Mr. President. the Senator is familiar with the subject. but as I understand the practice of these transportation companies it is that they employ every inducement by way of advertisement in foreign countries to persons to emigrate to the United States. that they charge these immigrants for transportation about $40. while the cost to the companies is something less than $2 per capita. and that it is the practice of these coinpanies to make no inspection with a view of excluding any person from transportation to the United States. It seems to me that we ought to insert in the bill a provision which would obviate that difficulty. I understand that now there is no such provision. and the existing law is modified to this extent. that it is now left entirely to the transportation companies to determine who shall be admitted to their ships for transportation to the United States. It is an exceeding great hardship to poor and ignorant people in foreign countries to be brought to this country. paying for their transportation. and upon their arrival and examination to be excluded and forced to return. The hardship does not fall upon the transportation companies. but it falls upon the proposed immigrant. If there is anything which requires any sort of an examination abroad. other than that made unofficially by the transportation companies. I would ask the chairman of the committee if he will kindly state it.
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