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Mr. Chairman. the" reason for that deft ciency appropriation. which was opposed by the gentleman from New York . who for some reason always opposes appropriations referring to the Immigration Servicethe reasons for that appropriation which. he says. he has for gotten were that at New Orleans they had a new immigration station. and at Galveston. Tex.. another. Moreover. the Philadelphia station was opened in 1912. in August. All these stations entailed new expenses. and the same is partially true as to Chicago. Then for general Immigration Service they Imt on a force in the last fiscal year on the Canadian border. with additional employees drawing $14.720. and so on. That was the reason for that $95.000 extra which we gave the Bureau of Immigration in the deficiency bill. Here is a great. growing service. Congress is appropriating for new stations everywhere. making new requirements all the time. and the gentleman proposes to give that service a beggarly $5.000 more than it had last year. Mr. ODonnell. the special immigration inspector. appeared before the Committee on Appropriations. He is very familiar with the details of the service. and he told the committee why the bureau needs $2.910.000. Mr.