Sargent. of California. in the same year also offered a bill in the House of Representatives on the subject. In 1873 Mr. Page. of California. offered a bill prohibiting the importation of Chinese coolies and prostitutes. which passed in the House in 1875. In 1874 General Grant called attention to the same question. in these words: I call the attention of Congress to a generally conceded fact. that the greater proportion of Chinese immigrants * * (to not comic voluntarily 4 * * but come under contracts with headmen. who own them almost absolutely. In a worse form does this apply to Chiinese women. * * * if this evil practice can be legislated against. it will be my pleasure as well as duty to enforce any regulations to secure so desirable an end. In 1874 and 1875 Mr.
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Generalizing that Chinese immigrants do not come voluntarily and are controlled by headmen, and that Chinese women are often prostitutes.