Government Pamphlets on Immigration, Volume 11911 - United States |
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... fact in our country is a scarcity of labor . The same complaint is heard from farms , factories , and shops all over ... facts about the American industries are , first , that labor is scarce , and , secondly , that wages have been high ...
... fact in our country is a scarcity of labor . The same complaint is heard from farms , factories , and shops all over ... facts about the American industries are , first , that labor is scarce , and , secondly , that wages have been high ...
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... fact , namely , that the numerous races which came to this country during the nineteenth century have formed , or may be expected to form , a racial amalgam or blend . It is obvious that very little blending has thus far taken place ...
... fact , namely , that the numerous races which came to this country during the nineteenth century have formed , or may be expected to form , a racial amalgam or blend . It is obvious that very little blending has thus far taken place ...
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... fact that a workingman and his wife have the ambition to better their condition so strongly implanted that they save sufficient money for their pas- sage to settle in the land where " one man's privilege is every man's right . " Let the ...
... fact that a workingman and his wife have the ambition to better their condition so strongly implanted that they save sufficient money for their pas- sage to settle in the land where " one man's privilege is every man's right . " Let the ...
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... fact , commented upon in every annual report of the Commissioner General of Immigration , that the steamship companies make only the most perfunctory medical examination of passengers upon their departure for America . Thus there are no ...
... fact , commented upon in every annual report of the Commissioner General of Immigration , that the steamship companies make only the most perfunctory medical examination of passengers upon their departure for America . Thus there are no ...
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... fact , and the fact that the number of desertions is increasing , creates a serious situation which requires legislation . Closely related with this subject is that of stowaways , whose treat- ment has been a disputed question for years ...
... fact , and the fact that the number of desertions is increasing , creates a serious situation which requires legislation . Closely related with this subject is that of stowaways , whose treat- ment has been a disputed question for years ...
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Popular passages
Page 6 - ... persons who are members of or affiliated with any organization entertaining and teaching disbelief in or opposition to organized government, or who advocate or teach 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 or of any other organized government...
Page 10 - ... might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination at such time, such person or transportation company, or the master, agent, owner, or consignee of any such vessel shall pay to the collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is...
Page 15 - ... 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 9 - ... collector of customs of the customs district in which the port of arrival is located the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every violation of the provisions of this section...
Page 21 - 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 11 - ... name and complete address; whether ever before in the United States, and if so, when and where; whether ever in prison or almshouse or an institution or hospital for the care and treatment of the insane...
Page 18 - 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 6 - ... 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 or of any other organized government, because of his or their official character, shall be permitted to enter the United States or any Territory or place subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
Page 15 - ... or with a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, or with any mental or physical disability which would bring such aliens within any of the classes excluded from admission to the United States under section three of this Act.
Page 16 - ... at any time within three years after entry, any alien who shall have entered the United States by water at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officials, or by...