The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-01-05
The Disease Still Making Steady Progrei
in Hamburg-The Immigration Question.

| The Disease Still Making Steady Progress
in Hamburg-The Immigration Question.
The cases of cholera and deaths in Hamburg
increase every day. The disease is making
slow but steady progress. Outside of Hamburg
there have been deaths and new cases to an
vails especially in mercantile circles. which
| are still under the burden of last Falls losses
| The Surgeon of the Marine Service of the
| Treasury Department at Washington has
| issued a sweeping order prohibiting the imror-
tation of rags from certain foreign ports, in
Guiding Paris Rouen. Havre, Marseilles, Cher.
hourgh, Dunkirk. and L'Orient in France, and
places in Russia, Netherlands Belgium, Austro-
J Hungary Except Treste). Hamburg, Altoona
and Kewo. in Germany. All other places
where cholera may be known to be prevailing
or may hereafter prevail will be included In
| the list
Senator Chandler, Chairman of the Senate
Committee on immigration, has returned tf
Washington from New York with Senator
| Harris Chairman of the Senate Committee
! on Epidemic Diseases, and others. They have
been visiting the State quarantine, and other.
| wise looked into the immigration question and
the plans for keeping out cholera Both were
| interviewed.
| Said Senator Chandler: 81 believe that
| safety can be found only in the suspension o
migration and the stoppage of steerage
| transportation. When all possible prepara-
| tions otherwise have been made. still they are
to be supplemented by the passage of suspen-
| sion act. The two quarantine bills now pend.
| ing in the Senate and House will undoubtedly
| be pushed the first week in January, with the
suspension bill alongside, and / shall work fol
the passage of the latter until the 4th of March
| If necessary.
Senator Harris did not care to express him
| self on the results of his visit to New York
e Nn,r
will be incorporated in my report on my bill
providing for national quarantine in conjun
| tiOn with State quarantine. ! am not in favor
of Senator Chandler's bill, absolutely supend-
ing immigration for one year, and l shall vote
against it, and take great pleasure in voting
against it. This question of immigration is a
tremendous one, and the question of sanitation
is only one of a thousand considerations affect
ing it. 1t should not be considered with refer
ence to sanitation alone. as the provisions
of Senator Cbandler's iron clad prohibition
bill seem to show that he so regards IT, If my
bill becomes law then Senator Chandler's bill
cannot be enacted, for my measure also pro-
vides for suspension by the Presidents precla-
nation in the event of great danger to this
country from epidemic diseases
The statement that has been put forth that
the Italian Government is going to make
strenuous protests against the suspension Of
immigration would not seem to be true. There
are laws now on the subject of emigration,
under which no Italian subject may emigrate
who is not able to take care of himself. This
legislation was brought about by the large ex-
pense to which the Italian Government was
put in returning to Italy INDECENT Italians who
applied for aid to Italian Consuls in other
countries 1t is admitted that the Italian laws
are not very strictly enforced. yet this shows
the disposition of the Italians to discourage
emigration, and that they are not likely to say
much about suspension of immigration in this
country.