The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-07
PUTTING UP THE BARS
How Can We Exclude UndeSir-
able Europeans2
THE HEAD TAX OF NO AVAIL.
Admission by Card-None But Those
Persons Who Can Prove Good
Character should Be Admitted.

WASHINGTON CRY, June ii. Especial i
The following paper was presented TO the
Senate today by Senator Allen and ordered
printed:
Unlike the reform advocates of Contin-
entai Europe our own reto-mers devote
most oil their efforts to the establishment
o. tsse fact that an evil exists and TO the
discovery or the causes THAI produced Il
aud the conditions that fostered II. They
pay little attention 10 the tteylslng anu the
application Of remedies for existing
wrongs. Under these circumstances IL IS
not at ali strange that the remedies sug-
gested are usually crude and Intellectual,
often entirely impvac;icable and some
times highly unjust These remarks ap-
Ply with great force 10 the INN grafton
problem ia the United States today.
All reasonable men agree that unre-
stTictsd immigration Is an evil All also
agree that Ne are in duty bound TO pre-
vent CRIMINALS ana naupers from landing
on our shores. However, none of the
remedies SO far suggested Will accomplish
sRe desired result. Some writers advocate
the Isyylnc o. 3 head tax on immigrants.
Ihey differ as 10 the auo1at, some favor
ing Sll, SIS or so. others going as high as
$50, 0uf a. claim tina. il will keep out
criminals and psupers.
Let Us see What do We understand by
the term criminal. Ii we wish 10 denote
those persons who, having committed
crimes. were caught, tried and convicted
snd served their sentences. and having
been delivered from PRISON, seek adnis-
sion 10 this country TO better their condi-
ton. often with the honest intention OF
turning over new Leaf. then the head tax
w.lf be OF no effect, because IN al Eu-
Eonean penltentlarles each convict S COM
PEELED ~ work ana each year a traction OF
his earnings IS placed 20 his credit, so that
he nuds himself II possession OF quite 4
respectable sum o. money when dismissed
from jail. Hence If he wishes 20 emigrate
TO this country he has the means with
which TO pay iare and head tax. Ii. on
the other hand. by the term criminal We
Wish 10 denote the successful absconder.
Ceiaulter or manipulation. who manages %
take passage on one .: the many steamers
crossing the Atlantic before the police can
Law hands on him, then the head tax is
surely no obstacle. because he always has
enough 10 ray 1t. Thus | claim TO have
proved that the head tax viii no. keep OF.
criminals.
Now Let rs see how il will work toward
paUpers. II we mean by the term pauper
one who hives on public charity then
surely .he head TAX Will not affect him. Ii
certainly $ true. as the Talmud tells Us,
that one who has learned 70 hold out his
hand no Longer needs our nitv. He viii
get enough without our aid. From the
writer's actual knowledge of Europe and
its paupers. owing 70 ms having been born
and reared in Austro-Polani and 20 his
close relations with the very class that is
especially Objectionable. he has no hesi-
fancy In affirming that the head tax viii
not keep out professional heggars. Amer
:cans no have travelled on the continent
viii bear me out Ii this statement. Those
OF the beggars who are supported by pub
lie charitable institutions care nothing for
8 head tax because the same institutions
shat are now paying their fares vii sso
pay the head tax. Canada has head tax
Of $50 on Chinese. and yet the Influx OF
Mongolians into that country has not d.
minlsiei.
Assureily we do no. desire TO keep out
the respectable worthy poor. The man
who has sufficient seif-re-pect 10 prefer
starving 20 begging. VIII would rather
have his hand cut of than 20 stretch i
on: Tor aims, is generally $ man who will
Inake coed. Self-supporting citizen If
given 3 chance. and no one Will claim that
this country - without chances fo- the
frugal and industrious.
But il viii be argued that she money
thus collected from immigrants will lie
shat much gain. Nothing OF the sort. !.
Forbidden :ruiE tastes sweet Iou apprise
tbe European oeggSTS snd crlnlnS.s tina.
they must pay head tax 0: $50 10 get
into this country, and they Will ST once
conclude that America must be good
place for them, and they Will come IN
much greater numbers than they do nov
Other writers suggest that our coasuls
IN Europe shoulG issue certificates of char
acter 10 immigrants This IS entirely
lDpCacticaose, Apart from che wide
fed OF corruption that such syssem
voul6 foster. i; would ee instrumental n
bringing here the very class Of people We
do no. want. Consuls s-s situated n sea-
-.
loves. types .. hum anisy-ld .erS. GRIMM
as. adyentU-s-s every class that is sbhor-
rent - honest CasD-and these peonle will
hSs,eEe the coaSu.s S1G obtain certificates
by some means Or other. while sAe indus
trlols. energetic Sa3 frugal country people
VIII Re unable TO set certificates and hence
Re GsSS-.ed from, coming. He who knows
sav1hlng Al 81 about Europe. knows how
hard Il IS foE s country farmer 10 reach
sSapo-; o. large CITY. He has no money
- pay his expenses and : not used 10
travelling. and the result = IhS. ne stays s.
home. The verv Vsorls We need - de-
vetop the fertile egg much lab0r--equ(rins
IVES. we shall not set. oUE every tramp
snG ,al>calst-o-esds- VIII come here Saa
mSSe matters worse.
! believe the average native American
does not understand TINS pe-r exing cues
zion. Irlss, lex Americans have been
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