Speech #510136339

Sweden. and Holland have sent to us their industrioas arms. who have ditched the water. builded towns and villages. constructed our railroads. covering the land with harvests. and extended prosperity. these are welcome to our shores. for they become a part of our institutions. the oppressed of other nations for a century have found this Republic a beacon of hope for all humanity. But of late there is a menace to our wellbeing. to the prosperity of our laboring population. The immigration within the last thirty years amounts to 10.434.506nearly onesixth of our population. during the last decade the immigration has been more than half of what it was for the whole thirty years. Of late a different class. in too many instances. are coming to us. They are not like the larger portion of the immigration heretofore coming to our shores from those countries. Many of these later immigrants are malefactors. criminals. and foes to established government. security. and law. who have left their native land for its good. Then. again. there are many coming from other lands who know nothing of our institutions. who elbow our people out of the way in the struggle for existence. There is a daily increasing tide. which. like the waters of the AEgean. know no return.