President. I asked the chairman of the committee a while ago if this was a mere codification of existing law what was the necessity for such a hurry about the passage of this bill. and the Senator from Massachusetts assured me it was merely to save the administrative features of the law. I hold in my hand the report of the Committee on Immigration of the United States Senate. in which there is a comparison between this bill and the old law. and there is one very essential feature here. to my mind. which has been changed. and I want to ask the chairman 6f the committee why it has been changed? The old act of March 3. 1893. provides: sac. 2. That the immigrants shall be listed in convenient groups. and no one list or manifest shall contain more than 30 names. To each immigrant or head of a family shall be given a ticket. on which shall be written his name. a number or letter designating the list. and his number on the list. for convenience of identification on arrival. Each list or manifest shall be verified by the signature and the oath or affirmation of the master or commanding officer. or of the officer first or second blow him in command. taken before the United States consul or consular agent at the port of departure. This says the consular agents certificate at the port of departure. whereas the proposed act gays "at the port of arrival." In other words. you get these people across. the steamship companics make the money that is involved in their transportation. and then they are turned loose after they get here.
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