Chairman. in further reply to the section of this bill which prohibits the employment of Chinese on the Pacific Ocean. I have given the facts that appeared before our committee. that it would practically drive our commerce off the Pacific. I can not help stating heremy interest is so deep in the subjectthat the provisions of the ship subsidy bill as it now stands would covtr this. for it insists on an employment of a certain proportiononethird at the beginningof native or naturalized Americans. and increasing as time goes on. but the great question involved in this bill. and why our committee have made it as stringent as in our judgment it is safe to go. is to refer once again to the conditions under which we must develop our trade in the Orient. It is absolutely essential that we keep the good will of China in that respect. It is absolutely essential that we have their merchants coming to our country to report on what we have to deliver to them for sale. and in the exchange of commodities. The bill is framed in the broad. liberal spirit which should dominate our country. We have already discriminated against China. keeping out the coolies. which I admit is necessary. and we are all together in that. but I protest against any overstrict regulations which would stop all intercourse between the educated of both countries. It is not in keeping with our American civilization. it is not in keeping with the views of the American people. We believe in the exchange of ideas.
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