It was in response to the demand for it that millions of healthy men have sought our shores. and that mighty tide pouring through our ports has directed itself to the very fountains of production. These hardy laborers have paved streets. dug foundations. constructed sewers. built railways. plowed fields. sown. seeds. and harvested cropswork without which no other could be performed or even undertaken. but which the native American always avoids. These immigrants have found employment and gain their own livelihood by the elemental labor that is the basis on which all highly paid labor must depend. I wonder if the gentleman from Alabama and the gentlenian from Iowa realize the fact that no highly paid mechanic is ever employed directly upon the earth. but always on some product of the earth. The prima products of the earth are the fountain and the origin of all the higher or skilled employment.
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Immigrants are described as hardy laborers who perform work that native Americans avoid.