Mr. Chairman. the report of the Commissioner General. which is not yet published. gives a remarkable statemenit in regard to the finances of the bureau. It is not generally known that ini 20 years. during the operation of the Bureau of Immigration. there has been collected from the immigrants about $37000.000. and the expenditures have not greatly exceeded $2S.000.000. That leaves a net balance. as the result of the 20 years operation of the bureau. of over $8.000.000. This came fro the pockets of the immigrants by way of head tax. If a little of this $3.000.000. which now goes Into the General Treasury and is expended for general purposes. is applied to the purpost of uiaiistration in the Immigration Bureau and the Deparltient of Labor. there might be less complaint about the admission of undesirable immigrants. What we need is a closer inspection at the ports of entry and along the border lines. and we ought to have more thorough medical inspection at some of the larger ports.
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