I hope that the short statement I will make will do Mr. Earl no injustice. As the statute is penal. he holds that none are guilty under it unless the letter and spirit are transgressed. that a State is not a " person " within the meaning of the contractlabor law. because evidence can be brought forward tending to show that Congress intended to control State action in securing immigration. that section 6 of the act of March 3. 1903. permits States to advertise in foreign countries the inducements they offer for immigration. that this is the equivalent to granting them permission to "offer inducementsor make promises to foreign laborers by advertisements. " that Congress has thus distinctly authorized States "to encourage the immigration of foreign laborers (sic) . " that therefore the proviso in section 6 should be held to have applied also to section 4. which forbids the prepayment of the fare of contract laborers. and therefore that the activities of the agent of the State of South Carolina were lawful. Mr. Speaker.
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