Chairman. having the honor of representing the greatest industrial district in the United States. I have gone into this question to the very best of my ability. and I may say that I am firmly convinced that the best interests of those communities that make up the industrial centers of this country demand the passage of this bill. I shall vote for this bill because I believe it means the best interests. not only of America as a Nation. but of the immnigrants themselves. those who are already here and those who. unless immigration is restricted. would continue coming to our shores in great numbers. This last phase is one which is seldom. if ever. considered. but I maintain that it is most important. By the very force of numbers. passing the bounds of assimilation. the illiterate and ignorant Immigrant. does not and can not secure a fair chance here. nor can his treatment square with the demands of common justice. The illiterate immigrant is the victim of unscrupulous rascality from the time he leaves his cottage home in the Old World until he becomes part of the human maelstrom in our great industrial centers. where the vast majority of these newcomers finally gravitate. Evil seduction awaits him on every hand. He is misdirected. cheated. and deceived at every turn.
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Generalization that illiterate immigrants are victims of unscrupulous rascality and cannot secure a fair chance.