Mr. President. that would result. perhaps. in the destruction of the economic structure which today has brought prosperity to every agency of human activity except agriculture. It would require a repeal or drastic modification of the immigration laws. If the hordes of Europe and Asia were permitted to come to our shores and supplant our workers at a muchreduced standard of living and wage scale. -it would result in the cheapening of the manufactured products the farmer uses to produce his crops. It would result in a great lowering of the wage scale. but it is impossible for a legislator in the Halls of Congress to advocate such a radical measure. It would not conform to the principles of Americanism which we have established in all our dealings with foreign nations on the subject of immigration. The matter could be approached in another way. and that would be by the lowering of the duties on imported goods. which would be an assault upon the tariff. As a member of the Republican Party I have always believed in the principle which has become the policy of the Nation as advocated by that party. namely. a reasonable protection for labor and those engaged in manufacture.
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Immigrants from Europe and Asia are described as 'hordes' who would supplant American workers and lower the standard of living.