But I do believe that it should be considered and solved. If possible. with an eye to the permanent welfare of our whole country. and not with a view of bridging over any temporary necessity or of meeting any shortlived contingency. My position as to the best way of settling the question is embraced in the following section of a bill which was reported to the Fiftyninth Congress by the Committee on Immigration. of which I was a member: Si:c. 38. That no alien over 16 years of age physically capable of reading shall be admitted to the United States until he has proved to the satisfaction of the proper inspection officers that he can read English or some other language or dialect. and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor is hereby authorized and directed to prescribe from time to time such methods and rules as he may think best for the purpose of testing the ability of such immigrants to read: Provided. That an admissible alien over 16 years of age. or a person now or hAreafter in the United States of like age. may bring in or send for his wife. Ills mother. or his grandmother. hIs affianced wife. his father. who is over 55 years of age. or his grandfather. if they are otherwise admisslble. whether they are able to read or not. and such persons shall be permitted to land: Provided further.
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