Because what they need more than a League of Nations to prevent war Is a league to provide protection in industry and commerce as between the nations of Europe. to prevent cutthroatIng in trade and manufacture. and to provide stability In the exchange of kronen. marks. francs. and lira. Another matter was mentioned by the gentleman from Wisconsin. He said that the immigration to the United States was good up to about the year 1900. Yes. of course it was. and a great part of it has been good since. and we have been able to take care of it through some remarkable political circumstances. At the very year the gentleman mentioned1900we took a census and found that we had 76.000.000 people in the United States. a considerable part of them new immigrants. a much larger part only one generation removed. still a smaller part only two generations removed. and only three or four generations from the 3.000.000 patriots who made war against the mother country. England. in 1776. In 100 years we increased in population fifteen times. while all Europe increased only four times.
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