Speaker. it has been suggested. and properly so. that this amendment violates the spirit of neutrality in so far as our relations with the belligerent countries are concerned. and. I want to call the attention of the House to the fact that it also violates the spirit of neutrality in so far as the obligation of this Congress to the various vocations of the American Nation are concerned.. You propose to waive the .illiteracy test. the provisions of the contractlabor law. to let down the bars. and send to Europe men who have colonization -schemes to bring emigrants from Belgium. to compete with the American farmer. and with him alone. and you know it. and you get up. here in the House and talk about your love for old Rube back there when you want his. vote. We hear much about wanting people from the cities to go to the countryback to the country. Do you not know that in all of the ages of the world men have moved under the operations of an Irresistible .economic law toward the centers. of greatest opportunity aid that that law will continue to control until the end of time?
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