Scandinavian. and Spanish blood. They are not anxious to know that the majority of those debarred as well as those deDorted belong to the socalled favored nationalities. I In fact. nothing that I or anyone else can shy would wipe out the prejudice. which has been instilled in them. against the immigrantthe immigrant *ho has helped to develop our country. who at all times has demonstrated his worth. his faithfulness. and loyalty to our country and Its flag. Immigrants who have helped to make this the greatest agricultural as well LIV156 as industrial Nation of the world. Immigrants who have helped to open the markets of the world to our products and have helped to make the country greater and more prosperous than nny other. In view of the fact that the restrictionists were not able to maintain the position which they originally assumed. they hit upon a scheme which they thought would be popular and appeal to the people. They started to advocate the socalled literacy test. preaching and heralding the slogan that we do not want the ignorant. illiterate foreigner. If they would be honest and sincere. they would have to admit that illiteracy is not Ignorance. and that the literacy test Will not keep out the socalled dangerous and troublesome immigrant. as I have frequently pointed out on the floor of the House. Mr. Speaker. a few years ago Mr. L. S. Amanson wrote a short poem which expresses the case of the immigrant with eloquence and exactness. I shall read that poem with a few slight variations:
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