It will in thift case be not the "survival of the fittest." but the degradation of the best. If we desire that the American workingman shall retain his superiority over the underpaid laborer of Europe. we must from time to time interpose such obstacles as will deter the influx of those who will degrade his labor by undue competitiona competition which joyfully accepts lower wages than the American laborer now receives. because it is an improvement on the wages hitherto received by the new comer. and because his wants have been repressed by his environment. Much has been done for our country and the laborers and artisans who have created our wealth by the duties imposed on goods man.ufactured by foreign labor. but by that very process we have stimulated immigration. which although in the main beneficent in its operation. now threatens. if continued without selection. to aggravate evils already apparent. and to lower the standard of our people in lowering the wages of those who toil. We are working out under the most favorable conditions a new civilization. We have a clear field with all of history to select from in law. literature. tradition. and customs.
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