Mr. Speaker. you have broken down the illiteracy test. Not only that. but you have broken down the law which has been so salutary for years against induced or assisted immigrants. because that is what this amendment aims to do. A gentleman front London caie to my office a week or two ago and asked me if I would not consent to an amendment to the contractlabor law and the assisted emigrant law so as to allow Belglans to come in. I said. "I will not. I believe that the contractlabor law and these correlative laws are wise. and I am not for relaxing those laws one jot or tittle." He said. "There are 500.000 of these Blgian refugees in London." I said. "Well. over here in the Northwest there are going to Canada from among the splendid citizenship of our country 100.000 every year. because they say that there are cheaper lands in Canada. If you have 500.000 of these Belgian people in London. why do you not try to settle them on the cheap lands in Canada to which you are inviting the splendid young American manhood from my country?" And that ended the colloquy. because the English people do not intend to send them there. Mr.
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