We do well to support and maintain our great institutions of learning and to accord every possible support to our great publicschool system and to require that every- American child shall be an educated child. If we ever lose any of our national ideals or our governmental power shall in any .way become weakened. it will be due to our failure to enforce .these obligations. This )ill recognizes this fundamental element of our national character in requiring the immigrant to pass what is known as the literacy test. I am surprised that this provision of the bill has aroused such bitter opposition and do not understand why it should not receive the support of every loyal American. I can well understand why the great industrial corporations are opposed to this measure. They. have recruited their ranks of workers from the immigrant class. It has been a most profitable source of supply. Men who lack Intelligence and power to acquire knowledge of American independence and opportunity become ready victims to corporate greed. and avarice.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants are characterized as lacking intelligence and easily exploited by corporations.