Speech #630136056

Chairman. I Inadvertently omitted this from my other amendment. and I desire now to incorporate it after the word " representation." in line 12. I think it will be very obvious that It is just as reprehensible for a steamship or transportation company to encourage alien immigration by payment of rebates and commissions as it is by oral representation. In fact. the most efficient way to encourage immigration is for the railroad company to offer a rebate of $1 or $4 per head for every passenger they transport over their lines to the agent who procures the immigrant. It is a much more effective way to encourage immigration for a transportation company to give agents commissions and to give foreign concerns commissions and to give foreign representatives commissions than it is by simple writing or making verbal representations. and if gentlemen are really in favor of restrictive immigration by cutting off the evil of these transportation companies promoting immigration. I am sure they will agree with me that this is a proper amendment