The original bill. as it came from the hands of the distinguished member from California. was strong and praiseworthy. The amendments have merely made it still stronger and more praiseworthy. I especially welcome the amendment which provides for keeping Chinese immigrants out of our insular possessions as well as out of our mainland. It has been repeatedly thrown in the teeth of the dominant party that it was proposing to allow Chinese labor to be made use of extensively in the Philippine and Hawaiian islands. so as to enable American manufacturers and capitalists to go to those islands and produce goods there by Chinese labor cheaper than we can produce them at home with American labor. and thus allow some of our own employers and producers to cut under our own prices and undermine the precious structure of American industry. This amendment fully meets and disproves all such allegations. and its necessity. on general principles. is evident.
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