Nor should we forget. Mr. Chairman. to take into account in summing up the results the vast and abiding influence which immigration has had in building up this great country. Who can tell the enormous advantages which have been brought to use in opening up to settlement the wild regions of the West and Southwest by these bands of immigrants? They have come to us in the bloom of theirlives. and they have brought to us the labor which we needed. In their effort to make homes for themselves they have built up our waste places. and in many instances have established commonwealths which today are not only the strength and support of our free system of government but the pride and the glory of every American citizen. Suppose. for example. a man owned the best gold mine in the world and yet had no one to work it for him or to purchase his product. what would the mine be worth to him? Nothing! We have vast resources. and those have been opened up by these immigrants. They have not only brought us their labor. but they have br ught us their knowledge in reference to their special productions. the value of which can hardly be overestimated. It must therefore be apparent to every one that our prosperity is not altogether due to the tariff laws.
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