Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-08-17
MANY RADICAL CHANGES ARE
PROVIDED FOR BY The
PROPOSED LAW.
Result of Work by Joint immigration
mmission-Presented by Senator
EXPERIMENTATION Features of Chi
nese Exclusion Act Are Applied to
other Aliens-Bans Contract Labor.

ington.-Many radical changes
in the immigration laws are provided
for by the terms of general bill intro
duced in the senate by Senator Dilling-
ham, former chairman of the senate
committee on immigration and of the
joint immigration commission. Most of
the innovations suggested are the result
of the investigations of the commission.
The measure proposes to repeal the Chi
nese exclusion laws, except so far as
they relate to naturalization.
In their place is substituted an
amendment to the general immigration
laws which provides for the exclusion
from the United States of '.persons who
are not eligible to become citizens of the
United States by naturalization.
The exclusion does not apply, how
ever, to government officers, travellers
and members of the learned professions.
Chinese Exclusion Extended.
Various features of the present Chi
nese exclusion laws are made applicable
to all immigrants, except that as to
manual laborers not eligible to citizen
ship by naturalization the bill proposes
to give Asiatic immigrants the legal
status accorded to all other immigrants.
The only portion of the various Chi
nese exclusions laws not repealed is
that section of the act of 1852 which
provided that no state or federal court
shall admit Chinese to citizenship.
Senator Dillingham; IS bill also pro-
vides for the exclusion from the United
States of call male aliens 16 years old
or over who are physically capable of
reading and writing, but unable to read
and write in some language or dialect. "
1t provides, however, than an admissible
alien may bring in his father or grand
father over SIS years old, or a son not
over IS years old, whether such persons
are literate or not.
The bill makes it unlawful under pen
atty of 500 for any steamship company
to bring to the United States any litter
ate alien of the class mentioned, or any
alien not eligible to naturalization.
Senator Dillingham; bill provides
that boards of special inquiry regarding
the admissibility of aliens shall be APP
pointed by the secretary of commerce
and labor. Under the present law the
boards are appointed by the immigra
ton commissioners at the various ports
Contract Labor
The contract labor provision of tn,
1.
: in its present form, but to the excluded
class "and persons who have come il
? consequence of advertisements for man
b.. ual laborers published in foreign coun
0 try,' is added. There is a provision
= for the criminal prosecution of corpora
t tions, companies or persons who solici
or assist in the importation of contrac
laborers.
The provision of the present Law
which permits the importation O
D., skilled labor if labor of like kind un
employed cannot be found in this coun
: try is amended so as to permit the secre
!. tary of commerce and labor to deter
mine the necessity for such importation
Z prior to its accomplishment. A fine o
T. $500 is imposed by the bill for encour
q aging or soliciting alien immigration
Q AS further punishment the president i
q authorized to prohibit the landing o
. passengers at United States ports b,
+ steamship companies violating this pre-
q vision.
). Authority is given for the deportation
of immigrants imprisoned for Grim
within five years after arrival, and o
: those who become a public charge with
S in three years of landing.
y Immigrant stations at interior point
IS are provided for as means of insui
L ing a better distribution of immigrants
Memorial to Grover Cleveland.