I think. through the agricultural regions of the West Is these.. sturdy sons of Belgium who are suffering from the disasters of.. the war. who have been deprived of everything they have on. earth except their strong hands. and who might be glad to come here and go out on these farms and perform the Work for which there is -such a great demand. If the Senator will permit me just one word further. I wish to make this observation: In my State. at least. for a nmalber of years we have maintained. out of the liberal. appropriation made by the State legislature. a bureau called the commission of immigration. One of the purposes of that commission is to present the claims of our State as a successful agricultural region to the worthy settlers in Europe for the purpose of hayIng them come into our midst and increase the number of the tillers of the soil in our State and cultivate lands that are now. idle. I do not take the view that it Is against the interest of the farmers in tie West to encourage the bringing in of worthy immigrants who will make good farmers and open up new. fields. and. more than that. the bringing in of a class of farm labor that is so largely demanded by the farmers themselves. I would gladly support this amendment if the provision requiring these people to be purchasers of land were stricken out of it.
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