"The argument has been advanced that the South does not need the foreign laborer, and this argument has been supported by the words of Mr. Prescott F. Hall. We would call the attention of the audience and the judges to the fact that since Prescott F. Hall is Secretary of the Immigration Restriction League, it would be to his interest to make this assertion. Why do not our opponents refer to impartial and unprejudiced men, men like Dr. Allen McLaughlin, a United States immigration official, who makes just the opposite statement?"
REASONING.
I. Induction.
A. Have enough instances of the class under consideration been
investigated to establish the existence of a general law?
B. Have enough instances been investigated to establish the
probable existence of a general law?
II. Deduction.
A. Are both premises true?
B. Is the fact stated in the minor premise an instance of the general law expressed in the major premise?
III. Antecedent probability.
A. Is the assigned cause of sufficient strength to produce the
alleged effect?