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He has served the country for a long time most faithfully and has been a public servant who his carried with hin the respect of American citizenship. regardless of party affiliations. What lie says is usually expressed by him after nmture deliberation and after lie has reached deep convictions of mind that he is right. It is proper. therefore. that I read at this point his written views. given to the Washington Post on April 9 last. showing that lie does not believe that we will have a flood of immigration after the war. He says: Many ofour people view with grive apprehension the prospect of a vastly increased immigration into this country when peace is established beyond the seaswhich is another figment of imagination. The chances are that the immigration into this country for a decade. perhaps for a generation. will be negligible. for good and sufficient reasons. Because so many have been killed. crippled. or incapacitated bydisease. by exposure in camp. on the march or in the field. the prospect is that every man or woman desiring employment at home will be able to find it at a higher wage than heretofore. Therefore and thereby the temptation to emigrate will be diminished. Many persons seem to think that the only reason why immigrants come to America is because they desire to live in a tepublic. No doubt that Is the reason why many do coie hither. but many. othersa majority perhapscoie because of the greater rewards for labor. whether skilled or unskilled. whether of brain or of brawn. It Is confidently submitted that both these motives are. rational and -honorable. These two classes embrace the bulk of the immigrants to Amesican shores. not to mentioi the comuparatively few who flee from religious or political persecutions. and others who. like the Knight of La Mancha. come in quest of ventures. It is safe to say that 95 per cent of all who emigrate from" Europe leave thieland of their birth. with regreta regret inherent in human nature itself and honorable to the human heart. It is also safe to say that if the rewards of toll are even approximately equal in tlieir own country and In another. most folks the wide world over prefer to stay in their native land. amid the scenes of childhood and In company with kindred and friends. It Is not to Americans alone that the anthem. "Home Sweet Home." appeals. but to all the people of the earth.