The conclusion from the gentlemans question is that if the emigrant lives 300 miles away from the consul the information necessary for certifying may not be accessible. but that if the emigrant comes from a place 3.000 miles away from the inspector. then the inspector can properly certify. That is how the business is done now. Immigrants come from places more than 3.000 miles away. and the inspector has no knowledge whatever of them. yet he undertakes to inspect and pass them. Surely it would be easier for the consul to obtain trustworthy information about an emigrant living even 300 miles away from his city than it is for our inspectors to obtain such information 3.000 miles away. I admit that in some instances this bill. if it were a law. might work hardship to some emigrants. in requiring them to come 300 miles to obtain their certificates. but surely it is a great deal better to have them come 300 miles than it is to have them come 3.000 miles before they are inspected. as they do under the present system.
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