The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-09
DR.. WINES LECTURES.
The Assistant Director Discusses the
Twelfth Census

The first lecture Of the National
Geographic Society for the season Of 1901
1902 was delivered last night at the
National Rifles Armory. 10y DIT Frederick
II. Wines. Assistant Director Of the Cen
sus- The subject Of his lecture was The
Twelfth Census" a large audience was
present 20 listen attoutvely TO a highly
( instructive and interesting address. After
few introductory remarks, MI Wines
said.
The first thing I viii show you tonight
is how the population OF this country, and
its growth, as well as its analysis can
/ be represented by the use Of solids. which.
So far as / know. is novelty and my
/ own idea. You see before YOU on the
/ platform a series OF cubes each Of which
/ expresses, by its relative siz, in compari-
| son with the others. the relative amount
/ Of the population. as determined by each
/ decenniaI census. beginning with tine year
] li9' and ending with the year 1870. The
! use of a cube is not essential. 4 cube
/ and sphere. for instance. may have
} equivalent cubicaI contents and the rela
. tive size Of the population at each census
b could have been equally well shown by
the use of the spheres instead of cubes.
but they would have been more difficult
OF construction, and would not have
served our purpose as well.
Dr. Wines showed the comparative in
crease Of population OF every census
taken. and also cited figures with regard
to the foreign born and c0lored popul@-
ZION In his address DIT Wines laid par
. ucular stress on the problem Of how to
. assimilate the foreiEn-born population
T with the American. In this respect NJ
. said.
The great problem Of foreign immi-
grafton is how to aSsimilate it With the
American hfe. We want only people that
IL IL a
Will accept American ideas and manners
Of living and thinking. That is the reason
We don't want the Chinese All foreign
erS are welcome, but we do not want any
people that Will not assimiIate with us,
with our lives and our institutions"
Ia regard to the oft-advanced claim Of
negro domination DR. Wines asserted
that there is no danger 10 be feared He
said with regard 70 this question:
| The negro rs not dying cut, ne IS
holding his own And as the 10 gro D.
hc-e. and is hero TO STAY. and Is holding
his own. ne must have a fair show. The
hope Of this country Is in the education
3 Of tbs negro. not the Intellectual vduCa-
| ton so much as the industrial education
Give him a far chance. and If he proves
himself our equal we cannot refuse him
his rights"
Referring to the restriction Of foreign
immigration. Or. Wines said.
T 1t is nonsense 20 talk about restricting
. foreign immigration. Il Is foreign lmrni-
grafton that made this country what 10
is IL Is foreign Enumeration that cs.u-
. tribuJed more 10 the rise OF this country
than anything else. with the exception
. only of the achievements of our fore
. fathers. IL would De like cutting the
noses out Of our faces should our Legs
laturCs enact laws restricting foreign I'M
migration. Some of tho people we dislike
most are among our greatest and best
. acquisitions. I found that there is no race
. that furnishes as few prisoners and
paupsrs as the Uuch-despiscd EUnEar-
. iaus"
Dr. Wines concluded his discourse hy
/ expressing tho hope that Congress. in Its
/ wisdom. may see mt 20 make the Census
. Bureau a permanent Office and requested
those present 10 use all their Efforts IN
. that direction