Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-30

jouFnment Of this session, and before
any serious injury was inflicted upoli
the cane growers Of Hawaii.
Test Modified.
A split was made in the educational
test II was so modified that the
entering alien must only be able to
read in the language OF his country.
He is not required 10 write.
A summary of the conference report
On the immigration measure is made
by the managers Oh the part Of The
house. 7 his summary says:
The managers on the part o. the
House at the conference on the al
agreeing votes OF the two Houses on
the amendments Of the House to The
Senate bill Is. 3I75) regulating The
immigration OF aliens, submit the fol-
lowing detailed statement in expIana.
ton of the effect agreed upon and rec
onlmended in the conference report:
The Senate having disagreed 10 the
eutire House amendment, which in it's
turn had stricken out the entire Sen
ate bill, the whole subject of immigra-
ton came before the conference COM
mittee.
The bill as it pass ed the House con-
tanned no features except the Hitter
acy test. The Senate bill contemplate
ed many changes in the law and an
illiteracy test substantially similar 20
that proposed in the House, the prin-
Ciral difference being that the Senate
included writing" in It's test and dif-
fcred somewhat from the House as to
the admiI sibility of HEterate relatives
nf qualified immigrants. On ali SUI
stantial matters of difference between
the Senate and the House touching
the illiteracy test the Senate receded.
The principal changes in existing
law proposed by the Senate to which
the managers on the part of the House
agreed are as follows:
First An increase of the head tax
from a to s. per alien. ~. e.
Second. The exclusion Of aliens not
eligible for naturalization. @= f..
Third. Making is permissible for
the Secretary of Commerce and La<or
to decide beforehand as to the neces-
sity of importing such skilled contract
labor as is now admissible under the
existing contract labor law.
Fourth. Providing more severe pen
allies for transportation lines w;.-ch
violate the law against advertising for
migrants and which bring to the Unit
States aliens who are ineligible to en-
ter. ">
Fifth. Providing for matrons, in
srectors, and surgeons on immigrant
ships at the decretion of the Secretary
of Commerce and Labor. = ~.
Sixth. Providing machinery for
compelling the attendance and testi-
mony of witnesses before the immigra-
ton authorities when required.
Seventh. Providing for the depor.a
ton of aliens who become criminals
within three years subsequent to en-
try. ~
Eighth. Providing for interior inn
migrant stations. =
Ninth. Providing against til lille
gal entry of seamen and stowaways.
Tenth. Permitting aliens to be rep
resented by council in the case of ap-
pesls from the decisions of boards of
special inquiry. ~ .:.e,l,.
Eleventh. Providing experts IN IL
sanity at large ports of entry.
Twelfth. A definition of the mean
ing of the word alien where It ap-
pears in the bill. = 40 r"~
"A provision was added in conference
requiring the production Of penal GER
tificates in certain cases for the pur-
poses Of facilitating the execution OF
that part or the Senate bill and of the