The construction of good roads has been aided and stimulated as never bfore. thus meeting the demand for improved conditions of communication and transit. especially with a view to the needs of the farming population. Readier means of access from community to comnlunity and from State to State have accomplished wonderful results. Two immigration acts have been passed. While we recognize invaluable benefits to our country from the infusion of immigrants from other lands who have added variety and strength to our national life. we have come to realize that the number landing on our shores has been too large for proper assimilation. The socalled melting pot has boiled over. Therefore limitation and selection must be the order of the day. It is to be regretted that in the passage of the recent bill the request of the President for time for further negotiation with Japan was refused. For that great nation. with which our relations with rare exceptions have been so friendly. we have no feelings but these of admiration and respect. The adoption of policies for the exclusion of Japanese immigrants by no means implies any claim of their inferiority. but rests upon essential differences. notably in standards of living. which render them uncongenial to our industrial life. It is our fervent hope that this reason may be understood. and that these two nations on either side of the Pacific may banish all causes of friction or misunderstanding and permanently cherish. sentiments of friendship and of peace. The condition of agriculture Is todaY one of our most perplexing problems.
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