Mr. President. I have stated the principal reasons why I am unwilling to act upon this amendment in connection with the pending bill. why I am unwilling to vote for a large head tax upon immigrants. I think the Senator from Kansas had better withdraw his amendment and propose it as a separate bill. for. as I repeat. it is very offensive to me to undertake to deal with questions of citizenship. of immigration. and of human rights. in connection with a bill the main and only purpose of which is to deal with duties upon imported merchandise. The Senator from Nebraska . whom I do not now see in his seat. has taken occasion during the present debate to frequently ask this side of the Chamber whether we- are not willing to protect American labor by excluding immigrants as well as by imposing high duties upon imported merchandise. I hold it to be the duty of this country to take into serious con-. sideration the question of immigration. I believe that we should go on in the direction of limiting immigration into this country. but I call attention to the fact that there are certain natural obstructionsto immigration which do not exist in the case of imper tedgoods. Take a bale of woolen cloths made in one of the man-. ufacturing towns of England. That bale of goods has no sensibility. it is a thing inanimate. it is taken as freight and carried to the waters edge. it is put in the hold of a ship. it is brought here at a low rate of freight. and the rates of freight are becoming lower and lower everyyear with increased facilities for transportation.
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