The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
RIGID IMMIGRATION LAWS.
1 Recommendation Likely to he
Made TO CONGRESS-


Made to Congress.
Dr. Heiser. of the Marine Hospital
Service, tells some interesting facts drawn
from his experience and observation at
Naples. He says that the steerage fare
by steamship from Naples to New York
is $40: but if an Italian wishes to come to
the United States. and cannot pass the in
spectcrs at Naples. he can pay SO more
and he taken to AIarseiIIes. thence for
wardsd to Liverpool. and put aboard an
English passenger ship bound for Cana
da- Our international arrangements for
inspecting Canadian-bouDd immigrants at
Liverpool have become so efficient. how
ever that some of the Italians who have
tried this trick have been caught at it
These can. if they wish. slip over to
Queenstown and get aboard the first ship
which touches on its way to America
There is no preventing that-a fact which
DR.. HeiseF says emphasizes the need of a
very diligent inspection service at the
American ports.
There IS q large flow of Italian immigra-
ton Just now. toward South America. it
appears. The larger part of it comes from
the northern part of Italy, where the
peasants, as a class, are vastly superior
to those from the southern end of the
peninsula.
II is not so uncommon for one ship 20
be loading at its wharf in Naples for
voyage to New York at the same time
that another. not a stones throw distant.
Is about setting sail for one of the ports
of South America An Italian viii come
TO take passage for New York, and pre-
sent himself for inspection, but be refus-
ed: he will then throw his bundle over his
shoulder and trudge across to the other
ship where he is welcomed aboard To
the average member of his class, America
is America. and such petty geographical
distinctions as North and South cut
no figure in his calculations He knows
the name New York perhaps, but it
conveys no image TO his mind beng
merely one of two or three names with
American associations. So South Ameri-
ca, while drawing, as a rule, upon bet
ter quality of material for future citizen
ship than North America, also gets some
of the scum which We reject
Mention has been made Of the fresh ef-
forts on the part of the United States
Government to close a much-Used back
door to undesirable immigration by build
ing up a strong inspection service at que
bee There has always been and prob
ably always viii be, more or less friction
with the railroads crossing the Canadian
borders If an Immigrant belonging to 4
prescribed class. who has come to Canada
from Europe with the purpose of enter
ing the United States afterward. succeeds
in slipping through the mesheS OF the
United States inspection net in Canada.
boarding a train, and reaching his des-
tination. the inspectors on this side of the
line viii compel the railroad company to
start him back TO Canada at its own ex-
pense.
But what assurance have they that 1t
will return him to Quebec. or whatever
was his point of DEPARTURE" is question
that is asked in this connection For al
that anyone can tell the railroad ma.
drop him of at the first convenient cross
ing, still in the United States. and TIT
get rid Of him: or il may carry him TO a
other place in Canada from the o.
whence he set out and thus lose all
moral effect OF deportation
On the other hand, nothing is to be
complished by quarTeIing with the Can
ian steamship companies, says Dr. Hei-
Even II d prescribed immigrant can
perfectly identified and his record
trickeTy traced the company
I brought him over answers: We are
responsible to You Tor this man We
not land him in the United States
vas ticketed to Csada, and in Cauad
I duly delivered him. We do not see
/ share the United States has il the
ness anyway If you have complain
/ N AXE 90 make them to the carrier;
/ struggled the man into your COunLr
{ to US
a notion IS rapidly forcing Itself
the minds Of the immigration auth
! here that the American GIOvernrneT
/ be driven TO depoTting prescribed
/ grants at its OWE expense If the
( States cannot keep these persons
/ the country, they argue. they can
send them home when they are
1t may cost $50 or SO apiece. but II
effect wOuld make up for the exT
( showing the world that when tn .-nIt--
States has declared that Ii does not wish
! such and such classes Il VIII not have
them under any conditions whatever
it Is possible that d recommendation
may be sent 10 Congress next winter, says
I DR. Heiser, fOr-aR appropriation for this
{ purpose. accompanied by draft Of IegiS-
4 laLiOR modelled after the latest addition to
! the Chinese exclusion laws. so that any
+ immigrant who resorts to misleading rep
/ reservations or other Illicit devices in oh
/ t2ining entrance into the United States
shall be depoTted as soon as this offence
! is discovered, regardless Of whether he
actually belongs 10 one of the prescribed
Z classes