A. Is there a need for further restriction of immigration?
B. If there is such a need, would the educational test accomplish this further restriction in a proper manner?
DISCUSSION.
I. There is great need for further restriction of immigration,
because
A. The character of the immigrants since 1880 has greatly changed
for the worse, for
1. Before 1880 most of the immigrants were earnest, energetic
people from northern and western Europe. (International
Encyclopaedia, under Immigration.)
2. At the present time seventy and one-half per cent. of the
total number of immigrants are from the unenergetic
people of southern and eastern Europe. (Ibid.)
3. More immigrants have become paupers than was formerly the
case, for
a. Prior to 1880 there were comparatively few paupers among the immigrants. (Ibid.)
b. At present the percentage of pauperism among the foreigners here is four times as great as among the natives. (Ibid.)