The anguish of tile patient Is not lessened by adjectival injections. I am always ready to accord to any person the loftiest of motives and purpose in the consideration of any matter which comes before this House. and my views are not in any sense to be taken as an attempted criticism of the proponents of this bill. If I held the same views as they do relative to the disastrous effect of a continuation of immigration. based upon the. census of 1910. I should undoubtedly come to the same conclusion and favor a change in the existing law so as to adopt a quota system based upon the year 1890. But I can not admit the accuracy of the premises and therefore can not reach the same conclusion. It seems to me that without any adequate or logical reasoning or proof. one immigration is deemed to be ai menace and a way to avoid this supposed and fanciel. but not real. menace. is immediately sought by changing the quota year. This bill seeks to control the source of immigration. rather than its quality. or if it be argued that it also seeks to change the quality. then it must be contended that changing the source changes the quality.
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