Not those who are scoundrels by profession but those who can not read must go back under this bill. back to the inferno of Europe. back to the hopeless gloom from which they. came. denied even that ray of light. that hope of civilized living which was vouchsafed to those who now turn their hands against them. This literary test does not stop the anarchist. for he can read. it does not stop the Crones. who poison our- food. for they can read. it does not stop the agitators who preach from the street corners. for they can read. it does not stop the artist or the lecturer who coins American dollars and spends them in Europe. for they can read. What this literacy test does is to stop the men who can not read. but who are willing to work under an American system until they themselves can earn enough not only to learn to read but to pay for the education of their children. The farmers of this land are now pleading for this class of untaught workers.
Keywords matched
literacy test