Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-03

senator's from Agricultural states pro-
tested against the limitation Of these
exemptions 10 farmers.
The literacy test as finally approved
| by the senate Is practically as II
passed the house. all amendments to
enlarge he exemptions To admit per-
sons fleeing from political or raclal
as well rs religious persecution having
been rejected The section follows.
That after four months from the
approval Of this act, in addition 70
the aliens who are by law now eX-
I cluded from admission into the Ehit.
I ed States the following persons shall
I also be excluded from admission
/ thereto towit:
Classes Excluded.
! 'All aliens over lG years Of ago
| physically capable Of reading, who
cannot read the English language, or
! some other language or dialect, in
I eluding Hebrew or Yiddsh.
Provided, that any admissible
alien or any alien heretofore or here
after legally admitted, or any citi-
! 1tii vi til' NiiiAAN hAhAN0t may hiAiiH -
or send for his father or grandfather
over .55 years old, his wife, his moth
er, his grandmother, or his unmarried
/ or widowed daughter, If otherwise ad-
missible. whether such relative can
/ read or not: and such relativa shall
be permitted to enter That for the
purpose of asccrtaining whether
! aliens can read the immigrant in
spectors shall be furnished with slips
/ of uniform size, prepared under the
direction of the secretary of labor,
each containing not less than thirty
/ nor more than forty words in ordi-
nary use, printed in plainly legibie
type in some Of the various languages
and dialects of immigrants. Each
alien may designate the particular
/ language or dialect in which he de-
sires the examination to be made, and
shall be required to read the words
! printed on the slip in such language
or dialect.
/ "That the following classes of per-
sons shall be exempt from the opera
i,tion of the iliteracy test, towit.
Exemptions Granted.
"All aliens who shall prove to the
satisfaction of the proper immigra-
! ton officer or TO the secretary of Ia
Dor that they emlgrated from the
country of which they were last per-
manent residents for the purpose of
escaping from religious prosecutions;
! all aliens who have been lawfully adj
mitted to the United States and who
have resided therein continuously for
| five years, and who have in accord
ance with law declared their inten-
ton of becoming citizens Of the Unit
ed States and who return to the
United States within six months from
/ the date of their departure therefrom;
all aliens in transit through the
United States; all aliens who have
been lawfully admitted to the United
States and who later shall go in tran
sit from one part Of the United
States to another through foreign con-
tiguous territory
other features of the bill which
change existing laws are designed
lprimarily to increase safeguards Of
health and morals and to protect la
Dor of the country.
To the general exclusion classes are
added the following:
Migrants, persons affected with tu-
bercuosis in any form or with any dis
ability whicn renders them incapable
of earning a livelihood; those persons
who teach or advocate the unlawful
destruction of property; those who
previously have been deported; stow
aways, children under sixteen years
of age, unaccompanied or not coming
to one or both parents; any persons
not eligible for citizenship.
Penalties Provided.
The bill provides as a pecuniary
penalty against steamship companies
lien on the vessels the owners
of which violate the proposed regula-
tions. Under the bill persons or cap
tains would be prohibited from i'm
porting contract labor or soliciting or
/ inducing the importation of immi-
grants except that skilled labor, II
otherwise admissible, may be import
ed if labor Of like kind unemployed
cannot be found in this country The
question Of the necessity for import
/ ing such labor is to be determined by
the secretary of labor.
An amendment submitted by Sena-
/ tor Cummins today, and accepted.
! provides that the departments Of Ia
bor and commerce closely observe the
industrial conditions of the country
and notify congress whenever, in their
opinion. expected immigration would
materially increase the number of un-
employed in the country or reduce the
I standard of wages to workmen.
! The bill outlines a system of super
vision of immigrant ships and also
/ provides for immigrant stations at in
/ terror points for distribution Of aliens.
/ A provision of the house bill di-
recting that American medical in
/ spectors should be placed on immi-
grant ships in foreign ports was
stricken out in the senate after pro-
! tests from foreign governments.
DISASTROUS FIRE CAUSED
RY OFADlY CIGARETTE