Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630376426

Those in. charge of the administration of the law recommended it to the. committee. and it was agreed to. The Secretary of Labor said: hle exemption. of course. has never amounted to anything so far as .Guam !s concerned. and its value as an encouragement to European immngration to tlawaiwhich Is understood to have been the original purpose of its Insertion in the lawmay seriously be doubted. Its chief effect is to relieve a number of Asiatic aliens of the payment of $4 each .time they enter or reenter the islands. Moreover. the Government Is paying al the expense of the enforcement of the law in Hawaii. anti tier "eems to be no sound reason wiy aliens entering that territory should not contribute to the " revenues collected from .immigrants.
Keywords matched
immigrants Asiatic

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
European Asiatic
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
ELLISON SMITH
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630376426
Paragraph
#0
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