Haiti. the Dominican Republic. the Canal Zone. and independent countries of Central find South America. The total population of this nonquota territory is 105.000.000 people. It is apparent that if all this great nlonquota territory remains in such status there will be a great wave of immigration from those countries into the United States as time goes on. The question that is now agitating the people of the United States. and especially the labor organizations. is whether we shall have a quota restriction on Mexico as to immigration. Heretofore there has been little immigration from Central and South America. but there has been an increase in this immigration of late. Records concerning Mexico indicate that there is a wave of immigration coming from that country. its population is estimated at 14.000.000 people. Immigration from Mexico. as given by the report of the Secretary of Labor for the past 7 years. is averaged as 49.630 yearly. tie lowest being 19.551 and the highest 89.336 for one year. The ainual average for the 6 years previous to the World War was 17.435. The Mexican immigration during the past fiscal year was 66.766 persons. It would appear. therefore. that the time has arrived in which some plan based upon the other quotas now prevailing should be applied. at least. to Mexico. There can not be much objection made to the enactment of the bill passed in the House yesterday.
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