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I repeat. will result in debasing it. Whom will this shut out? Does the gentleman realize that the men who can pass the test which is applied in this section. or the test proposed in the immigration bill of the gentleman from Massachusetts . are not men who will work at manual labor for $1.50 a day? A man who has received such training will in the nature of things seek employment where these intellectual attainmeats can be turned to profit. He will compete with Americans in the field of bookkeeping. the various branches of clerical work. in journalism. or in the professions.