The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-24
|g0NAPARTERULES
/ ON IMMIGRATION
GIVES STATES RIGHT 70 ADvER.
TisE IT'S INDUCEMENTS
AND WAGE SCALES.
BARS IMpLlEDCONTRACT
With Corporations, But Individuals
May Pay Aliens Passsre--says
New Law VIII Alter
c3ndit ons.

Washington, March 2s Attorney
General Bonapsrtc has sent 10 Prcsss
dent Roosevelt anNwers 10 various
Ianestioas Affecting the administration
Inf the immigration laws propaundad
lby Gov Anselof South Carolina. ThcI
attorney general uphelds the legal I'M
IUf a state In advertising Vii irslnce4
ments 70 immigration, including
statement Of prevailing wages. aud
lnpholds the legality III in reduction
OF Immigrants where fhey arc, other.
wise qualified and had not been
solicited or encouraged except fiy
payment of their passage out IL the.
states public funds.
The states acceptance Of cOnErihii.
tlons to the immigration department
funds and advertisement OF its tn
ducements herewith and It's pay
ment OF the passage or aliens, would
not exclude the immigrants, but
might render liable to the law tho
parties contributing the money. All
these are with the proviso that no
agreement or contract be entered
into With the changes made BY the
new law, aliens are excluded when
solicited by promises or offers. even
when there IL no contract or agree.
ment, and while payment III immI.
grants passage from state funds Is
not barred. its payment with fuEds
contributed by any society OF assocla.
tion makes the immigrants Tabic iu
exclusion.
individuals May Pay Passage.
This prohibition docs not apply io
contributions Of passage money BY III.
dlvidnaIs as such.
The governors letter b the p~csis
dent bears date March fG.
The questions are an out ONE az
recent ccnference at the White House
between the president, Atom v Gen.
cral Bonapartc aud South Catoiiia
officials. Three OF the GOVERNORS
questions relate to The existing law
and the fourth 10 the new law. which
becomes operative July |,
The FIRST question asked whether Il
Is violation Of the immigration law
In force up 30 the time Of the taking
effect OF the act OF Feb. % for a state.
acting through its officers. to adver-
tise its Inducements aud publish
abroad the scale Of wages prevailing
within It's borders. providing no con
tract is entered into. In his answer
the attorney general. after quoting
various sections of the existing laws.
SAYS;
"The provisions contain substsn-
Tally all the law In force at nrc .eYt.
and until the act approved Feb. 20.
1907. shall become effective IN ac-
rordance with its terms. that eau be
material to determine the answer 90
The foregoing question. therefore
reply that II is lawful for state tn
advertise its Inducements to immi
grants and TO state as part of such
advertisement the scale OF wages gen
rally prevailing withing It's territory.
I being my understanding of the
question that such advertisement be
United to setting fofta the induce,
nonts offered by conditions prevail.
nr within the state To immigrants.
eaving the said immigrants To draw
heir own conclusions as 10 the al.
disability Of coming TO the said
tale"
Must Use Legitimate Ads.
Ia
ttoney general says that pEesumius
he immigrants qualified In other re.
poets. the advertisements 10 be law
nj In accordance with the answer to
he first question. and that neither
he state nor its officers. nor any one
Ise had otherwise solicited or en-
the immigration except by
ayme8t of the immigrants passage
n Of the public funds Of the stste.
le introduction Of the Immigrants
culd be lawful
In the third question the governor
sked whether a state. acting as
ich. through its officers could accept
to The immigration DC
irtmeni fund. provided thev are
free from snr contract o.
'cinrocal agreement and With this
nd advertise its inducements and
repay the passage Of aliens. pro-
ded they come free from any en-
sci or agreement. In answering
L. question the attorney general
VS..
While the parties providing the
oney for the publication Of The sd-
rtisements might be. in my opinion
bile 70 the penalties imposed by Sc.
N ) lof The present iswl the inmi-
ants themselves nron the hypothe-
! OF the third quezt'oa ccsle not
excluded.
The fourth question whether the
lconciaded O Second FsssJ