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Teddy Roosevelt: “There is no appreciable influx of Chinese laborers, and there is not the slightest or most remote danger of any; the…”

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There is no appreciable influx of Chinese laborers, and there is not the slightest or most remote danger of any; the whole scare that has been worked up on the subject is a pure chimera.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt dismisses fears of an influx of Chinese laborers as unfounded.

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