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The Cratrmaw. It would not hurt your company or country if
they had the same number of racial mixtures as they have in Hawaii?
Mr. PavoMares. It does not hurt us.
Mr. EsterLy. Where do these 12,000 Filipinos go to? How do
you use them?
Mr. Paromares. They go to the agricultural fields. The Filipino
wants to be bossed. They work under a boss; and you fire one and
they all quit on you. They belong to different organizations, one
of them is the Filipino Federation of America. It is not a labor
union, but a mutual benefit association they. call it.
Mr. Esterry. Would all these Filipinos go back if they were free?
Mr. Pavomares. I do not know; but at a banquet a speaker told
them that so many of them came to this country, and they learn
agriculture and buy and automobile and become ‘sports’ and live
in the cities instead of going back to the Philippine Islands.
The Cuairman. Let me ask you about this labor organization in
Mexico: Is that under the Government in any way?
Mr. Pavomargs. It is the Federation of Regional Workers of
Mexico. The secretary of labor in Mexico, Marone, when he was
in office was, I believe, the leader in that organization. :
The CratrmMaN. Do they have anything to say about the wages on
their side of the line?
Mr. Pavomares. I am glad you asked about that: In our district
there is no partiality and our wages are the same to all.
The Cuairman. Do you get circulars from the C. R. 0. M..?
Mr. Paromares. No.
Mr. Moore. Qur next speaker is Mr. Austin.

STATEMENT OF HARRY A. AUSTIN, SECRETARY, UNITED STATES
BEET SUGAR ASSOCIATION

Mr. Austin. My name is Harry A. Austin; and I am the secretary
of the United States Beet Sugar Association. It appears to me to be
a work of supererogation to attempt to present to this committee any
great amount of statistical data or argumentative information about
the effect of the proposed legislation limiting immigration from
Canada and from Mexico. During the past few years you have been
surfeited with facts and figures furnished by both sides of the case.
On our side you have been advised of the necessity for, and the reason
underlying our opposition to these restrictive measures. Your records
are full to overflowing with arguments pro and con.
And so, Mr. Chairman, I desire to address myself to this committee
on the general principles underlying the subject at issue.
Let me say at the outset that our industry is 100 per cent in favor
of the strict enforcement of the present immigration laws. We
appreciate the valuable work which the chairman and the members
of this committee have performed in the restrictive measures which
have already been passed; but the question arises in our minds as
to whether or not the administration of these laws has worked
equitably to all classes of all our citizens, and to all sections of the
country.
I think it will be conceded that at the present time and for several
years past there has been a dearth of farm labor in the Middle,
South, and the far West. This has been brought about not throuch