Arizona. and New Mexico. A substitute or amendment was then proposed which would have extended the proposition to several other States. Still later it was proposed to give it still wider r.nge. both as to the territory to be affected and the sources from which the immigrant laborers. were to be admitted. All of them wanted several hundred thousand admitted annually by the suspension or removal of the literacy test. the $8 head tax. and the laborcontract law. One attorney from. New York said he represented certain farming interests of the Southwest. but could not. or would not. tell the committee what or how many farms he represented* or the names of the owners. I am reliably informed that a. delegation on the! same mission have been before the Senate Cbmniittee on Immigration for. several days. As a Member of thb House and. itsImmigration Cbmmittee. I am actively opposing theg pr6position for several reasons. among which. are- the following:: I know from firsthand knowledge: that. interested men and corporations are now. clamoring: for pauper labor fronr. Europe. China.
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