Ie is but one of a large number of his type which we have contributed to other States. and you may well be proud of him. Eight of the sixteen counties comprising my district are underlaid with rich beds of coal. which are being developed. and my people do not want to see the same conditions recur among theim as exist in Pennsylvania and some parts of West Virginia. where the native American has been driven out by the Slav. the Pole. and the Hungarian. whose habits. customs. and manner of living is so far below the American standard that no American can compete xvith them or cares to live among them. These people have literally taken the coal fields of Pennsylvania. and the constant influx of more of them has turned them toward West Virginia. until last summer the governor of that State was asked by the Immigration Restriction League of Boston. who were trying to solve the problem of distribution of immigrants. if any more labor was needed in his State. to which lie answered no. that tiey had an abundance. Mr. Chairman.
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Slavs, Poles, and Hungarians are described as having habits, customs, and manners of living far below the American standard.