Instead of all the States and Territories. Mr. President. 97J per cent of the immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island last year. we were told yesterday. came here with definite addresses. and 65 per cent of them with transportation. They knew when they started from home what their destination in the United States was to be. What does this provision mean .that the United States shall have an agent at the immigrant stations. whose duty it shall be to distribute this information? Suppose that is all done. He meets the immigrantsmen. women. and childrenas they come off the ship. or as they come off of the island. and distributes the circulars. He must do it impartially to each one of themfortyseven or fortyeight circulars. adequately advertising each State and Territoryso as thereby to induce immigration to the State which. after reading all these documents. the immigrant shall deem to be the most attractive. It seems altogether impracticable.
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