So that. considered in a commercial point of view. those countries stand second so far as their shipping is concerned. lI fact it is the only continental country. with the exception of France and Germany. which runs a direct line of vessels to this country. Politically I think this mission is worthy of at great deal of consideration. We have in this country now probably 600.000 people who have emigrated frout Sweden and Norway. We have in my own State something over 100.000. and they are a class of people who for industry and worth will compare favorably with nativeborn citizens. or with emigrants from any other part of the world. I think the Scandinavian emigration will outnumber the aggregate from all other nations with whom we have commercial relations. excepting Great Britain and Germany. Considered from any point of view. it seems to me that this provision of the House bill is not only a great mistake. but that it. is an insult to those countries from which we derive so large and valuable a contributionto our own population.
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