I do not know whether they could read and write or not. But I do know that they were ambitious and honest ad industrious. and I know that they have made good citizens. and that they have raised children that have grown up in our community. who have made and are making good citizens. But I have in mind another character of people who come to this country not. if you please. as immigrants. people who come here not to be assimilated into our citizenship. not to assume the responsibilities of citizens of the United States. but who come here for the sole purpose of getting the benefit of our high wages. people who. work just enough below our standard of wages to displace the immigrant who came here with a view of becoming a citizen and assuming the responsibilities of our citizenship and raising their children here and having them grow into our community as a part of it. I have in mind especially the people who come here from old Mexico and work upon our railroads. The lines of nearly all the railroads in our section of the country are covered with Mexicanssingle men. with just enough women among them in the camp to do the cooking.
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