St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-04-11


home. The Senate committee on immi-
grafton consists of II members, of which
Senator William P. Dillingham; OF V>r-
mont is the chairman. ae report ID the
Senate bill 403 with amendments,
March 20, 1906. Ia the bill it is moved
to strike out the words, Secretary of
the Treasury" and insert, Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor" instead, that a
duty OF five instead Of two dollars shall
be levied and collected for every passen-
ger, mot a citizen of the United States
or of the Dominion of c anada, Newfound.
land, the Republic OF Cuba, or the Re.
public OF Mexico, who shall come by
steam, sail or other vessel from any
foreign port to the United States" also
by rail from foreign territory. The
money so collected is to constitute an
Immigrant fund" under the charge of
the Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
The Commissioner General is also au-
thorized to establish "a division of in.
formation in the Bureau of Immigra.
tion," under the control of the secretary.
They are to obtain Information relating
to the needs Of each state and territory,
to help aliens in selection of a residence,
and this printed information shall be
distributed at the immigrant stations of
the United States.
The grass grew very green in the parks
in the city during the continued rains of
the last week; crocuses are in bloom,
wild flowers have been found at Mount
Vernon and the Missouri currant is
rapidly coming out. The weather is
milder and beautiful after the stormy
weather of March. Congressman are be.
ginning to talk about adjournment at an
early date. Senators still continue to
discuss the railway rate bill, day after
day and some OF the Senators have given
Senator Tillman to understand that they
do not care to have his l,tters brought
in daily into the discussion.
A Washington man recently returned
from the Isthmus, gives very encourag
ing account OF the condition OF the work
ing men there; he says they are we'll led
and housed, and devoted to the business.
The CHIEF engineer and the heads OF the
department are men OF action, who in
fuse their spirit into the men. Young
Americans are sure OF promotion for
good work. He was told that some OF
them were saving 500 per month on an
average. The chief sanitary engineer,
Col. Gorgas, has accomplished wonders,
so that they have not had a case of
yellow fever for seven or eight months.
The hospital has fine grounds and has
delightful scenery around it. The rainy
season lasts from May to June. Walter
G. Tubbs supervises the building and
studies efficiency.
When we inquired for the Philippine
bill few weeks since, we were told that
it had gone to sleep and we werecaution-
ed not to speak too loud, or we might
wake it up, Sometime since a delega.
ton of western men interested 10 the
culture of the beet for m aking beet sugar;
appeared before the committee to pro-
test against the passage OF this bill.
Some business men from Connecticut
recently sent a petition to Senators
Buckley and Brandegee from that state,
urging them to cast their votes for this
bill. He replied up to that time that all
OF his numerous constituents had request.
ed him to oppose the bill, for their indus.
tries would be unfavorably affected.
Those parties were chiefli tobacco
growers, cigar makers, and those co.
gagged in beet culture and manufacture,
consisting of both Republicans and Demo.
Gratis. Should this bill be carried by
legislation, he said, THE Filipinos will
in the near future, bring the products of
cheap labor, and living Of the islands
into competition with these industries,
no in their infancy" The delegation
from Michigan and Colorado. brought
in statement; carefully made, giving
some account OF the labor and expense
incurred in beet culture and commended
this bill would seriously injure their
manufacture. Senators insist that
American interests should be as carefully
considered as those Of the Philippines.
He felt compelled to cast his vote tor a
Square deal" for home industries.
Rep. HILL OF Conn, in a lecture giving
some account of the Taft party last
wear, emphasized the fact OF the great
improvement made by the Americans in
many ways on the Islands since his last
visit there FIVE years previous. He
referred ESPECIALLY to the improvement in
schools aud school buildings which were
formerly OF mud and dirty; now they are
more Clearly and the children are taught
English, and the maj ority of the people
do not wish tor seli.government.
We stated that the house committee on
immigration and naturalization reported
bill Is, 442 on naturalization and it was
expected that a bill on immigration
would be presented by this time. A Cal
ifornia member called attention to the
great influx OF Japanese on the Pacihc
coast and thought that there should be
some restriction made in reference to the
Japanese as we'll as to the Chinese. In
order to understand Senator Dilling-
hams bill with amendments Ito regulate
the immigration of aliens into the United
States" one should read and compare it
with the Immigration Laws and Regula-
tons OF 1908. 1t is interesting to read
and note the various amendments, known
as Acts" passed from time to time by
Congress. Under Section 2 OF act OF
March 8, 1908. occurs the paragraph so
often quoted OF those excluded from ad.
mission to the United States. "Polyga-
mists, anarchists, or persons who believe
in or advocate the overthrow by force or
violence, OF the Government of the United
States. or OF all government or OF all
forms of law, or the assassination OF
public officials" In the new bill, the def
milton of polygamists and anarchists has
been more clearly stated, and as before
mentione 1 the division of bureau OF i'm
migration may aid materially in the dis.
tribution OF those coming to this coun-