Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-02-19

Nis3Vh eAcluulnB persons suffering from
any physical defect which may affect
their ability to earn living are: An
kylosis of various joints, arteriosis,
atrophy of extremities, chronic pro-
gressive diseases of central nervous
system, chronic inflammation of lymph
glands of the neck, dislocation of hip
joints with shortening and lameness,
double hernia, goitre, poor physical de-
velopment, locomotor ataxia, psoriasis
and lupus (chTonic skin diseases), val
vular disease VI heart, and well-marked
varicose veins. Such physical defects
are not per Sc ground for exclusion
(as are idiocy, insanity, and loathsome
or dangerous contagious diseases), but
when present in aggravated form they
usually affect the immigrants ability
to earn living--in fact, they frequent
ly render him incapable to do so-and
thus operate to exclude him, irrespec-
tive Of whether in addition he is a
person likely to become a public
charge.
IL. The contract labor law as in.
terpreted by the Attorney General ap-
plies only to persons coming here to
perform labor( skilled or unskilled)
that is essentially manual. Further,
more, this law specifically excerpts pro-
fessional actors, artists, lecturers, sing.
ers, ministers Of any religious denomin-
alton, professors Of colleges or semin-
aries, persons belonging to any recog
nized learned profession, and persons
employed strictly as personal or do
mestic servants; also skilled labor,
where labor of like kind unemployed
can not be found in this country. To
satisfy the immigration authorities
that given kind Of skilled labor can
not be found unemployed, it is usually
necessary to prove to them that proper
advertisements for such labor have been
published in a paper with good cir
culation and that either no responses
at all or no adequate responses have
been received. Such proof must be
presented in clear and convincing
form and must be sworn to. See, how
ever, paragraph hereof, which still
applies to such cases.
l2. Children under 16 unaccompan-
led by either parent may be excluded
at the discretion of the Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor. When admis-
sion is to occur, the minimum require
ments are that the children shall en-
Joy good health, shall be going to close
who are able and willing to
support and properly care for them,
shall be sent to school until 16, and
shall not be put at work unsuited to
their years. Frequently a bond is re-
quired as condition Of admission.
Where it is claimed that the parents
Of such children are in the United
States, the latter will usually be held
until the parents have been heard
from
13. All detention expenses at Ellis
Island are payable by the steamship
company concerned, irrespective OF
the immigrant is subsequently
or deported, except in the
few instances covered by the provlsos
OF section 10 or by section 81 of the
law and where deporta-
tion is stayed at the request Of rela.
tive or friend.
IA, Immigrants suffering from what
are known as "quaantinable dis
eases" are removed from the vessel by
the quarantine authorities Of the State
Of New York and remain in their Gus.
tody CASUALLY at Hoffman and Swim
burno Isands) until cure has been ef-
fected when they ARE sent to Ellis
Island for inspection, Requests for in
formation concerning such immigrants
must be addressed to Health Officer
of the Port, Quarantine Station, Staten
Island, N, Y" Quarantinablo dis
eases AZ the port Of New York now in
clude not only cholera, yellow fever,
smallpox, typhus fever, lcprosy, and
plague, but also such acute contagious
and infectious diseases as measles, car
let fever, diphtheria, erysipolas, etc,
10, An alien may be deported at
any time within three years Of his mr.
rival in case either (l) he entered the
United States in violation Of law, or
(2) he entered without inspection, or
CD No has become public charge
from cause existing prior to landing,
An alien has entered the United Statce
in violation Of law II In fact he be-
longed to one Of the excluded classes,
although such fact may At the time Of
entry escaped attention, Usual in
stances in which an alien becomes a
public charge are whore he enters a
public almshouse or hospital or is
sent TO pail What may be "cause
existing prior to landing" depends
somewhat on the circumstances Of each
case. Whore the alien is found in a
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