Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-07-27
MIGRANTS TO
FACE RIGID TEST.
President Roosevelt Will Point Way for
Curing Evils in His Next
MESSAGE

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 24-The
expected increase in immigration during
the last fiscal year has been realized. Of
fetal figures say that the number of i'm
migrants who entered the country during
that period is given at /, 100,72 The in
crease over the year 1905 was 74,221.
The two houses of Congress passed inn
migration bills during the last session,
but adjourned without an agreement.
When Congress reconvenes the conferees
of the two houses will reassemble and
endeavor to draft measure which will
| be acceptable.
The President will point out in his
message the necessity of an agreement
as early as possible in order that the
evils now existing may be cured without
delay.
! No disposition existed among promi>
nent leaders of the House to hasten ac-
ton on immigration legislation. OF
course, after the congressional elections
| In November the House leaders will re-
gard themselves as in a position to act
with less consideration of the effect upon
the naturalized vote.
Jews Object to Tax and Tests.
From all classes, particularly Jews,
came protests against the bill reported
by the majority of the House commit
tee because of its provisions increasing
from 81 to So the tax imposed upon each
Immigrant and the establishment of an
additional test. 1t was claimed these
provisions would operate to keep out
healthy families who could not pay the
aggregate tax which would be applied.
and Jews particularly declared the edu-
catlonal test would result in the exclu-
sion of a desirable class of Russians and
Poles OF their race and interfere with
the movement for their colonization in
the southern states
The House disapproved the action of
the committee adopting an amendment
odered by Representative Grosvenor of
ONO creating commission to make
full inquiry into the subject of immigra-
ton.
Other Features of Bill.
The remaining features of the COM
mittee's bill were adopted as follows:
Add to the excluded classes persons who
are 1mbeciles, feeble minded, or who have
Deen at any time insane, and under certain
circumstances persons of poor physique, ana
consumptives; make it a misdemeanor in
! impose penalty Of not exceeding two years
for illegal landing of an alien; provide
penalty for negligent failure of vessels to
prevent improper landing of aliens: impose
penalties for failure of transportation com
panies to comply with deportation orders;
excludes every adult male alien who has not
p~-o Az LIS pOoStSSlOLp anu every IeHldle
alien and every male alien under 16 years
who Is not possessed of $15 but provides
that If the head of a family has $50 this
| amount shall be considered sufficient to adj
NIT the whole family, except grown up sons.
The Senate bill differs from the House
bill in many ways, particularly in i'm
posing a head tax of So, forbidding
transportation companies to solicit or
encourage immigration, establishing a
division of information in the bureau of
immigration to promote beneficial distri-
button of aliens admitted into the United
States and containing an educational
test under which the immigrant must
read not less than twenty-five words of
the Constitution of the United States
printed in the language he may prefer.
Prosperity Causes Influx.
Commissioned Sargent says unprec-
edented prosperity is the vital reason
for the huge amount of immigration.
'Mr. Sargent stated the educational
test materially would decrease immigra-
ton for awhile. but it would not be
long before aliens would learn enough
to pass the test, and the purpose of the
law thereby would be nullifed.