It is frequently alleged that alien workmen send their savings. aggregating great sums of money. which they accumulate in this country. to their native homes. and that many millions of dollars are taken from this country by aliens who have saved up a competence from their earnings here. only to be spent by them in their native countries. This all may be true. but the amounts of money which are taken out of the country through this source are greatly exaggerated. and these sums dwindle into insignificance when compared to the tremendous fortunes taken abroad by our adventurous title hunters. I believe that we can retain in this country the moneys which alien laborers now send to their native countries by the establishment of !a system of postal savings banks. Objections to the bill are many. it being even urged that it is unconstitutional. but I shall waive this objection and give it the benefit of my doubt on this proposition. [Loud applause.]
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