I desire to bring to the attention of my colleague. the chairman of the committee. the item on page 2 of the bill. for an immigrant station at Ellis Island. New York. The bill carries $390.850. to be paid out of the fund now in the Bureau of Immigration. There is only $209.000 in that fund. and the Gardner bill. which passed this House recently. making our immigration laws applicable to Hawaii. left out the head tax. In other words. we get no fees in Hawaii for all the expenses that we may incur in the administration of. our immigration laws there. In addition to that. this bill carries over $100.000 more than we have on hand in the fund. Now. I want to suggest to the chairman whether we could not in this bill increase the head tax from $1 to $2?
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