President. we have before us a bill proposed by the Senator from Pennsylvania . The House has passed what is known as the Johnson bill. The House bill provides for a 2 per cent quota on the census of 1890. and the total number of immigrants to be admitted. according to fgures presented. would be about 170.000. But in addition to that there are certain relatives and friends who can be brought in as nonquota immigrants. so it .is fair to presume that under the operation of the Johnson bill. if it were to become a law. there would be admitted to the country 250.000. certainly as many as under the Reed bill. The Reed bill provides for a 2 per cent quota on the census of 1910. This would bring in. according to figures presented to us. about 240.000 persons.
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