and northwestern Europe. These foreign born of the northern countries will he counted in the census of 1890. Now. some one might say. "Is it not a fact that from 1890 to 1920 you had an immigration of people from southern and southeastern Europe and therefore you are favoring the foreigners from those countries that you gentlemen want?" Now. as a matter of fact. a study of the figures will show this. that 75 per cent of all the immigration in the United States from 1860 to 1890get that. gentlemen75 per cent of all the immigration into the United States from 1860 to 1890 came from England. France. the Netherlands. the German Elmpire. Denmark.
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