Neither is this measure written against any particular race because of any prejudice of whatever character. It Is simply. as I understand it. In the interest of a higher class of immigrants. in the interest of our own Nation in the future. An undesirable individual. no matter what his race. his color. or his religion. should be prevented from coming here. While no test is sufficient to cover all undesirables. It must be admitted that education will assist In this selection. If it will not. then the history of the progress of the nations in the past is mere deception. It does not appear rational that a citizen of this country could hold seriously that a literacy test will have no effect in producing a better type of immigrant. This does not argue that a person who can not read is not a good citizen. on the contrary. we know a great many who are good citizens. But as a class those who can learn to read are most certainly more desirable than those who can not.
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Those who can learn to read are more desirable.