Speech #630154255

Yes. It has $2.550.000 appropriated. The receipts from the Immigrants for head tax and other thingsand I do not know what elseamounted during the first six months of this fiscal year to $3.009.000. or about that. If I could calculate rapidly I could tell you how much more they have taken in in six months than they have bad appropriated for the whole fiscal year. I think it amounts to something like $450.000 more. But that is not a reason why we should make this appropriation. I agree. but the need for this appropriation arises on account of the fact that there has been a large increase in the number of immigrants coming to this country and the fact that new immigration stations have been built and are now being put into operation at New Orleans. Chicago. Philadelphia. and other places. and on account of the fact that there has been an increased amount of work. which inakes it nee.sary to have an increased force or else the work will go undone. Now. the fact is. as I get It. that the Naturalization Bureau is at this time clogged up. and if this appropriation is not made they will not be able to take care of the naituralization of those who are qualified to be naturalized in this country. And there are many other things that ought to be done to catch up with the work. so that they can do this work efficieitly and properly. and It is essential that they have this appropriation. That is what makes it an urgent and important matter. Now. another thing that is rather an abnormal condition which is due to the war in Mexico. There have been many Chinese brought into Mexico as laborers. and after having gone there as laborers they have drifted to California. This is of especial interest to the western people. who know tile need of keeping out undesirable immigrants. such as the Chinese. because if this appropriation is not made it is simply going to chloroform even the Immigration Bureau of this department. Some of the amendments have been turned down here on the flimsy argument that somebody has done something that was not strictly in accordance with the law. Nobody has said that they did not need this money.