Gentlemen ought not to desire to punish the country. to punish the efficiency of the service. simply because they contend that some officials have not done right. It is not right for gentlemen to undertake to handicap the service. to prevent the proper Inspection of these people that ought to be kept out. as faras they can be. although many escape. even with the best of service. The head tax. Mr. Chairman. has netted more than $8.000.000 in excess of what it has cost to run the bureau since its creation. During the last two years more than $2.000.000 in excess of expenditures have been turned Into the General Treasury. During the last six months more than a million dollars in excess of the expense of running the bureau have been turned into the general fund. The time was. up to a few years ago. when all the money that was derived from head tax and fines of steamship companies. and so forth. went into what was known as the immigration fund. That was repealed by a rider on an appropriation bill. which would no doubt have been subject to a point of order if it had been made. When a service is giving such great returns to the country. when millions and millions of dollars accrue from It in excess of what it takes to run the service. certainly there ought not to be a curtailnent of the necessary expenses to carry out the requirements of the law excluding inadmissible aliens. A new immigration staition was created last year at Chicago. That. I am informed. will entail an expenditure of $5.000 to $10.000 more than the amount provided for under the last appropriation.
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