Restriction of Western Hemisphere Immigration...: Hearings...on S. 1296, a Bill to Amend the Immigration Act of 1924, and S. 1437, a Bill to Subject Certain Immigrants...and S. 3019, a Bill to Amend the Immigration Laws...1928 - 192 pages |
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... raise the standard of living and broaden the con- sumption of merchandise , rather than lower the wages and restrict markets . We have more common labor now in the United States than ever before and more of it out of work . • Hon ...
... raise the standard of living and broaden the con- sumption of merchandise , rather than lower the wages and restrict markets . We have more common labor now in the United States than ever before and more of it out of work . • Hon ...
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... raised those who were able to buy slaves to do their work , but lowered those who had to sell their labor to compete with that of the slaves . It made aristocrats above the wedge and poor white trash below . The same thing is likely to ...
... raised those who were able to buy slaves to do their work , but lowered those who had to sell their labor to compete with that of the slaves . It made aristocrats above the wedge and poor white trash below . The same thing is likely to ...
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... raised in Georgia so as to tell the effect it has on 15,000,000 bales of cotton in this country . It is too small ... raising too much cotton you shall stop the progress in the way of development of raw lands in this country . The ...
... raised in Georgia so as to tell the effect it has on 15,000,000 bales of cotton in this country . It is too small ... raising too much cotton you shall stop the progress in the way of development of raw lands in this country . The ...
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... raising cotton in our country cheaper than they can , and therefore they want to stop it ; and that is the only economic reason you can have . The CHAIRMAN . Is it principally in the matter of raising cotton that the Mexicans are used ...
... raising cotton in our country cheaper than they can , and therefore they want to stop it ; and that is the only economic reason you can have . The CHAIRMAN . Is it principally in the matter of raising cotton that the Mexicans are used ...
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... raise vegetables - any- thing ; they will work , and they are not 8 - hour men ; they are the kind that when you want them they will work all day or night and the next day without ever making a kick . I have had them do that time and ...
... raise vegetables - any- thing ; they will work , and they are not 8 - hour men ; they are the kind that when you want them they will work all day or night and the next day without ever making a kick . I have had them do that time and ...
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Page 96 - In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic...
Page 3 - An immigrant who continuously for at least two years immediately preceding the time of his application for admission to the United States has been, and who seeks to enter the United States solely for the purpose of, carrying on the vocation of minister of any religious denomination, or professor of a college, academy, seminary, or university and his wife, and his unmarried children under 18 years of age, if accompany or following to join him...
Page 96 - In view of the existing depression in agriculture, the Commission is hereby directed to effect with the least practicable delay such lawful changes in the rate structure of the country as will promote the freedom of movement by common carriers of the products of agriculture affected by that depression, including livestock, at the lowest possible lawful rate compatible with the maintenance of adequate transportation service...
Page 2 - The annual quota of any nationality for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1927, and for each fiscal year thereafter, shall be a number which bears the same ratio to 150,000 as the number of inhabitants in continental United States in 1920...
Page 2 - States, who is returning from a temporary visit abroad ; (c) An immigrant who was born in the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, the Republic of Mexico, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Canal Zone, or an independent country of Central or South America, and his wife, and his unmarried children under 18 years of age, if accompanying or following to join him...
Page 2 - The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor, jointly...
Page 2 - The annual quota of any nationality shall be 2 per centum of the number of foreign-born individuals of such nationality resident in continental United States as determined by the United States census of 1890, but the minimum quota of any nationality shall be 100.
Page 4 - No vessel shall be granted clearance pending the determination of the liability to the payment of such fine, or while the fine remains unpaid, except that clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such question upon the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover such fine, or of a bond with sufficient surety to secure the payment thereof approved by the collector of customs.
Page 2 - For the purpose of subdivisions (b) and (c) the term "inhabitants in continental United States in 1920 " does not include (1) immigrants from the geographical areas specified in subdivision (c) of section 4 or their descendants, (2) aliens ineligible to citizenship or their descendants, (3) the descendants of slave immigrants, or (4) the descendants of American aborigines.
Page 3 - The validity of an immigration visa shall expire at the end of such period, specified in the immigration visa, not exceeding four months, as shall be by regulations prescribed. In the case of an immigrant arriving in...