But I will say to the Senator from Georgia that it is a matter to which I have given some personal attention. One of the Senators now on this floor called me to the Marble Room some time ago andpresented a gentleman from his State who was anxious to have agricultural laborers settle there. and he propounded the same inquiry. I sent him. with a letter of introduction. to the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration. The reply he received was simply that this clause was adopted for.the purpose which the Senator has already suggestedfor the protection of the skilled mechanics in the United States. that it was put in the law at the demand of what we call the "labor element." The country has acquiesced in the demand so made. and this provision in the law has been preserved. It has worked admirably. the country has accepted and become accustomed to its provisions. and. so far as I am aware. there is practically no demand or desire for its repeal.
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