It is another illustration of the superior sagacity displayed by others in the international arrangements which have been made with the Canadian officials. They have gotten a much better situation for themselves than we have for ourselves. The same thing appeared in the treaty that was made for the regulation of the salmon fisheries. a most important industry along the boundary line threading the Sound waters between the State of Washington and British Columbia. in which some ichthyologists undertook to go up against the good business acumen of the statesmen of Canada and got the worst of it. and apparently the same thing is true in regard to the immigration arrangements to which the Senator from South Carolina has referred. Although I have had no conversation or communication of any kind whatever with the United States immigration comnissioner at Seattle. I am thoroughly satisfied from information which I have obtained that he is an honest and efficient official. sincerely endeavoring to enforce the laws under the handicaps of Montreal supervision and constant interference from Washington. inadequate force. and absence of essential equipment. As an instance of this sort of interference. very shortly after this commissioner was appointed at Seattle the special agent of the bureau at Washington appeared in his office and sought to impose upon the commissioner some person selected by the agent as the chief deputy of the oflicm Under a rule issued from the bureau relative to the investigation of the smuggling of Chinese into the country. all inspectors en:aged in that work are required to report not to the chief oflicial of the servicethe commissioner at Seattle--but to the bureaus agent. whose principal office is in the city of Buffalo.
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