Railroad companies and large manufacturers have. in order to obtain the service of persons in their employ at reduded rates. made contracts with persons abroad to come to this country to labor in their employ. That is an evil. and is acknowledged to exist in this country. and I suppose that the bill was inspired by the idea of correcting that evil. but the bill illustrates the tendency of the human mind to go to extremes. .In order to correct an admitted evil. we are adopting a measure which is very sweeping in its character. Under the operations of this bill no man can aid the immigration to this country of a person from a foreign country to labor. with the understanding that he is to remunerate him for the advance which he has made. in any pursuit whatever. It so happens that in many agricultural sections of this country there is a scarcity of labor at times. There is a great disinclination on the part of a great many people in this country to work on farms.
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