Mr. Chairman. since this House has ceased to be a deliberative assembly. and become a "business body." it desires facts rather than rhetoric. elucidation of the subject under discussion more than eloquence. The question of Chinese exclusion has for more than a quarter of a century been one of extreme difficulty. taxing to the utmost the ingenuity of the Congress and the thought of the country to devise a solution which will exclude the Chinese from competition with our laborers and at the same time retain and increase our trade with China. It would be easy to pull down the bars and let the Chinese in ad libituma thing not to be thought of for one moment by any lover of his country. It would be a simple performance to shut out. rigorously and ruthlessly.
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