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eral way. Of course, we cannot go
into all the details.

into all the details.
order to make the matter perfectly
clear, | may perhaps refer to the ac-
ton of a year ago. When the COM
mission was organized IL was author
lied to make a very full and thor
ough investigation, and the payment
of the expenses of the commission
was to be made from what was known
as the Immigrant fund" year or
more ago the immigrant fund was
abolished. 1t then became necessary
for the expense of the commission
to come under the supervision of the
Committees on Appropriations of the
two Houses. When this was done
it was just about year ago this time
the bill as presented by the COM
mittee of the House of Representa-
tives contained an appropriation of
100000 to complete the work of the
commission. That went out on a
point of order. An amendment was
offered in the Senate, based upon an
estimate of the commission of the
amount of work that would be requir-
ed to make the necessary tabulations
and to edit the reports, at $250,000,
which was adopted The bill went
back to the House when the amend
ment was disagreed to, but from the
committee of conference there was
reported modification of the amend
ment appropriating $150,OO0 with a
stipulation that the work should be
completed by the 4th day of March
next.
The commission have been diligent
during the last year and have turned
out large amount of work In addi-
ton to the reports already presented
to Congress they have many others
almost ready for presentation On the
other hand, they have vast amount
of material which has been gathered
by the field force, about 80 per cent
of which has been tabulated, but
which will be entirely worthless I'M
less a further appropriation is made
for completing the tabulaton and
preparing the reports based upon the
same. The commission, therefore,
ask for this appropriation
Mr.. Bacon. If the Senator will par.
don me, it is right there that / desire
information.
Mr. Dillingham;. Certainly
Mr. Bacon. What is the character
of the information which has to be
tabulated? | do not ask the Senator
to go into details, but to state it
only in a general way.
Mr. Dillingham;. / do not know that
| quite understand the Senator's ques-
ton.
Mr. Bacon. The Senator from YER
mont said that the commission had
been actively engaged and had Sc
cured large amount of information,
which was to be tabulated and then
incorporated in report.
Mr. Dillingham;. Yes.
Mr. Bacon. / simply desire not 60
ing into detail and not unnecessarily
to burden the Senator, but in gen.
eral way statement as to the char
acter of that information.
Mr. Dillingham;. / think can
briefly answer the question of the SEN
ator from Georgia We have already
submitted reports to Congress on the
white-slave traffic; on steerage con-
dltons; on physical assimilation of
the immigrant; on congestion in the
large cities of the country; and also
upon the occupations of immigrants
and their children. These reports are
all in. We have reports in process of
preparation which will probably be
completed before the 4th of March,
upon several other subjects-the i'm
migrant in agriculture the relative
fecundity of immigrants and their
children, the investigations in Europe.
and the medical examination abroad
we have a report on the immigrant
aid societies that will probably be
presented this week; another on alien
criminality, of great interest and
great value; and a very exhaustive
report on the immigration situation
IN Canada, which, in contrast TO
ours, is not only interesting but very
important, We have also a dictionary
OF the immigrant races, very COM
plete volume for reference; the his
tory of European immigration in the
United States, covering the whole
period and written in popular form;
a review of the immigration legisla-
ton of the country from the begin
ming, and legislation regulating the
carriage of passengers at sea. That
Is a subject which we have already
acted upon in bill passed last win
ter. Another report will be present
ed on immigrants banks.
The unfinished work to which the
Senator refers covers some of the
large industries of the country. When
it is prepared and presented it will
give a picture, | think, representing