Mr. Speaker. practically every immigrant is either a prospective or a possible citizen. Therefore I view all imligration questions primarily from the standpoint of their possible effect upon our citizenship and our institutions. Some gentlemen view this question largely from economic and industrial standpoints. Those matters are entitled to due consideration. but with me the primary question is. How has and how will immigration affect the institutions and citizenship of the Republic? I have so high a regard for the efficacy of our institutions in the transforming of character and in the building up of citizenship from seemingly undesirable material that I am of tne opinion that we would be safe. without any further restrictionon immigration. if the immigrants now coming and to come in the future could be widely distributed throughout the land and have the benefit of contact with the entire body of our citizenship.
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