That under the present law and under the presentoperation of the law. only two iumigrants out of every hundred that enter the ports~of the United States reach the farms. whereas the farmers constitute onethird of the population. or. in other words. 2per cent of the immigration. whereas the farmers constitute 33 per cent of the population of the country.When the immigration bill was under discussion last Febru1 ary I proposed an amendment which would operate as to all. foreign countries alike and which would not be giving alsy unfair advantage to the farmers. fdr the reason. as I have stated.! that they are now not getting their fair share of the imnigratiou. The amendment proposed by ine at that. time added to the classes which might be solicited to come or given assistance to come to this country. subject. of course. to all other provisions of the immigration law: Farm laborers If employed In good faith by farmers. At the time of offering this amendment I called attention to the predicament of one of our farmers who had been arrested because he had employed some laborers at a neighboring town. whil hhppened to be ou the Canadion side. He would. be languishing in prison now had. it not been for the humane action of Judge Amidon. a jurist of gieat learning. culture. experlence. and wisdom.
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