In this connection I desire to read what General MacArthur has said upon the subject. so that the Senate may not for a moment suppose that it is a note of alarm originating either with myself or this side.of the Chamber. General MacArthur. in one of his annual reports to the War Department. makes the following statement: Such a peolRef erring to the ChineseSuch a people. largely endowed as they are. with inexhaustible fortitude and determination. if admitted to the archipelago in any considerable oumbers durinr the formative period which is now in progress of evolution. would soon have direct or indirect control of pretty nearly every productive interest. to the absolute exclusion alike of Filipinos and Americans. And then he contines: This view is stated with considerable emphasis. as unmistakable indications are apparent of organized and systematized efforts to break down all barriers. with a view to unrestricted Chinese immigration. for the J)unpose of quick end effective exploitation of the islandsa policy which would not only be ruinous to the Fihpino people. but would in the end surely defeat the exjansion of American trade to its natural dimensions in what is obviously one of its most important channels. In this connection it may not lie improper to state that one of the greatest difficulties attending military efforts to tranquilize the people of the arehipelago arises from their dread of sudden and excessive exploitation. which they fear would defraud them of their natural patrimony and at the same time relegate them to a statue of social and political inferiority. I ask the members of this body whether. the exclusion from the U~nited States by the Platt amendment of Chinese coming from the Philippine Islands. and the omission to exclude them from the Philippine Islands coming from China or other foreign countries. is not the equivalent of a notice to the Philippine Conmnission and the American authorities in the islands that the policy of exclusion from the islands is looked upon with disfavor by. the party in power. and that the barriers there should be thrown down. so that there may be no obstacle to the inroad of Chinese from across the sea?
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about Chinese people's desire to exploit resources and control productive interests.