Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. I offer no apology in rising at this time when we are in the midst of a discussion of the problem of labor and immigration. This is a question which is intimately related with the AmericanPhilippine problem. I do not say Philippine problem. but AmericanPhilippine problem. because it is my sincere hope that more and more we may recognize the fact that the Philippine phase has an intimate bearing upon every important problem presented for solution before the Congress of the United States meriting the thoughtful consideration of the Members. Just now in the Philippine Islands the people are in the throes of suffering because of the benumbing effect of economic and political uncertainty. If the people of this country have suffered. economically speaking. because of the uncertainty of the pending tariff question. the Filipino people have suffered more than the American people can ever suffer. because this uncertainty is aggravated by the distance between the United States and the Philippine Islands and the lack of familiarity on the part of our people. similar to that which exists here. with what is going on in the governmental circles of this country. I have risen on this occasion to present to the membership of this House the grave problem of immigration. which sooner or later must be faced squarely by the American Government and the American people. Even now it has already reached an acute stage. From coast to coast the papers of this country in the last few days.
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