The Senator from Colorado makes the point that Chinese and Japanese coming to the United States. to save $10. will land at Vancouver. When a Japanese wants to get to Colorado he would have a hard time to save $10 by paying out $50 to come by railroad from Vancouver to Denver. Even the Japanese know more than this. The Senator also declares the St. Lawrence River would be filled with ships bringing immigrants to the United States who want to avoid the payment of the tendollar head tax. But suppose they wanted to come to West Virginia. They would have to pay $25 or $30 to come by rail. in order to save $10.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about what Chinese and Japanese people know and would do to save money.