The cry on all sides. on the farm. is that we lack labor. The c6legebred man does not and will not become your laborer. Our jails and prisons are filled to overflowing with men who will be able to pass the most severe. of your literacy tests. Literacy is not a test of good citizenship nor of moral worth or efficiency. Illiteracy is by no means ignorance. Myriads of men who were Illiterate. so called. would not be able to pass your test and yet have made the most honored and in many instances the mostdistinguished citizens of our land. Cardinal Gibbons said in January: It Is disappointing.to many thoughtful citizens that the Immigration bill has passed both Houses of Congress. By this measure illiterates will. in the future. be excluded from entrance into this country. *It is to be. hoped that Mr. Wilson will act with the same good judgment as he has done on a former like occasion and veto the bill. Similar bills have been. vetoed by preceding Presidents. who have been cognizant of the harmful effect of this test of literacy would have upon desirable immigration.
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