Mr. Chairman. in my opinion the highest considerations of the public welfare require and the urgent necessities of labor demand that this Congress pass without further delay as stringent a law as can be drawn to restrict Chinese immigration. The question affects the very foundation of our civilization. It is a duty we owe to posterity and to every citizen in our land. If the immigration bars are ever let down in this matter. the Chinese will come into this country in droves. overrun the land. menace our domestic institutions. threaten our tranquillity. imperil the Republic. and destroy American labor. This bill is for selfpreservation. It is largely a racial question of supremacy and essentially for the protection of labor. We offer no apologies to the Chinese for this legislation. but we declare it to be the first duty of Congress to legislate for the rights of the American workinen. We are going to pass tisis bill. not for the Mongolian. but for the Americanfor those who toil. who have created all our wealth and have made us great and prosperous. I am a friend of the American workman. and his interests demand the enactment of this bill into law. My sympathy is now. alway has been. and always will be in favor of the toilers of this country.
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Generalization that Chinese will overrun the land, menace domestic institutions, threaten tranquility, imperil the Republic, and destroy American labor.