Full text: National origins provision of immigration law

84 NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW 
370,000—the quota would only show up 2.800; and the 1890 basis 
shows up 37,218 over the origin. 
Doctor Faust in his book says very clearly that when he is talking 
about the German element in the United States, he is talking about 
the German racial element in the United States; because when he 
comes to estimate here, in volume 2, along in pages 10 to 12—for 
example, on page 12 he says that the results are summarized as 
follows: The German population, born in Germany or of parents 
born in Germany, or of parents who were of German stock, for 
example, total of white persons having both parents born in Ger- 
many, 6,244,107. Then he goes on, one class born in Germany, the 
other in some other foreign country; total Germans from Austria, 
Bohemia, Russia, Poland, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, and Lux- 
emburg; and then Germans from other countries, clearly showing 
that when he was coming down to 1800 for his studies he was basing 
it on people of German blood. I think it is fair, although I believe 
he does not specifically say that, when he is estimating 860,000 or 
370,000 he is talking about German stock and not people from 
(Germany. 
Senator Reep. Now, Mr. Lewis, let us sum that up: If we include 
from Germany persons who come from Holland, from Luxemburg, 
from Switzerland, from Austria, from that part of East Prussia 
which has now been taken from Germany, from Silesia. from Ger- 
man Poland, it still would increase the natural origin’s quota by 
only 2,400. 
Mr. Lewis. 2,816. 
Senator Reep. By only 2,816 according to their own claims? 
Mr. Lewis. According to their own claims, 2,816. 
Senator Reep. Now, this book which you are reading from to illus- 
rate their claims is a semiofficial publication, is it not ¢ 
Mr. Lewis. Well, I do not know. 
Senator Keyes. It says here in the introduction [reading]: 
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 
At the suggestion of Dr. Walther Wever, German counsel-general at Chicago, 
Mrs. Catherine Seipp, of that city, offered in March, 1904, cash prizes for the 
three best monographs upon the subject indicated by the title of this book. 
Competing works were submitted under assumed names on or before Murch 22. 
1907, to the Germanic department of the University of Chicago. The prize 
judges were Profs. Hanno Deiler, of Tulano; Fredrick J. Turner, of Wisconsin : 
and Karl Detlev Jessen, of Bryn Mawr. 
In this contest Professor Faust was awarded the first prize of $3,000. 
STARR WILLARD (WITING. 
The Cuamrman. What date, please? 
Mr. Lewis. The introductory statement does not include it. The 
publication was made in 1909. 
The Cmamman. All right; it was published in 1909. 
Mr. Lewis. Doctor Faust signs his own preface April, 1909. 
Senator CopeLaxp. Mr. Lewis. I assume you are in favor of 
national origins plan. . 
Mr. Lewis. Yes, sir; I am. 
Senator CopeLanp. You are aware of the fact that under this plan 
n German would have just one-fourth of the chance to come to the 
United States that an Englishman has.
	        
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