The Empire State of the South. the State of Texas. has. including the bays which border upon it. about 275.000 square miles. That is an area almost equal to the entire extent of the domain of the United States. exclusive of Alaska. which is now subject to cultivation and to use by man. The great interior sections of the country need more people. and any immigration act which tends to exclude. as the pending bill does. the people who would like to come here. is not to the interest of those sections. Speaking from recollection. I will state the fact to be that in Holland there are more than 600 people to the square mile. whereas in the great valley of the Mississippi River. a country as fertile as Holland and as capable of sustaining a population as vast as are the lowlands of the Netherlands. there are not 30 people to the square mile.
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