If they were poor. it required years of economy to accumulate the necessary funds. Only the fittest came. Since that time the sources of European immigration have changed entirely. The immigration from Germany absolutely fell off between 1899 and 1900. while the immigration from other countries. of people who are confessedly less desirable as citizens. increased enormously. The question which. sooner or later. must be answered by the American Congress is whether we are going to close the doors against the brutalized classes of alien laborers which until recently was almost unknown but which now form a large part of the annual addition to our population. I believe there is no civilized country on earth that has not within its borderspersons who would be desirable as citizens of this country. Let them come.
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Brutalized classes of alien laborers are undesirable as citizens.