I will say to my friend that i have not searched the statistics as to how many immigrants of that class go to American schools. or avail themselves of that opportunity in this country. but from my general knowledge I know that that class of immigrants come here in such a destitute condition both as to money and native ability to earn a living and to lift themselves up toward the American standard. that I presume their children have but little opportunity to take the advantages of education. in other words.. I k now from general observation that since this class of immigrants have lately been coming to this country the sweat houses in the great cities have been heard of. and the degrading situation that we find and read about in the papers as to the way the immigrants to this country are being herded and driven along as though they Were cattle. You never hear of the better classes of immigrants coming from northern Europe being herded and driven about as are these poor people coming from southern Europe. where they have been held down and oppressed by poverty and hard living for hundreds of years. for centuries back. and have become so degraded that they are unable to lift themselves up to the high plane of American citizenship. They are descendants of dying races. They have not got the blood that is in the veins of the immigrants of northern Europe. that is reaching put and developing and extending and upbuilding our great Republic. They are like the tgyptians of old that at one time stood proud possessors of the highest civilization of the world. but today we find them mere hewers of wood and drawers of water. and unable to rise above that condition. Their course has run. their destiny is complete.
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Immigrants from southern Europe are destitute, lack ability, are degraded, and are descendants of dying races.