Immigration would cease to be affected, to its detriment, by the business competition of transportation companies interested solely in conveying as many aliens to America and back and forth again as often as possible, without any regard whatsoever to the class of people carried, so long as they have the money to pay the fares and swell the enormous profits that emigrant-carriers realize at present.
When these things are achieved, there is no one to deny that the immigration problem will have been solved, unless it be those who are ignorant and prejudiced in the matter, or who profit by the continued depression of the grade coupled with the increase in volume of immigration which mark the present condition in a way to cause every true American, who has the best interests of his country at heart, to look to the future with uncertainty and dread.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
- Changed “iron she” to “irons he” on p. [108].
- Silently corrected typographical errors.
- Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.