Now. Mr. President. when an alien applies for passage to the agent or owner of a steamship company in Europe. there is time to examine that passenger. there is a system of examination and inquiry. and if a steamship company takes a passenger. the steamship company does it at its own peril. and if the passenger is deported. the steamship company is punished for transporting an undesirable immigrant into the country. But if the immigrant applies on the border. line of Canada to take a train. there is no way of determining the question whether that immigrant should be conveyed or not by that transportation company. and to say that the transportation company should be held to make an arrangement that "as far as practicable "--whatever that means in law. I do not know. as a layman. I think it is an absurdity-" as far as practicable to assume all the obligations imposed by this act on the masters. agents. and owners of vessels bringing aliens to ports of the United States." is to my mind something that ought not to be in the bill.
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