It comes from the capitalists cry that the influx of Chinese cheapens the wages of labor. This is the true enemy of this bill. let gentlemen sugarcoat it as they will. Mr. Speaker. the injuries inflicted upon the working men and women of California can not well be conceived by those of us whose States and cities have never been blighted by this immigration. They constitute about onefourth of the working population of San Francisco today. In the manufacture of clothing. cigars. boots and shoes. and in fact in all the industries. they are rapidly making their way and excluding American workmen from employment.
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