The Senator from Vermont is on a very interesting part of this discussion. It seems that one of the difficulties in connection with the country being overrun with immigrants who are not desirable is that the steamship companies have taken so much interest in the matter that they have agents throughout Europe to canvass the different countries in order to get immigrants to come here. so that they may benefit by the transportation charges paid by the immigrants. They have been collecting. in some instances. $150 fol each member of a family. and although they may be deported after reaching here and being rejected. and you may collect a fine of $100 from the steamship company for bringing them here in violation of law. still the company makes $50 profit out of the transaction. Now. I want to ask the Senator if he does not think it would be a good idea to put an amendment on this bill to require the steamship companies to pay twice the amount collected from the immigrants when they are rejected because of disease when the diseased condition could have been detected before embarkation for this country? I say where it could have been detected and the immigrants could have been prevented from coming to this country and the steamship companies could have had that knowledge when they brought them to this country. would it not be a good idea to put an amendment on this bill to require the steamship companies to pay an imimigrant twice the amount collected from him. so that when deported he would have something with which to take him back to his home. and at the same time be in the nature of a penalty on the steamship company for bringing such people here for profit?
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