The Immigration Problem: A Study of American Immigration Conditions and Needs |
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... hand , our Government has been besought to protect our people from the " degrading influence " of the immigrant . On the other , it has been declared that our doors should never be closed against those suffering from religious or ...
... hand , our Government has been besought to protect our people from the " degrading influence " of the immigrant . On the other , it has been declared that our doors should never be closed against those suffering from religious or ...
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... hand - workers , whatever the occupation may be . The weaker and less ambitious less often have the energy or means to go to America , altho they go now much more easily and oftener than formerly . Effect of Emigration upon European ...
... hand - workers , whatever the occupation may be . The weaker and less ambitious less often have the energy or means to go to America , altho they go now much more easily and oftener than formerly . Effect of Emigration upon European ...
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... hand , so far as they believe that the emigrants are going to the United States to remain but a short period , and in the meantime to send back to the home country for investment all of their sur- plus earnings , and then later ...
... hand , so far as they believe that the emigrants are going to the United States to remain but a short period , and in the meantime to send back to the home country for investment all of their sur- plus earnings , and then later ...
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... hand , if that dollar , instead of being in- vested in his home country , were invested in the United States the benefit would be greater . America would have the productive influence not only of the labor but also of the capital made ...
... hand , if that dollar , instead of being in- vested in his home country , were invested in the United States the benefit would be greater . America would have the productive influence not only of the labor but also of the capital made ...
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... hands at lower than the prevail- ing rates , so that the manufacturer may reap a larger profit ? That has seemed to be the judgment of some of those at any rate who have been attempting to import labor for work on farms , and perhaps ...
... hands at lower than the prevail- ing rates , so that the manufacturer may reap a larger profit ? That has seemed to be the judgment of some of those at any rate who have been attempting to import labor for work on farms , and perhaps ...
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agricultural aliens altho arrival assimilation Austria-Hungary AVERAGE AMOUNT average number bankers bituminous coal boarders or lodgers Bohemian Bohemian and Moravian Bulgarian Canadian cent Chinese cities classes colonies Croatian eastern Europe eastern Europeans emigration employed employees employment English families farm laborers farmers Finnish foreign father German Greek Hebrew home country households immi immigrant banks Immigration Commission industrial workers institutions investigation Irish Japanese land large numbers Lithuanian lodgers Magyar male manufacturing ment Mexicans Montenegrin Moravian native Americans native father native white native-born of foreign NATIVITY AND RACE Negro North Norwegian number of persons occupations older immigrant Poles Polish population port Portuguese proportion race not specified races of recent recent immigrants Rumanian Russian Ruthenian Secretary of Labor secure Servian Slovak Slovenian small number South Italians southern and eastern standard of living steamship Syrian tion Total native-born total number United wage-earners wages weekly earnings white Americans women York
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Page 344 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 363 - And provided further. That skilled labor may be imported if labor of like kind unemployed can not be found in this country: And provided further. That the provisions of this law applicable to contract labor shall not be held to exclude professional actors, artists, lecturers, singers, ministers of any religious denomination, professors for colleges or seminaries, persons belonging to any...
Page 412 - ... the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States...
Page 404 - ... no vessel shall be granted clearance papers pending the determination of the question of the liability to the payment of such fine, and in the event such fine is imposed, while it remains unpaid, nor shall such fine be remitted or refunded: Provided, That clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such questions upon the deposit of a sum sufficient to cover such fine and costs, such sum to be named by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Page 345 - Whenever in the opinion of the Government of the United States, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States, or their residence therein, affects or threatens to affect the interests of that country, or to endanger the good order of the said country or of any locality within the territory thereof, the Government of China agrees that the Government of the United States may regulate, limit, or suspend such coming or residence, but may not absolutely prohibit it.
Page 413 - When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any...
Page 410 - Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter the mode of appointing commissioners of immigration at the several ports of the United States as provided by the sundry civil appropriation Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or the official status of such commissioners heretofore appointed.
Page 420 - Columbia, any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose, or with the intent and purpose to induce, entice, or compel such woman or girl to become a prostitute or to give herself up to debauchery, or to engage in any other immoral practice...
Page 405 - Labor, conditioned that such alien shall be produced when required for a hearing or hearings in regard to the charge upon which he has been taken into custody, and for deportation if he shall be found to be unlawfully within the United States.
Page 424 - Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society, or association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such corporation, company, society, or association as well as that of the person.