The morning call., 1893-10-07
PILING UP THE COST.
Secretary Carlisle Undertakes to
Scare the Senate.
1t VIII Take Millions to Send Out
the Chinese Now in This
Country.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 6-Sscretary Car
Isle has written The following letter to
President Stevenson:
Sir Referring 10 the official communication
sent 10 you on the 18th ult. in reply to Senate
resolution concerning The appropriation for the
enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act L
have the honor TO Inform you that tbe depart
ment has since been advised that the steamship
companies have increased their ratings for the
transportation of Chinese from San Francisco
10 Hong Kong from S35 10 $50 per capita for
steerag- passage. There should therefore be
added the sum OF SIC per capifa to the esIi-
mated cost of deportation, or S1,36O,OO0. max
ing a total estimated cost of about 1880 600.
Upon he basis of 10000 to be deported during
the current fiscal year tie amount required
would be IS. 900, 600 instead OF $1,000, 900, as
heretofore stated.
inclO>e herewith copy OF a letter from the
First Auditor, In which be estimates that the
expenses are not less than $50 in each case
where Chinese person is arrested and tried
under the exclusion acts. Under pay from the
judiciary appropriations this would be In addi-
tIon TO the estimate given above and would in
crease the grand total TO SO, 1886, 900.
JOHN g. CARLISLE.
The First Auditors letter says:
Permit me to respectfully call your at
tenti0n TO the fact that in making up es-
Inmates of the cost to the United States of
the enforcement Of the Chinese exclusion
act. no mention is made of that part OF the
expenditure paid from regular appropria-
tiODs for the expenses of United States
courts. 1t is impossible to make even an
approximately accurate estimate of the
amount for which the judiciary appropria-
will ha lioh Ia. bD he hass il,
formation obi able, am of opinion that
S35 per capita will be very low estimate
for California, while the cost per capita
for such Chinese persons residing in other
cities will be much greater than the sum
named. As an example of the maximum
of such costs, | have before me an account
Of the United States Marshal for the State
Of Washington. in which his fees in GER
tain deportation cases reach S45 per capita.
The consensus of opinion of those who
handle such accounts places tho cost of ar
rest and trial at $50 per capita thro ughout
the whole country, including California.
1t will be noticed that the expense
herein noted all occurred before the ap-
preparation for the enforcement of the Chi
nese exclusion act is called upon, and all
eral judiciary appropriations. | beg also
to call your attention to section of the ex-
clusion act and in that connection to state
that the estimate hereinbefore made did
not include the cost of confinement as pro-
vided in the section referred to. The cost
to the United States of each convict con-
fined in California is fifty cents per day
and in Washington 81 per day, and in ad-
dition each person receives on his release
good suit of clothes and SIS in money.
81 do not presume to place any interpre-
tation on the section above cited and only
give the cost of confinement in order that
you may have the inform alton necessary
to an amended estimate should you deem
such course expedient.
''E. P. BALDWIN"
The McCreary bill will come up for con-
sideration on Wednesday, and the debate
will continue for two days. or longer If the
members wish it.