It means that the scenes of squalor. of poverty. and distress found among the laboring poor of Europe. which make the heart sick to contemplate. shall be the future lot and portion of the great laboring classes of America. Ay. lr. Chairman. it mcans more than that. It means that the importation of Chinese coolies. which today. like a great cancer upon tile bodypolitic in the Pacific Coast States. threatenstbeir lives. shall be renewed and be unrestricted. The very contemplation ofsucll results shocks the sensibilities of every friend of labor. IpraytGod that in my time the economicprineipies which lead directly to such results will never find sway or control iu America.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese immigrants are described as a 'cancer upon the body politic'.