, 1889-01-24
ON CONTRACT LABOR
The Ford Commission Reports
to the House To-Day.
sPINoLA IN A MINORITY REPORT
They Do Not Touch the Chinese Question
For Lack Of Tiino--what the
Minority Says. .r'

WASHINGTON. Jan. l9.--.The bill re-
ported to the house to-day by the Ford
com mission on contract labor and immi.
grafton. proposes to prohibit admission
into the United States OF any idiot, Ia.
saae. paupeF. or other person liable TO be-
come public charge, or who has been
legally convicted OF felony. or other in.
famous crimes or misdemeanof involving
moral turpitude, or Who IL . pOlygamist,
anarchist or socialist or afflicted With any
loathsome disease. or who has entered into
written. to perform labor OF service for
any person, firm, company or corporation
in the United States or ANY state therein.
whose passage 10 paid on the promise OF
labor.
It also provides that alien lsborers,
other than those excepted by the contract
lab " Law. shall not bs admitted 10 labor
for limited time with the Intention Of
returning. This section exoepts professors
10 universities and ministers. II also pro-
poses 10 levy tax OF e5 on every alien
coming into the United States, to be paid
BY the transportation sGeut.
: The secretary Of the treasury 10 charged
With the duty of supervising all immiRra-
tion and full juriadiction 10 vested 10 the
United States district aud circait oourts in
all,csses arising under the act which 10 to
take eject July lat .ll.t..N.
A report accompanied the bill Of details
OF the investigation Of the committee at
Ut various points and the conclusions
reached and among other thiags the re-
port says that ~ no Inspection 10 made OF
immigrants Aloag the border between
Canada Asd the United Statcs, q large
aumber OF alien paupefs,. insaao persons
and others who are not lawfully entitled
TO enter.
COME INTO THE UsIrzp STATES
by this way. The number during the six
mouths past being estimated Ut 50. 900.
Criminsls are shipped 70 the United
States BY the officials OF foreign goyern-
ments snd they persist In this course after
having been requested by our government
70 discontinue II. I'll. .....
OF the contract labor laws the report
says it Ia easily evaded 10 large extent In
spirit, while the latter 10 usually observed.
Chinese immigration was not investi.
gated for the lack Of time.
On the subject OF immigration generally y
the committee, after speaking fav orablv Of
its benefits in the past. says that from the
inquiry they have made they believe the
time has nov come to draw the line, TO
select the
GOOD FROM THE BAD,
And to sift the wheat from the chaff.
TO any person familiar with the results
Of the committee's investigation it must
be apparent that this country can not prop.
erly assimilate the immigration now COM
ing TO orr shores.
The re ,,ort condemns the practice which
has prevailed among certain foreigners
resident in this country OF importing men
for the purpose OF contracting them on
railroad works and keeping them in q
state Of
ALMOST AFFECT SLAVERY.
In conclusioA the committee ssys: Ger
tainly the effect Of the present unrestricted
| system Of immigration, as applicable to
the conditions under considerations upon
the industrial situation of THE c,uptry
hos been very bad. The committee be-
live the time has come when an inmi ara-
tion tax should be more effectively reeu-
lated; that persOns who iarnigrate to the
United States ahould ut least be composed
Of those who in good faith desire 10 be-
come its citizsns and are worthy to se
such"