I have only five minutes. Now. I want to answer the gentleman from Massachusetts in what he said about poverty in the city coming from immigration. The gentleman himself made a speechon the 14th of March in this House. and here is what he said: It is foolish to say that these immigrants congest our large centers and become charges upon the community. It is not true. There were 315.000 immigrants settled in New York State last year. one years importation alone. and yet only 12.000 aliens. all told. are in the penal and charitable institutions of the State. In Pennsylvania less than 6 000 aliens. all told. are in charitable or penal institutions. and yet 216.000 last year alone settled in Pennsylvania. I think that we must accept the fact as demonstrated beyond doubt that those people stay in Iennsylvania and stay in New York on account of economic reasons.
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