Mr. Speaker. the amendment under consideration removes all. doubt as to neutrality.. because- it lifts the limitation applicable to Belgium- aloneand applies it to all who come to these shores. during the European contest. for. the purpose of carryiig oil agricultural pursuits.. I challenge anyone who is in favor of the. unAmerican policy of i estrictlvelegislation based upon all artificial literacy test to show where there is any farmers organization that is opposed. to immigrants coming to these shores to help farmers build up and work their farmls. I have some acquaintance. with agricultural conditions in this country. particularly in my: own State. and I know that the reason why farmers *are. obliged to forsake their farms and go to the villages and cities to live is that they have not been able to get farm laborers.- The whole history of the Northwest proves that It .is a lie to say that an ignorant immigrant. if he has the. ability and the muscle and the energy to work. is not a worthy immigrant to these shores. . Your whole argument is fallacious when you say that a worthy. ablebodied immigrant who comes to these shores and tills the land is a detriment to the country. and impove*rishes the soil. Labor produces wealth and doesnot impoverish it. We need these laborers. no matter in what capacity they are employed. but most emphatically do we need these foreign laborers particularly on our farms.
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