If I may make the matter a little more definite. it was distinctly testified to before the committee that the Chinese coolies paid from four to five hundred dollars for admission into this country. for their coaching papers. for the various fees to corrupt the administrative officers of the Government. to the lawyers who had charge of their case at the various ports of entry. and finally to the Six Companies who advanced the capital and superintended the whole business. These coaching papers are to be found in the testimony. and evidence was produced to show how they were smuggled into the detention houses. concealed in soups and pies and other forms of food. reciting at length how a Chinamen could be induced to commit perjury. There is. supposed to be a profit of some $200 on every male Chinaman smuggled into the country. and two or three thousand dollars upon every female Chinese smuggled into the United States.