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I insist that care and preparation is necessary before any radical change is made. for without it one- may become injured. or may injure others. As I said before.. I would. if I could. stop all immigration of the working classes to this country. not because I hate. the working classes that might come but because I love the working classes that are now here. The working. classes come to this country to get a job. and there are not jobs enough for those who are already here. There are a million men in this country now. looking for a job. They might just as well be looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The one does not exist any more than the other. It is because I love the working classes at home. and the working classes abroad. that I would restrict immigration. The working classes that come would be disappointed. for they would not find what they seek. and the working people here would be disappointed to have the foreigner come and. be their competitors. so it is a blessing at home and abroad. to have them not come The only persons who will be. benefited by immigration are those connected with the transportation companies. the agencies across the water that thrive ont immigration. and the employing classes here. If 1.000.000 immigrants come to this country. each year. and there are frequently more than that number. and the transportation companies charge $50 apiece for bringing them. here. it is plain. to see their gross income will be $50.000.000 per annum. Viewed from this standpoint. it is not strange there are some whose hearts are turned to stone in reference to the working classes at home. but whose hearts fairly bleed for the men intellectually as dark as night. who live in the jungles across the sea. I am hi favor of restricting immigration. because I believe in equality. and immigration. under its present condition. works a hardship upon the working classes in this country. while the capitalists receive a great benefit. The more men there are hunting jobs that do not exist. the more competition there is in labor. and the more labor is degraded. The more men there are hunting jobs which do not exist. the greater the benefit to capital that is anxious to secure cheap labor.