Why are we asked to run the risk of admitting large numbers of Chinese and crossbreeds of Chinese and Mestizos into this Republic. to say nothing of the vast Malay millions which stand behind them? In the Philippine Islands today are more than 500.000 Chinese and descendants of Chinese. They mainly inhabit the city of Manila and othertowns. Those people are laborers. merchants. and traders. and when we open the doors by the annexation of these islands we will bring into competition with our home people more alien pauper laborers than would come here in a hundred years under the ordinary operation of our immigration laws. And for what? For islands which. in my judgment. have been vastly exaggerated in fertility and value.
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