It was an amendment that would have prevented a great abuW of the privilege of entering the United States. It was to the effect that persons could not come to the United States for the mere purpose of temporarily engaging in labor. intending to return to their own country. That provision would have removed one of the chief causes of complaint against -foreign immigration. to wit. the frequdntly recurring tidal waves of human beings that sweep over the ocean to take the places 6f our labor. This happens whenever wages become good. . The immigrants come intending to earn some money and return home. They employ America as a sort of feeding ground. They do so to the detriment of our home labor.
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Immigrants are described as "tidal waves of human beings" who "employ America as a sort of feeding ground" to the detriment of home labor.