And this product carefully matured is now shipped to all parts of the world. even to France. where it finds a ready market in competition with the home product. Fortyfive thousand Italians are now living in the 56 counties of California. own 2.726 farms. conduct 837 business concerns. and have an invested capital of $20.000.000. The Canadian Government in 1903 expended $642.913 to promote immigration. and their success. in this country at least. is a good cause for apprehension. as we are annually- losing 100.000 of our best citizens. In the year ended June 30. 1903. of 233.546 Italians admitted. 1.97.267 were between the ages of 14 and 45 years. so that it is wrong to contend that we are a dumping ground for the criminal. the aged. and the infirm. And if the economic value of an ablebodied immigrant over 20 and under 35 years is $1.000. then Italys contribution has been tremendous. We expend millions in the construction of irrigation canals to provide proper distribution of water. yet we do not expend any money for proper distribution of immigration. whereas if ou water supply were choked off in the same manner that we now propose choking off immigration. our country would necessarily be less productive than it is now. The healthy. honest. willing laborer in any field of employment is an addition to the Nations working capital. We embellish our public buildings with names dear to lovers of all that is grand and great in art. science. and literature. and the names occupying the most prominent places are those of Italians. today termed undesirable.
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