There are various interests that want more people brought here to compete with those who are already here. A few years ago. when the. wholecountry was horrified by conditions that existed in the coal fields of the middle West. we were told that 27 different languages were spoken in the coal fields of Colorado. I do not know whether the statement was true or not. but it must be largely true that we have drawafrom nearly every nation on the face of the earth. .Now it is proposed that we shall say that we arbitrarily strike a line of 3 per cent. without regard to the desirability of the immigrants. Just because in 1910 a great number came from a country from which we would like to have had none. we will take 3 per cent now. and because in 1910 only a small portion came from a country where we would have been glad to have had a great many more. we will take only 3 per cent. That is putting on the same level the good and the bad.
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