Speech #590162251

For all practical purposes. Mr. President. the Senator might just as well have said he is opposed to the South doing this. because the northern cities. mainly New York. are the ports of entry where all of the inunigrant ships comie ih. where the immigrants land.. and from which they.are distributed. and the agents have only to go to Europe and distribute the advertising. matter and get the interest of the foreigners enlisted in aiiy given locality. with the incitement to emigrate. TIme stream of immigration has always been through New York and has gone west. along that isothermal line. to the other States which have advantages to offer. clear to the p1acific coast. They have gotten these immigrants naturally and inevitably. while the South. with no imnigrant depots and no transoceanic lines of steamners bringing imlnigrants to one of its ports. is practicatlly out of the game. with no chance in the world to get in. And when we discover. through the interpretation of the law as it now stands. that the State agent may induce a very small number of white people to come to us to get employment. under such conditions as the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration says are not unlawful. the Senator hurries to incorporate in the bill now pending an amendment which shuts us out.