amendment strikes out the words which express one of the most important features of established practice as to alleged merchants. To fail to provide that the coming merchant must have done something more than announce an intention to enter mercantile business before he can pass into our territory would be fatal. The most ardent promoter of improper immigration from China could ask for nothing much better than this amendment. Production of certificate frequently means nothing except that the applicant has fraudulently acquired the paper by perjured representations across the Pacific. production o the small sum of money essential to become a part owner in some little shop here may mean nothing more than that the Chinese Six Companies have made an advance for the express purpose of meeting the money requirement of the law. The onl conclusive test is the actual arranging to become a merchant here.
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