New Britain herald., 1927-01-12

upOll luS udlAOlieil oli6lllS VI tAooS already in the country, as shown by the census of 1920.
 The present quotas are based upon the number of foreign born in- dividuals of each nationality in the United States at the time of the 1890 census.
 There is a considerable difference between the two systems. Under the present quotas 164,667 immigrants may be admitted annually. Under the national origin" system this will be reduced to 15O,000.
 The main difference, however. will relate to the quotas from certain countries. The national origin" sys- tenn will increase the British quota by 50,OO0 or 15O per cent; it will re- duce the German quota 3o,O00; and will reduce the quota from the Irish Free State by 10000.
 The Italian quota will be increased approximately 2,000. and reduce the Polish quota by more than 1000.
 A much discussed feature of the national origins" system is that the quotas of England and Northern Ire land are combined. The experts compiling the new quota system have declared that a large proportion of the early Irish settlers were from north Ireland, not from what now is the Irish Free State.
 Determination of the new ma tional origin" quota system was made by the secretaries of state, labor and commerce, working in conjunction with the census depart ment. Their report, made to Presi- dent Coolidge, was in turn given to Congress without presidential com ment.
 Objections have been many against the quota system, and as on the whole the national origin" system will reduce immigration still further. strong opposition against the plan is already manifested. Ma tionals whose quotas are reduced by the new plan are vehement in their denunciation and claim nobody is enough of an expert to be able to de- termine the national origin of the millions making up the nation.
 The Irish Free State is particular ly hard hit by the national origins system, the present quota of 2S,567 being reduced to only S,330. The fu- rore among citizens of Irish eXtrac- ton naturally is hectic. According to the census compilers, few Catholic Irish were in the country early enough to figure in the national origin" system, while those Irish which were here early are credited with having been mostly from north ern, or Protestant Ireland. This con- clusion does not seem reasonable. who fought for the Union in the Civil War. and nobody heretofore suspected they came mostly from northern Ireland.
 Another country that will feel a harsh contraction of the quota under the new system is Sweden, its quota being reduced from nearly 10000 to little more than 5000. The other extreme is illustrated in the quota for Austria, which is increased from 7S5 to 2,171; and Russia is increased from 2,24S to 4,O02.
 The national origins" system is certain to meet with strong opposi- tion in Congress, although, the i'm migration act of two years ago pro- viding for it, opposition will have to take the form of eradicating the clause from an already existing act, which would still leave us with the quota law as we have it.
 Most of the opposition to the i'm migration law, of course, comes from congressman living in districts where foreign immigration has set tied heavily. Those in favor are from the interior where he same racial conditions do not prevail. The object of the law is eVident-to main tain the racial origin in the United States upon its present basis. In the process immigration is being cut to 15O.000 annually from the quota countries, with no limitations from the non-Quota Countries-Canada, Newfoundland, Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Canal Zone and the independent countries of Central and South America.
 By sending the national origin" report to Congress without comment, President Coolidge is expected to adopt a hands off attitude. Unless the clause is changed in the mean