There is a wide difference even in the different families of the white race. Some strains are better and more desirable than others. If we are to have immigration. I want the best. I wvant those only whose ancestors have shown themselves to be in sympathy with free. representative institutions. But it is not possible to make a law which will admit thmm and altogether shut out the less advanced. less desirable people. therefore I shall support this measure because in a slight way it does impede the flow of immigration. It has been alundantly shown that crime and literacy are not as intimately associated as crime and illiteracy. which. it seems to me. is a good enough reason for supporting the literacy test. i1 this country were the last and only refuge for oppressed people in other parts of the world. I might. in the name of humanity. consent to waive my views and keel) down the bars. But that is not the situation. South and Central America. Australia. and New Zealand offer all the advantages of cliflnte. virgin soil. and democratic institutions that can be found in North America. In those countries. which are comparatively unplopulated. emigrants from Europe can find opportunities for material prosperity just as great as in the United States. My conscience is not troubled by these appeals to the " traditional American policy." No policy. traditional or other sort. commands my respect or sympathy when I see that it is hurtful to the best interests of my country. I would not hesitate to abandon on Tuesday a policy adopted on Monday if I ceased to believe in it.
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Some strains of the white race are better and more desirable than others.