As I said before. it is true that there may be an excess of labor. there may be an excess of population in particular localities. and to that end and for that country it will be wise to legislate for the prevention of the one and for the removal of the other. but you can not establish an economy of industry. of legislation. of policy upon that which may be and must be a mere local and isolated fact or condition. The public economics of industry demand that wherever labor can lie 3mployed and made efficient it is a beneficent contribution to the human race. A proper division of labor ineverycountry must result to the advantage of the country. and there are employments for labor in our own countiy without interfering with the great mass of American labor. which. wisely directed. would make use of a large portion of the immigration which would naturally come here. But these are considerations foreign to the pending bill. The law which has been passed in reference to the Chinese was. in my opinion. a violation of our treaty obligations. it was in violation of all the principles of our jurisprudence. it denied a fair ttialand it placed the liberty of these people in the hands of any and every individual who should occupy some subordinale executive position.
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