I wish while on my feet to call the attention of the Senator having charge of this bill also to that provision of section 5. commencing i line 7. which declares: Nor shall this aetbeso construed as to prevent anyperson or persons. partnership. or corporation from engaging. under contract or agreement. shilledworkmen in foreign countries to perform labor in the United States in or upon any new industry not at present established in the United States. I think I see the idea that the person who drew this bill had in mind. but at the same time the provision is very broad. and is not only liable to defeat itself but to defeat the object of the entire bill as I understand. because if a person can be imported under contract to do something which is not now done in the United States. being once imported he may be used for an entirely different purpose. and that may be in view at the time the contractis made. If this bill is intended to strike thoroughly and finally at the evil of contract labor. it seems to me that it should forbid it entirely. that there should not be a loophole of this kind. ]Ir.. DAWES. I should like to inquire of the Senator if his hostility is to anybody contracting in this country his labor upon specified terms. or is his hostility agaiust a contract abroad that binds him here?
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