Mr. Speaker. the time has come for meeting this issue face to face. For Congress to hesitate in the face of the widespread and overwhelming sentiment all over the Pacific coast against the further infliction of this Mongolian curse upon free white labor will be a crime against the peace and good order of society. The adoption of the proposed amendment will by no means solve the problem. It will only serve to render somewhat more effective a wholly inadequate law. There is but one solution of this great economic problem. and that is to strike directly at the root of the evil. I am confident that the future will j ustify my assertion that the only adequate method of dealing with this great question is to so legislate as to absolutely prohibit Chinese immigration into this country and to abrogate all treaty stipulations in relation thereto. Until this shall have been done no surprise need be expressed at the oftrecurring demonstrations of the violent and ineradicable opposition to the presence of Chinese slave labor in competition with free white labor. I speak for the maintenance of law and order. for the integrity and protection of free white labor. for the elevation of the civilization of the Pacific coast. for the expulsion of a debasing and totally uncongenial race when I insist upon such legislation as will fully recognize the dignity and importance of white labor. and. by such recognition. entirely rid the Pacific coast of the elements which are endangering the security of the entire social fabric.
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The Chinese are described as a 'Mongolian curse' and a 'debasing and totally uncongenial race'.