I understood the Senator to move to strike out Canada. the Republic of Mexico. and Cuba. Now. I hold in my hand the report of the committee. which I understand was drawn by the distinguished chairman. and he says in that report: The exemption from the payment of a head tax on citizens of Canada and Mexico coming into the United States. adopted obviously for the pupose of avoiding any unnecessary obstacles to free intercourse between peoples who. by reason of close proximity and intimate commercial and social relations. have reciprocal interests in maintaining the priviege of unobstructed passage to and fro across our land boundaries. is extended in section I to bona fide residents of those countries for a continuous period of one year. such residence being assumed as evidence of permanent location therein. and the same reasoning against the payment of a head tax by citizens being applicable to such payment by actual residents therein. I desire to ask the Senator whether it is iot true that we would have serious troubles by imposing a head tax on immigrants coming from Canada. the Republic of Mexico. and Cuba. countries so close to this country. and whether the reasoning and logic of the chairman of the committee are not good as against that amendment?
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