Is it not ittmetsurably better to protect these future generations against such conditions by saving for them the conditions which now exist rather than undertake to compel them to meet problems which will be harder to solve hereafter? I will now quote from a circular letter which came to me in December. and which was probably sent to other Members of the House: Our country needs the labor of the toiler who Is willing to work our mines. highways. and railroads. The farmers. cattle and fruit ranchers of South and West are hungering for labor to do the work which our native born and the older immigrants refuse to engage In. Properly directed by an efficient bureau of distribution this immigration. even though illiterate. will be bound to add to the countrys wealth and wellbeing. to the end that the present high prices of farm and mine prodnets may be materially decreased. Our prosperity. which should not only secure hlgher wages but also maintain the buying power. depends largely upon the continuance of the stream of Immigration to which we owe our past growth. I specially invite attention to that part of this quotation In which these words are found: To the end that the present high prices of farm and mine products may be materially decreased. I do not know how miners may relish the idea of having the value of their products reduced. but an argument of that sort can not be expected to have much weight with the representahlve of a farming constituency.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that immigrants are willing to do work that native-born and older immigrants refuse to do.