Speaker if we can afford to degrade the American laborer to the level of the Chinese cooly ? Can we afford to ask him to renounce home. wife. and child. the religion of his fathers. the love of his country and her institutionsall he holds most dear. al that makes him what he is ? This he must do if he would meet the Chinaman on equal grounds. would compete successfully with him in the field of labor. In short. he must substitute for his own the character which has come down to the Mongolian from time immemorial. I. for one. am opposed to this. I would uphold the dignity of the American laborer.
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Chinese are described as degrading American laborers and forcing them to renounce their values.