We wish to stop the process by which labor is imported into this country under contract. and we wish to do it effectually. We do this upon the ground that those who are sons of the country. whether bynaturalization orby birthand they both stand and ought to stand upon the same footingare entitled to whatever benefits are to be gained here by honest industry and ought not to be subjected to the competition of those who owe no allegiance to our Government and who have no love for our country. This alien competition is the great evil which we are seeking to overthrow. and if we simply close the door to the importation of contract labor we but partially perform our duty in that respect. because we leave the other and the greater door open by which this competition may still be carried on. I do not know what may be the experience of gentlemen from other sections of the country and I do not know what their sentiments may be as to the amendment which I have introduced. but I do know that on the frontier from which I come. and. as I am told. along the frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific. our towns and cities. our fields and our forests. all our industries. are swarming with labor imported from Canada. Our pine woods are full of that labor. our railroad corporations are full of it. our streetrailway corporations are full of it. our lake marine is full of it. our shops are full of it.
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