I. know of no such condition as that. However. if such things occur it must be either that the white seamen are discharged in Asiatic ports and a larger number of Chinamen are required to perform the same service or else that the ships bring back Chinese for the purpose of smuggling them into this country. as the customary price for smuggling a Chinaman into this country is said to be $1.000 or $1.500. If such a practice is being indulged as indicated by the gentlemans question. it is an additional argument why this bill should be amended so as to provide that no ship shall receive the subsidies and aids in this bill unless their crews shall consist of American citizens or persons eligible to become American citizens. We minority Members have made futile efforts to get the bill amended in that respect.