Mr. Speaker. the remarks of the gentleman from Kentucky in relation to the Immigration Commission were not founded on knowledge. Out of the head tax. under the operation of the law which limits the amount which can be paid into the immigrant fund to $2.500.000. there were paid into the Treasury of the United States. into the general fund. last year in excess of that sum $880.000. so that really after this $600.000 item in the bill is deducted there would still be a surplus in the Treasury on account of these matters of $288.000. plus. Furthermore. the gentleman charges all the deficiencies to the Immigration Commission. I desire to indorse emphatically what the gentleman from Georgia has said about other expenditures. We authorized a building at Charleston for $70.000. at New Orleans for $70.000. at Galveston for $70.000. at Philadelphia for $250.000. at Boston for $250.000. and in New York City. where 75 per cent of the immigration comes through. very properly and rightly. the Committee on Appropriations has reported out appropriations aggregating in the last two Congresses over one million and a half of dollarg for buildings. every one of which was needed. Besides those appropriations the sum spent by the commission cuts a very small figure. The gentleman says that we ought to file a statement.
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