WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMMIGRATION 75

From California came 112 reports, not of rare instances nor of a
prevailing custom, but each showing a few instances of intermarriages
between Mexicans and white people, and 43 reports stating a limited
number of intermarriages between Mexicans and negroes.
By way of comment, I remark that no other alien race entering
America provides an easier channel for the intermixture of bloods
than does the mongrel Mexican. This race has some white, some
African and more Indian blood. Their presence and intermarriage
with both white and black races, not practiced by the majority anywhere,
 but by some in hundreds of localities in many States, create
the most insidious and general mixture of white, Indian, and negro
blood strains ever produced in America.

STATEMENT OF ARTHUR S, BENT, CONTRACTOR, OF LOS ANGELES,
CALIF.

The Crairman. Please give your name to the reporter.
Mr. Bent. Arthur S. Bent.
The Casirman. And your residence?
Mr. Bent. Los Angeles.
The CuarrMan. And what is your business?
Mr. Bent. 1 am a public works contractor.
The CuarrMAN. Engaged in that business for along time?
Mr. Bent. Forty years.
The CrairMAN. You have resided in California how long?
Mr. Bext. All my life in Los Angeles.
The CHAIRMAN. Are you a member of this board that has been
mentioned here this morning?
Mr. Bent. I am a member of the special immigration committee
of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
The CuairMaN. Oh, yes; and that committee has been holding
sessions in the city up to yesterday?
Mr. Bent. Yes, sir.
The Crairman. Has it finished its labors?
Mr. Bent. No, sir; but adjourned for the present meetings of this
committee.
The CuaiRMAN. Adjourned to attend these meetings?
Mr. Bent. Yes, sir.
The CrarrMan. Adjourned to when?
Mr. Bent. At the call of the chairman.
The CHAIRMAN. You are a member of that committee?
Mr. Bent. Yes, sir.
The CuarrmMaN. How many members are there on that committee?
Mr. Bent. I think there are about a dozen of us. ;
The CrairMAN. Will you insert at this point the names of all the
members of that committee, the chairman and its secretary, and its
public speakers?
Mr. Bent. I presume this list I have is correct. -
The CraIrMAN. Just hand it to the reporter to be inserted in the
record at this point.
(The list referred to is here printed in full, as follows:)