Up to the last Congress that was the amount that had been appropriated. as I recollect it. but it was cut down then $200.000. This bill usreported leaves it at $2.450.000. as it was in the last bill. The Secretary of Labor and the Commissioner General of Immigration say that that amount is totally inadequate for the successful discharge of the duties of that bureau. It is true that immigration has decreased on the Atlantic coast. but even in spite of the decrease there were last year four hundred and fiftyodd thousand who came into this country. The Comlmissioner General informs me that within the last five or six months there has been a very considerable increase even on the Atlantic coast. but the necessity for the amendment to give the additional $200.000 is to a very great extent to protect the Pacific coast and the Canadian and Mexican borders. The Commissioner General of.:Immigration and Mr. ODonnell. who appeared before the committee. made a very clear statement In regard to these conditions. Mr. ODonnell said: Now. while the lopping off of force could go to a certain limit at the Atlantic seaports because. of the effect of the European war. we have had a very difficult problem presented to us on both the Canadian and Mexican borders and on the Pacific coast. There has been no cessation of immigration on the Pacific coast. in fact. it has increased. and there has been no letup so far as the Canadian border is concerned. As a matter of fact. the work there has also increased.
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