Speech #470036833

I will read from page 120 of this volume what he says. The question propounded to him was this: What is the condition of commerce between the United States and China ? And how has it been or may it be affected by Chinese immigration I The answer was this: The condition of commerce between China and here likely to be affected by Chi. nese immigration I conceive to be unimportant. consisting only of commodities importe for their use. which become proportionately less all the time as other places contribute those articles. as rice from Siam and Honolulu. Further on in his testimony he states that after a careful examination he thinks the commerce that exists between the two nations would not be and could not be seriously interfered with if such restrictive legislation should be passed as would not excite the hostility of China. because the Chinese. like all other people. will trade in that market of the world where they can obtain cheapest what they want. Taking. then. his views on that question as being authoritative. so far as they can be so.