b. They work for lower wages than do Americans, for
1'. They are able to live more cheaply. (Henry Rood, Ibid.)
2'. They place a lower value on their labor. (T. V. Powderly, North American Review, Vol. CXLVII, page 165.)
2. They tend to destroy the independence of the American laborer, for
a. They work under conditions that no American laborer will
tolerate, for
1'. They create degrading forms of employment. (W. H.
Wilkins, Nineteenth Century, Vol. XXX, page 588.)
b. Their selfish desires keep them from organizing with
American laborers for protection.
II. The educational test would accomplish the further restriction of
immigration in a proper manner, for
A. It would change the character of the immigrants for the
better, since
1. It would keep out the unenergetic races of southern and
eastern Europe, because