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and he is ninesixteenths immigrant and sevensixteenths Indian. This country was built up by immigration. and it was built up largely by illiterate inmmigration. No one dares to say a word against the Irish. German. and Scandinavian immigration. It is considered highly desirable. and why.? Not only because it is skilled labor--skilled immigrants are really the competition our tradeunions fearbut because the Irish. German. and Scandinavian have become a big power in this country. That is the main reason. The educational test will certainly fail to limit the immigration of skilled mechanics. I remember reading that in 1850 the Irish were shot down by the hundreds in the steets o Louisville. Ky.. by the old KnowNothings. "America for the Americans" was the cry of the socalled American party then. as it is the war cry of the modern KnowNothings.