That Is not the reason the gentleman from New York is "peeved." I will tell the House why the gentleman is "peeved.". I will tell the House why the gentleman from New York made the attack of July 18 and why he has renewed It today. The firm of Hudgins & Dumar has a contract or concession for feeding immigrants at the Ellis Island immigrant station. The gentleman from New York while out of Congress was attorney for that firm. I understand he now says that since he came back to Congress he has ceased to be their legal representative. but there is no question that he was their attorney at one time. Hudgins & Dumars contract to feed the immigrants at Ellis Island was a very valuable one. On an Investment of fifteen or twenty thousand dollars they did a business of about half a million dollars a year. The net profits were probably between fifty and one hundred thousand dollars a year. I do not pretend that these figures are official. but they will be found to be approximately correct. When Frederic C. Howe took charge of the Immigration station at Ellis Island he decided that public policy demanded that the task of feeding the immigrants should be performed by the Government. and he therefore recommended that the Government take charge of the work and refuse to renew the contract held by Hudgins & Dumar.
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