When he came to this country he came at a time when young America needed settlers. He came at a time when America could assimilate immigration. Those were the men who came and helped to make our country. but many of those who come now are coming with environments and habits which instead of building up are tearing down. Why should this Congress be called upon to say that we will let them continue to come? You gentlemen that say we ought not to put the literacy test in this bill ought to consider the future. Our conduct and votes here are for future generations as well as the present. Many men who are ignorant. who can not read or write. are good citizens. I know there are more great rascals as a rule among the educated classes that come to this country than there are among the average citizens of America. but the plain fellow that can not read or write. the real ignorant oriental or European who associates with the bad element. is liable to be worse than the one who can read and write. We know that is true. Every man who knows conditions does not have to be a philosopher to understand that principle. and that is one of the reasons why the literacy test is put in the bill. It is necessary. It is not the best test in the world. and should not be the only one. but this committee has done the best that it could. and I certainly as a citizen of this country and a Member of Congress appreciate the faithful work of that committee.
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Generalization about immigrants coming with 'environments and habits which instead of building up are tearing down'.