Now. Dr. Senner told me that frequently at Ellis Island as many as 10.000 immigrants land in a single day. Granting that under the provisions of this bill at least threefourths of those people by operation of the clause exempting women and children would be permitted to pass regardless of their ability to read or write. there would be left at least onequarter of the 10.000 to be examined by the immigration officers. The man that I picked out of the line was a man of unusual intelligence for one in his condition in life. and he consumed almost five minutes in fulfilling the requirements or rather a very slight part of the test imposed by the Lodge immigration bill. It needs but a simple mathematical calculation to show how this law would work. Ten thousand immigrants at five minutes apiece would entail fifty thousand minutes. A quarter of that time would be twelve thousand five hundred minutesequivalent to over eight days. counting twentyfour hours to the day. or counting eight hours a day. equal to about twentyfive ordinary working days. If we make a liberal discount of time owing to the increased number of ekaminers that will necessarily. be employed. it will take at least onefifth of that period to pass a single days arrival of immigrants at Ellis Island. Now. where and how are you going to provide for the immense expenditures that will be entailed by the practical operation of this law? The House has given no thought to these considerations.
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