Mr. Chairman. my motion is to strike out this proviso: That States or Territories. the District of Columbia. or places subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. may advertise. and by written or oral communication with prospective alien settlers make known. the lnducements they offer for immigration thereto. respectively. Only a few moments ago. Mr. Chairman. the gentleman from Massachusetts stated that some years ago South Carolina brought over a shipload of immigrants. and that these immigrants did not remain there very long. � am satisfied that not only South Carolina.. but some other adjoining States. do not at this time seek immigration. I realize that were the people of -these communities as familiar with the benefits to be derived from immigration as are we who come from sections where there are a great many immigrants. they would be anxious to have these immigrants come to their States and help them develop that country. It seems that they are prejudiced against immigration. yet if they would only stop to think. they would realize that the great development that has taken place throughout the northern and western sections of this country during the past 25 years has been in a great measure due to immigration. These immigrants have settled on lands which had lain dormant for years. and which. as a result of their efforts. are now yielding great harvests that tam the capacity of our granaries and helpto feed hundreds of thousands of our people. Let these individuals who are opposed to immigration imagine. if they can. what would. be the condition of these sections of our country. today had it not been for the immigrants. They have made a veritable garden out of what was once a wilderness. These people from the cmmunitios where there is so much opposition to immigration have become prejudiced through articles that have appeared in the papers in these sections. and through communications which have been sent them by certain organizations. In view of that fact. I do not think it is fair that they should be permitted to advertise for immigration or seek to bring it to thosesections where it is not wanted. and where the immigrants would not be made welcome. I am of the opinion that. if they were permitted to stimulate immigration and contract for it. it would be unsatisfactory. !.not only to them but to the immigrants as well. for these people do not desire to go to a section of the country where they are made- to feel that they are outcasts and where their honest work is not appreciated. They come to this great Republic of. ours not only to better their financial condition. but to- make .their homes where they can be free from tyranny and oppression. and they do not wish to be subjected to the same kind of treatment that was accorded those who were imported into South Carolina some years ago. I believe that this section of the bill should be eliminated. so that there may be no repeititibn of that unfortunate trial. and which. has continuously. been used. against the presentday immigration with such telling effect that a great many people have been prejudiced by it. Mr: Chairman. I feel confident that if the people of South Carolina had understood the people whom they attempted- to colonize in that State that by this time there would be a uni versal demand from that section of the country for immigra tion.
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