American Senator I submit that it is too much of a handicap to ask an American laborer to compete with ilported labor from countries that do not possess our" ideals. The man who Is willing to live on 30 cents a day and do hard manual work 1.2 hours a day for $1.80 is not the kind of man who will build up and strengthen this great Republic. the only firstclass power where tie flame of civilization burns brightly. I am unable to perceive any force in the suggestion that this literacy test is " arbitrary." I confess that it is arbitrary. I wish I could design it better test. But. Mr. President. until the ingenuity of mankind or the beneficence of Providence shall give us the power to look into the brain and heart of an iminigrant we shall be unable to designi a better test than the literacy test. In this world a person. outside of his impulses. his own thoughts. conscience. and inherent humanity. acquires extraneous information through two sourceshis ears and ills eyes. If lie Is unable to understand the English language when it- is spoken to him. or if when a paper or book is presented to him lie is unable to read and understand it in any language or dialect whatever. what avenues are left open so that he may mingle with the great body of citizens and become a useful citizen?
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Generalization that immigrants are willing to live on very little and work long hours, and are therefore not the kind of people who will build up the Republic.