In his State they have less than onehalf of 1 per cent of foreignborn people. I cani remember the figure for some reason or other. In my State we have a very much larger proportion of foreign born. But I want to say to the Senator from South Carolina that we have no finer citizens. no more lawabiding citizens. no citizens who contribute more to philanthrophy and to the material progress of our city and our State. We have no citizens who are finer in their qualities of Americanism than those same citizens. Of course. we have restricted immigration. The Senator from South Carolina need have no fear. I know the spirit of this body is such that there can be no extension of the boundaries for the admission of larger numbers. So. for myself. I am going to satisfy my conscience by trying to make those laws more humane. to bring together families. and not to continue these cruel separations which are imposed upon those who have become citizensimposed by reason of the unjust and unfair. and. to my mind. unchristian laws which relate to immigration. As I said. there is a tremendous amount of unemployment in in the city of New York. and it is unemployment due not to unrestricted immigration. We have not had that for years. but it is unemployment due to the fact that those who buy. the great farming groups of our country. are without means to buy. and there must be found a means of relief. I think that the Republican Party has much to answer for in its failure to listen to the farmers. but that party has not listened to them at all.
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