It is. as the honorable Senator from Nevada remarked. a step in the right direction. In my judgment. however. it is a very short step. The Senator from New Jersey has pointed out in the interrogatory propounded by him to the Senator from Nevada that the great difficulty is that Chinese immigration comes into British Columbia and gets into our country from across the British border. Chinese laborers have not come into this country directly from Chinese ports for the last eight years. but have come from the British port of HongKong. not only directly by steamer to San Francisco. but through the British possessions north of us. and by these different routes large numbers have been coming into this country. Therefore it does seem to me that a mere treaty on our part with China can not accomplish very much.
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