The sun seems to dry up the energy. the strength. the push. and the activity that characterizes our branch of the Caucasian family. Mr. President. itoccurs to me that when we are industriously excluding from our borders by immigration laws the undesirable class even of our own blood and color. it is inconsistent to introduce at one fell swoop about 40.000 people living in the Hawaiian Islands. If certain people of our own kind are undesirable. much more are these leprous Kanakas. these contractlabor coolies. these Japanese who come from the slums of the cities of Japan. To incorporate that number of these Asiatics into our country is no light matter to me. That population is bound to have an injurious effect upon the white people among whom they live. It can not be avoided.
Identified stereotypes
Asians are described as leprous Kanakas, contract-labor coolies, and Japanese from the slums of Japan, implying they are undesirable and will have an injurious effect on white people.