But instead of that I do not doubt that there is a larger number in the United States today than there was twentyfive years ago. and that there is a larger number in California than twentyfive years ago. The truth is. Mr. Chairman. that the great mass of the population of California has never sympathized. in my judgment. with the exclusion act. nor have the people of the United States. Instead of that. in my belief. there is a feeling favorable to a limited Chinese immigration. I do not hesitate to say that 500.000 could be absorbed in the labor field of the United States today and not displace a single American. They are the best domestic servants to be found anywhere.
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