Mr. Speaker. that an educational test accomplishes no purpose. If the immigrant is educated. so much the better. if not. he still brings his labor and his honest purpose. and these have their value. However ignorant a man be. provided he be healthy. sensible. and willing to work. the statistics show that he is worth to this country $00 on an average. It has been calculated. as nearly as it is possible to calculate such things. that the 200.000 or 300.000 immigrants that came to this country in 1895. for instance. represented a value to this country of S285.000.000. and those of the half century over $6.000.000.000. twice as much as the products of the gold and silver mines of the entire country. And as to education. do these poor men who have grown up under systems of European oppression live forever? Why.
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