It is a conservative bill . but if gentlemen continue to play with this subject as they have been trying to do for years the time will come when it will be more serious to them and to this country than it now appears to be. Already labor organizations are. some of them. going much beyond what we are asking for. Just the other day the United Mine Workers of America passed a resolution at Indianapolis demanding that all immigration be stopped for the present. They asked for laws to prohibit all immigration until all surplus laborers in the United States are fully employed. Mr. Chairman. this bill strikes at those who come here for the purpose of beating down the price of labor. who come here for the purpose of establishing low standards of morals and living. and to drive out.. as Mr.
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Immigrants come to beat down the price of labor and establish low standards of morals and living.