But unless the farmer.is given the preference and unless the Congress by some legislative declaration shall so classify farm labor as to bind the Department of Agriculture to definition of it as a skilled occupation I undertake to say that when the industrials of the country have gotten through there will not be. a sop left for the farmer. not a sop. Mr. President. my proposition is simply to give the farmer a preference. I propose to give him n preference of 50 per cent because he is the man who deserves a high per cent. He demands it not only because lie needs it but because that need has largely been brought about by the. action of the industries of the country. Therefore they should not insist that the farmer be limited unduly In the number of immigrants that he shall be allowed to bring in. Is this proposition sound. Mr.
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