To exclude a person as a person and then to admit hin as a seaman is to make the law ineffective. It Is to close the front door and permit the side door to remain open. This has been done in the past. and notwithstanding the fact that there are strict Chinese exclusion laws. which have been in force for 30 years. there tire more Chinese in the United States than there were 30 years ago. The process by which the exclusion acts are evaded is very simple. The combinations which make a business of importing Chinese exchange the old men for younger men from on board of vessels and in addition bring a large number of stowaways in the vessels coining. If the stowaways are accidentally discovered. it is almost impossible to prove that they entered the ship in our ports with the knowledge of the officers in charge of such vessels.
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