b. Those who remain cannot for the most part appreciate our government, for
1'. They have been continually trodden upon in their home countries.
2'. They have had no opportunity to interest themselves in government. (N. S. Shaler, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. LXXI, page 646.)
4. The argument that because we were able to assimilate the immigrants in the past we shall be able to do so in the future, is unsound, for
a. The character of the present immigrants has changed, as shown previously.
b. In the future we may expect a much larger immigration. (Prescott F. Hall, Annals of American Academy, Vol. XXIV, page 172.)
E. Immigrants lower the standards of American labor, because
1. They create harmful competition, since
a. More immigrants are coming now than we really need, for
I'. In 1906 at least 200,000 aliens came here who were of no use whatever. (Commissioner of Immigration for New York, Popular Science Monthly, Vol. LXVI, page 175.)