Speech #680142021

Tius. restriction has become a national policy and on such a fair basis and for such patriotic reasons that none can complain. The President had urged further restriction In his annual message and said. "America must be kept American. For this purpose it is necessary to continue a policy of restricted immigration:. " and again. "Those who do not want to partake of the American spirit ought not to settle In America." He is therefore largely responsible for a measure which safeguards America for Americans in the years and perhaps the generations to come. For the farmer many measures were enacted to better. his condition. During the war he had had his wheat price held down to $2.26 a bushel by a southerncontrolled Democratic Congress while cotton was permitted to soar beyond reason.