. The National Civic Federation review . the sum necessary forhim to reach that port? And is he skillful enough toearn that surplus? I want no better proof or testi-mony than that. If I owned America, and was run-ning it as a business operation, I would not only lookfor that man, but I would give every man of that kinda premium to come here (applause), and consider itthe best bargain that I had ever made in my life. Gentlemen, taking the cost the value of a man, awoman or a child in this Republic as low as you put the slave, and that was an average of about $i,ooo,you are getting 400,000 a yea
. The National Civic Federation review . the sum necessary forhim to reach that port? And is he skillful enough toearn that surplus? I want no better proof or testi-mony than that. If I owned America, and was run-ning it as a business operation, I would not only lookfor that man, but I would give every man of that kinda premium to come here (applause), and consider itthe best bargain that I had ever made in my life. Gentlemen, taking the cost the value of a man, awoman or a child in this Republic as low as you put the slave, and that was an average of about $i,ooo,you are getting 400,000 a year, and that means $400,-000,000 cash value. And every man who comes hereis a consumer, and 90 per cent. of all his earnings—even the most saving of them dont save more than10 per cent.—every dollar of that goes to employ otherlabor of some kind. The grossest mistake that laborever makes—if it ever makes a mistake at all (laughter)—is this, that a man coming in here to work injuresothers, and that they are all in compartments di-. W. D. JELKS. Governor of Alabama. vided from each other. Gentlemen, labor is one un-divided whole, as society is one undivided whole, and theprosperity of one branch of labor entails the prosperityof other branches. Every laborer is a consumer, andhe employs the labor of others. We are interde-pendent, and the laboring classes of this country havenot only nothing to fear from immigration, but asthe country becomes wealthy and grows in population,it will be all the more important that we should havethe right kind of immigration. Now, this country isthe most prosperous in the world. You will all agreewith that. It is also the country that receives thegreat stream of foreigners. A speaker said somethingabout the purity of blood. It is not purity of blood youwant; it is a mingling of different bloods that makesthe American. (Applause.) This question of immigration is settling itself. Thenet foreign immigration is about 400,000 a year. Your
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