Rupert. Mr. HOWELL. and myself as House conferees to consent to an increase in the head tax was the fact that we were going. by unanimous vote of the conferees. to put that commission provision in this statute. and we raised the head tax on every alien from $2 to $4. Since that time. up to the 1st of December last. there have come into this country under that increased head tax 1.SSS.000 people. so that because of the increased expense of the act. increased also because of the information bureau and because of the stricter enforcement of the law. this bill. drafted practically by the conferees as to that section. has brought into the Treasury of the United States over $4.000.000 in addition to what would otherwise have come. In other words. instead of being a drain upon the finances of the country. the result of this legislation of 1907 has been to increase the amount in the Treasury about $3.300.000.
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