Before he can pass the gate it -is necessary for him to point to spotless past in the first place. Why. persons. male or female. who succeed in getting by the inspecters at Ellis Island would be good enough to be readily. admitted into heaven. whether they can read and write or not. but in order to be admitted into this free country they must be able to read. In other words. our restrictionists propose to set up a test more stringent than that which would easily entitle an immigrant to eternal bliss. My third objection is that an educational test is no test of characterin fact. is no test of the fitness of an immigrant at all. From a practical standpoint it would be better to exclude educated classes and admit those who have not had the benefit of a school training. because the latter we really need for our rough work. while we have an ample sufficiency of the former class in our own country. As honest and selfrespecting legislators we can not and should not depart from the truism that character is the only test of a mans worth.
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