Chairman. I realize the force of what has been said here by several gentlemen who are supporting this bill. that the first. the main obligation of an American Member of Congress is to look out for the welfare of the American people. If the admission of immigrants to this country. however it might ease conditions abroad. could in the slightest degree imperil not merely the safety of our institutions. but the prospects of employment for our own laborers or of prosperity for the American people. I would be the first to advocate not lessening immigration. but preventing it. But because I believe the immigrant who cultivates our soil contributes to the welfare of the country as much. even more. than he derives from it. I am opposed to restricting a source of benefit so important to our Jountry. What must be the effect. the economic effect. of admitting men from all over the world?
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