Chairman. that is bringing about the trouble all over this land. It was the first generation at Youngstown a few weeks ago that brought about that riot that the distinguished Member from that district has spoken of. It was that generation that drove out thousands of Americans. native and naturalized. Surplus men were kept there by the steel barons. and as was stated by the industrial commission in this city. two men were kept for every Job. Men. heads of familiesand we have the records hereworked for $200 a year and had to support a family on that small amount. Sanitary conditions brought about by such a low standard of wages and low standard of living thus set up were such that it drove out the toilers. with the result that property was destroyed. men were murdered. riot ensued. Over 71 per cent of these people being from the southern part of Europe. practically every one of this surplus of cheap. servile labor this literacy test would have kept out of the country and thus tended to prevent such an awful state of affairs. The gentleman from Maryland said lie had a contempt for men with foreign names who had written letters and signed petitions to him to keep out those of their own race. Mr.
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Generalization that immigrants from southern Europe are cheap, servile labor and cause riots.