Speaker. it is with keen regret that I have heard this afternoon on the floor of this House reference made to the fact that natives of Italy have come here solely for the purpose of earning money and then returning to that country with their gains. Such talk was frequently heard here about two years ago. and then facts and figures showed that the men from Italy were doing all that could possibly be expected from them. and that they worked conscientiously and very hard in order to obtain a livelihood. I called attention to that fact a number of times and directed the attention of this House to the large percentage of immigrants and immigrants children who were attending our schools. high schools. colleges. and universities. Many of these remarks are made by men who have given no study to Italy. because a visitor to that country realizes at once that it is so wonderfully great in its treasures of art. so beautiful in its magnificent scenery. so full of the glories of nature that the man who only thinks of materialism and money can not grasp its value to the world at large. A country which has been praised so highly by Byron.
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