It will be farreaching in solving the problem as to the conditions that attain in all parts of this country. in Europe. and throughout the world. and. Mr. Speaker. not the least of its achievements will be to put a quietus upon the traffic in human labor as now practiced through the importation of foreign paupers. men who are bartered and sold like cattle. men who are imported by unscrupulous demagogues to compete with and degrade American labor. These foreign paupers are not immigrants. they do not come here to stay. they do not intend to make this country their home. they are scavengers. they are antagonistic to American institutions. they are as clay in the hands of the potter. and are guided by their demagogic slave owners and are only here to steal from. the fruits of honest toil. The passage of this bill will blot out this inhuman traffic in foreign pauper labor. It will also be an eye opener to the next Congress in placing the bars of protection high enough in the interests of American labor so that it will not have to compete with unfavorable conditions in Italy. Japan. and India. for.
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Generalization that foreign paupers are imported to compete with and degrade American labor, are scavengers, and are antagonistic to American institutions.