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Fresno, California, June 18,. 1917

Secretary of Commerce and Labor,Wilson,
Washington, D. C. '.
_e appeal to you to advise us fully
15y wire collect
* Washington situation respecting which we wired Congressman

Church June twelfth, and to which we have received no reply.

Our wire to Church as follows -
Disquieting report here that House considering
nullification Secretary Wilson's administrative
order admitting Mexicans for agricultural labor
Most serious situation exists through shortage U .
hands to harvest Valley crops, which cannot be
S harvested without outside help. Mexico appears our
only hope of supply. This association with membership
exceeding twelve thousand growers desire that you
request all California's representatives sustain
Secretary Wilson in this matter,

Please collect your views on situation for our guidance

in our extremeity. -F
Valley Fruit Growers Association,
M. F. Tarpey, Chairman,
7. Fleanders,. Secretary,

June 19, 1917..9:40 A. M.

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Hon. W. B. Wilson,
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Dear Mr. Secretary:-
I have just received the enclosed letter which
explains itself. Will it be possible to do anything to
help out our canning industries? This labor is certainly
skilled labor and I do not see why it should not come under
- the exemption clause in the bill. If necessary, I can
get statements from our canners of the urgent need for this
Canadian labor. Please return the letter for my files.
Hoping for a favorable reply, I am,
Very truly yours,

Enclosure -

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WASHINGTON, D.C. June 183, 1917.

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Hon. William B. Wilson, '

Secretary of Labor,
Department of Labor,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

- I am enclosing a letter which I

have received from Mr. E. B. Varney,

President, Isaac Varney & Sons Co., Fall

River, Massachusetts, whioh is self-explanatory.

Will you kindly advise me with reference to

the matter discussed by Mr. Varney?

Very truly yours,

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Hon. John W. Weeks,

United States Senate,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Senator:-
The farmers and lumbermen of Northern New Ihgland are
suffering greatly from a lack of unskilled labor, due to the fact, as
the
!. I am informed, that Canadians cannot cross the line on account of
literacy test and 48.00 head tax law, consequently there is not being
-as much ground tilled as there should be, nor as much lumber cut, and
a little later haying will come on and will .further aggravate a very - -
,4, troublesome situation. A little later, also, I presume that the

Government will want packing cases for a great variety of purposes,

we can
and with a demand from regular lines, which is really more than
take care of properly today, I don't know what we are going to do if
we cannot get additional labor.
. Would it. be possible to pass emergency legislation to
period
suspend the action of this literacy test and head tax law for the
of the way3 It seems highl.y desirable to me and to all those with
whom I have talked, that this should be done for this limited period, if
it cannot be done for a onger time.
F questing your earnest consideration of this matter
with such action as you deem wise, I am,
Yours sincerely,

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to!the Commissioner General of
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Secretary of' Labor, under the Immi-
T" migration with the approval of tothe
' a' g'ration'Actiof February 5; 1917, waive the literacy test and, the contract-
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lbor clause for the temporary admission of aliens, an order was promulgated
the immigration' of agricultural
sof May)z 3 i i 7 ; permittingtoprovide'forthe laborers from
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'p . .~u S suetst>Mexicans will be admitted only fdr agricultural work and will
be promptly deported if engaging in other industries. In cases arisingunder
" 'this order the payment of the' head tax is waived.

WORKS A "';RT"EYR 7 yV< '

W. B. WILSON, ESQ. \:\
SECRETARY OF LABOR, "t"
WASHINGTON' D. C. JUN 2 ' >'

MY DEAR MR. WILSON:-

the action As a producer of beet sugar in Utah, I was glad to note
the action taken by the order of May 23rd last, permitting immigration
of agricultural laborers from exioo. H

I enolose this fragment, from whioh I obtained my in/ r-

mation.
not
I would like very much a copy of this order, as it iswhether ,
clear to me whether the nationality is specified; in other words,
included, or whether
Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese or other alien labor are
the" order is'confined to the Mexicans only.
There are 300 Japandse at Calexico, who can be brought
get some relief
across the border for farm labor purpose, and unless we will suffer mater-
speedily, in this direction, the beet sugar production
ial]y.
I have already wired the Commissioner General, of Immi-
gration, and the parties in charge of the Bureau of Labor, -asking that
farm labor
an order be granted that these Japanese may be admitted for
' purposes only.-

pup s o I would esteem it a great favor if you oduld lend your

assistance to this end.
Yours very tr -
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TENRAPH /~n>
AN Ther a
As are-, 300/ of
produCer beet
Japands sugar
atn in Utah, who I 4aeio glad7s.to note
was ebouh
t the a Rtion taken by the order of May 23rd last, permitting immigration
of agricultural'laborera from Miexioo.
' . I enclose this fragment, -from which I obtained my in/ r-
, mation.
: I would like very muoh a oopy of this order, as it is not
o. lear to me whether~ the nationality is specified; in other words, whether,
? Mexicans,.Japanese, Chinese or other alien labor aeicueo hte
s the" order is' confined to the Mexicans only. ar nlueo
' There are 300 Jdapanese at Calexico, who cal be brought
across the border for farm labor. purpose, end unless wse get some "relief
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speedily, in this direction, the beet sugar production will suffer mater- fI
, isily.
,a ~ I have already wired the Commissioner General, of Immi-
? gration, and the parties in charge of the' Bureau of Labor, -asking that
,"f an order be granted that these Japanese may be admitted for farm labor
purposes only.

' I would esteem it a great favor if you oould lend your

'TBS/B. Yours very tr ,-

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ENROLLEO

V IHon. Louie F. Post,

jAssistant Secretary, -
Department of Labor,
Washington, D. 0. ,: '

My dear Mr. Post:

With apologies for the delay, I desire to ac]nowledge

your commnioation of the 9th enclosing copy of the Department's

illit-
ciroulars of iay 23rd and 26th, concerning the admission of
am
erate aliens to the United States from Mexico and Canada. I

for anything the Department wants within reason. I know something

of your trials and tribulations, and you oan count on my support,

in committee and in the House, for anything you may desire.

I have recently had a little wrangle with the Immigration

Service,'but this has all been straightened out satisfactorily and

we understand each other now much better than we did. Apparently,

the impression got abroad that I was antagonistic to the Depart-

This is-not and has never been the case. There is
'r ment of Labor.

I would
not a Department in the entire Government service for which
do more .

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With kind regards and all good wishes, I remain,

Most sincerely,

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Commissioner-General of Imigration,
wYashington, D. 0.

Receipt is hereby acknowledged of Bureau

giving
un-numbered oircular letter of June 6th,
and
detailed instructions regarding enforcement
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observation of the provisions of Department
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aliens
culers of 1Imy 23rd and 26th, concerning
purpose of
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coming to tho United States for the
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IMMIGRATION SERVICE ~

INSPECTOR
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OFFICE
ORDERDISTRICT
MEXICAN
TEXAS
ELPASO,

+rNAr~wsarI~a REFERTo-

"O' 5002/767 June 15th 1917.-

Inspector in Charge,
Immigration Service,

'There are enclosed one copy of Department circular of May 23,

1917, authorizing, under certain conditions, suspension of the contract
labor, illiteracy and head-tax provisions of the new Immigration Act; and
issued
copy of more or lees detailed instructions in connection therewith,
by the Dureau with the.approvsl of the Secretary, under date of the 6th inst.
You will immediately take steps to render the suspension succesefully offe-
tive of its purposes. To this end the Inspector in charge of each indepen-
dent port, or sub-district, will immediately, in writing, nominate a properly
qualified employee at the particular port or ports of entry within his
to the
jurisdiction, to be designated by this office, to give attention
matter of keeping in touch with aliens temporarily admitted under the provis-
ions of the circular. The 'officer in charge at each port of entry wil have
immediate supervision of .the work of the employee so designated, under the
general supervision of the heads of the cub-district, and the EL Paso office.
Wherever possible, it is preferred to deal with responsible cor-
poratione, societies, organizations, etc., who will in turn pledge them-faith
selves to be reoponsible to the government for the observance :ind;good
of the conditions required by the government under the suspension in queo-
tion. In some communities, war councils, composed of representative citi-
sens, have been formed, who will, be glad to co-operate to the end that no
abuses of the privilege shall be practice. One of the- in an'inland state,
has indicated, through one of its representatives, to'this office that it
wil pay the transportation of all 'aliens admitted under the suspension,
from the border port to. the place of employment; and at the conclusion of
the work for which engaged, ^ill return the said aliens to the immigration
officers at said port; that -in the meantime the coundil vill pe-roonally
see to it that-any farmer in any way abusing, or' failing to live up to the
conditions prescribed by the Departmsat, shall be reported, and effective
steps taken to prevent his further participation in the privilege. This
council has indicated that it will, at the clone of each month, render a
detailed statement in dupicate, showing the identification card nuber,
name, location and oharacoter of employment of each alien shipped to the sec-
tion of the country ovartwhich the council has juriediction; that it will
require the farmers who employ those laborers, to'immediately report any
desertions, and to exert every effort to prevent their entrance into other
lines of industry, and the return td, and appropriate delivery to the proper
immigration officers of those aliens who fail to live up to the conditions
under which they were admitted. In other cords, this particular war council
will resolve itself into a committee to soo to it that the Secretary's order
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is lived up to in good faith by everybody concerned; and, for this purpose,

it purposes to require the participating farmers to meet the incidental
expenses, by assessments in proportion to the benefits they respectively
derive. These guarantees are most commendable, and evince the proper spirit;
and, in so far as practicable, the example of the war council mentioned should
receive the emulation of other similar organisations. It is not intended
by this letter, however, to require more than is required by the Department
under the strict terms of its circular, as amplified by the Bureau's instruc-
tions. It is believed, however, that all concerned cannot fail to appreciate
that the success of the relaxation of the laws in the present emergency, will
depend upon the co-operation of all persons concerned, to the end that labor-
ers admitted in the circumstances, and under the condition. prescribed by
the Department and the Bureau, shall no't engage in any other than striotly
agricultural pursuits. In other words, they shall not take the places of
tradesmen, or fill places which might otherwise be filled by tradesmen, such
as carpenters, black-smiths, builders, etc.,

There is attached hereto an alien agriculrural laborer's identifi-

cation card, prepared by this office, at the egense of a large shipper of
agricultural laborers. Cards identical with this should be supplied at each
port by the shippers, civic organizations, or others interested, until a
supply can be secured from the Bureau for distribution. .1ach port will cause
its cards to be numbered from 1, up conacutive33;; that is to say, there will
be an original and duplicate card covering every agricultural laborer, admit-
ted under the suspension. The original will be given to the alien, or to
his employer for delivery to him, and the duplicate will be retained in the
files of the immigration office at the port of entry. These cards must not,
under any circumstance., be given to any one else. The employer of the alien,
or some one in his behalf, will be required to furnish photographic prints
in duplicate, to be placed on these identification cards. These photographs
should be clear, untouched, and the face should be of suf-loient size to
render identification easy. At the bottom of each card, on the face thereof,
will appear tho following: "Void for all purposes after six months from
date of issuance, unless renewed." On the back of the card,~: 'teebottom,
will appear thia printed line: "This certificate must be turned in when
applying for a renewal thereof." When renewed the officer in charge, or his
deputy, will endorse that fact on the card, with the date of said action over
his official signature, and return the card to the person who submitted it
for renewal; at the same time such renewal will be rioted on the duplicate
in the files of the immigration office. The Inspector in charge at the port
of entry will sign all identification cards, both the original and dupli-
cate; and, in the absence of an official seal, will place his signature on
both the original and the duplicate, partly over the photographs, and partly
outside of the ruled box, to prevent substitution. All cards surrendered
for any purpose should be filed away with the originals, and proper.rrotution
placed thereon, showing the status of the alien involved. And if he has
departed from the United States, the date and place thereof. Every card,
both original and duplicate, should show on the reverse thereof, the name
and complete address of the employer,-- this for future reference.
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5002/767 -3-

Thbese identification cards are not intended to supersede the regu-

lar immigration index record ards, but are in addition thereto. Every
alien admitted under this program, should be recorded on a yellow non stat.
card in the usual manner,.and said card dbsiUd be filed in the usual manner.
But identification cards need not be made for accompanying children, who
are unable to work in agricultural puruihe , either by reason of their imma-
turity or othorvise; or whose employment is forbidden by state, or federal
enactment of any kind. TheesmiWdrea.,, howevei*, should be carried on the
yellow non stat. carde, and reports as to them should be required as in
cases of adults.
It is anticipated that many questions will arise in connection
with the working out of the program; but correspondence with this office
should be confined to strictly material matters, and not entered upon with
the view of discussing hypothetioel questions, and fancied defects. In
other words, it is. desired that every official shall consider the spirit
and intent of the Department's and the Bureau's orders and do everything
possible to render them speedily and practically effective, without quib-
bling over details, .These are things which will have to be worked out in
time as the situation develops. The program is a big, vital one, and no
time must be lost in unnecessary correspondence or delays, to have immaterial
questions passed upon. Ea~oh officer in charge is expected to use his best
judgment in the circumstances, and, in a large measure, to accept final re-
sponsibility for the success or failure of the program.

Acting Supervising Inspector

HOD

OFFICIAL COPY hereof furnished the Commissioner General of

Immigration, Washington , D. C. for the information of the Iureau, with the
request that it signify its approval or disapproval, either in whole or in
part, of the foregoing, at the earliest possible date. Sample identifica-
tion card attached.

Acting Supervising Inspector,

 THE PEACE
OJUSTI.CDL
OF

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WILLIAM L. ANDERSON
- /; COUNSELLOR AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
JACKMAN STATION. MAINE ,(
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June, fourteenth,
-3 Nineteen-Seventeen.

Honorable W. B. Wilson,
Secretary Department of Labor

Washington, D.

Dear Sir -
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On Friday June 8th.,last pastthere appeared in the Bangor Daily

Commercial,a periodical published at Bangor, Maine,an article purporting

't
to be the copy of a telegram sent by Governor Carl E. Milliken,Governor 'I
at a
of Maine,to his Secretary,the gist of which was to the effect that

o hearing before the Department of Labor held on June 7th,the head tax and

illiteracy test had been suspended in sections where there was a shortage
of farm help and woodsmen.
If such suspension has been made will you not send me at your
earliest convenience a copy of the ruling ?
Trusting that I may hear from you at an early date I remain,

Very truly yours, I

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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
IMMIGRATION
SERVICE

IN CHARGE
OFFICEOF INSPECTOR
BUILDING
ExcHANGE
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PORTLAND.
INANSWERIf(G TO
REFER

Juno 14, 1917.

No., 503._

Commissioner-General of Immigration,
Washington, D. C.

Receipt i§ acknowledged of copy of Buroau circular of the 6th

instant, without number, relative to the admission of aliens from

M.exico and Canada coming to the United States for the purpose of

accepting employment in agricultural pursuits;"

' Inspector in Charge.

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Wash ington, D. C.

Dear Sirt

Referring to my comzmnication you'under date' of June 14th,

of Commerce,
enclosing communication from the Miami, Florida, Chamber
from the
with regard to waiving the literacy test as to immigrants

Bahama Islands. I beg to submit, herewith, two clippings appearing

in the Miami Herald, which may be of interest.

Yours very truly,

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b'iyarpdo the subject~ than any man
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ti~oiai'ity diets attetioc' tone of, the
'easoins for the continued shortage in unsliilled labor AREMEDY IS SUGGESTED
nDade county.-
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on fit~eaderito one phase of the subject, andmeeWilSgtaSu
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andImillingindustrips of thecounty.
gesting a possible remedy
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Sunty's cu tffran th source of faboyrisupply that amkn,theraietyour Hntoll
nce existed i the tBahapat Ilands. Immigration o~n~f~it ossrle',
ea. yofufr ngSused
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Hon. illiam B. Wilson,

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Dear Mr. Secretary.

eoretary
Here is a letter from Mr. Livingston, Managing
itself.. They
of the Florida, Chamber of Comnerce. which explains
Miami.
as to th inmigrante from the
seem to want to have waived the literacy test
the return of the
- Banna Islandes -I will be glad to have your viewsewith

letter, at your convenfience.

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June 12, 1917.

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Honorable Duncan U. Fletchor,

'lashington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
You are probably aware of the great exodus
negroes to the industrial centers of the
people .are of the better class as the idle
t ble to pay their way.
and
of
north. Many of these
worthless
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areo no a
flarm laborers
Vlehave in mind the possible shortage of ning counties
which will no doubt threaten this and adjoi p s estimated at
wvhen it comes to the ingathering of the cro t the resentt
an incroase of five hundred percent. Even a
diami refuses
time every boat that sails from iHassau for . who are val-
passage to thirty or, forty native Bahamians
1 itoracy test of the
uablo as laborers but who cannot pass the .t ive.
immigration act which recently become opera
aud tens
It is obvious that with the exodus of th ousands agricultural
'th the
of thousands of Acmrican negroes to' the nor rest with
salvation of south Eastern F!'lorida will, proactically
the native Bahamian immigrants. ot only wi ll the rhortage
e serious but it
of laborers for tho summer crop gathering b work in the citrus
will have for reaching effects on the fall
Igroves and winterofvegetable planting which ,as you bniow, 4f.
,brings hundreds na' ive Bahamians to this country.
waive the
Yle therefore,request thrt steps be taker n to
The states bordor-
literacy test clause in the same manner as r and permitted
ing Uecioo were so judiciously provided fo ly statin" that
/ to do. HI.ay we not hope for a favorable rep o county to secure
you vill use your' best efforts to help Dad
this much needed relief. Wie might say in c oclus ion that we
'.J. Sears or
are not taking up this Question with Eon.
Sena Er
Park Trammel.
Yours very truly,

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In response to yours of the 13th aclmowledging copy of the order
of aliens
of the Department of Labor relative to certain temporary admission

across the exican and Canddian boundaries, I wish you would do me the favor

of reading the order again. I ask this because you seem to have inferred
what it was
that the action taken by the Department was wholly different from

in fact, This I gather at any rate from the latter part of your letter in

which you say that the order referred to makes you realize that the immigra-
urnistakeable
tion law must be simplified and strengthened so as to exzL~u in
to see that
lterms"the purpose of the people and of their representatives
hereafter only ismnigrants really fit for American citizenship shall be per-

mitted to come into the country and be residents with the ultimate possibility

of becoming citizens."
it doss not allow
Upon re-reading the order you will see that
and that it opens
any one to become a resident beyond a short visiting period
allowed by
no possibility to any one of becoming a citizen. The admission
purpose
the order is for a season not to exceed 6 months, is for 1ao specific
at any time.
and under safe guards for prompt returnfnd is revocable
Of the probable necessity for this order there would seem to be

which it was made.

little room for question in view of the circumstances under
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The aliens principally affected by it are such as have heretofore be

missibl aed have been coming into the United States for harvest work re-

turning at the eni of each harvest, p ree who are excludable for the first

time by the illiteracy clause of the act which went into effect early in May

of this years under circumstances which did not exist at the time of the
of loss of crops from
passage of the act, viz; a state of war and the danger
an insufficient supply of harvest labor. It seems to me that if all the air-

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Mir. Louis F'. Post, I

Assistant Secretary of Labor,

' Department of Labor.

My dear Mr. Post:

I have yours of the 9th instant enclosing a
copy of the order of the Department of Labor to the Com-
missioners of Immigration, Inspectors and others concerned
in the administration of the immigration law. Of course,
I had-heard of this before and had talked it over with

Mr. Burnett and other members of the Committee.

I do not think it really necessary for me to
say that I am sorry that the Department should have taken
this view of the matter and should have so interpreted the
law. No such power was contemplated by the Committee nor,
in my judgment, by the Congresswhen it enacted the law,
to be lodged in the administrative officers. Mr. Burnett

and Mr. Smith both feel that it is not in harmony with the
spirit of the law even if by strained interpretation it may
be considered as in harmony with the letter.
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unmistakable terms, in terms that no administration can
misunderstand, the purpose of the people, and of their
representatives, to see that hereafter only immigrants
really fit for American citizenship shall be permitted

to come into the country and be residents with the ulti-

mate possibility of becoming citizens.

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say in reply that, so far as I am aware, the

Order which prevents men between 18 and 45
years leaving Canada without a Permit will /
remain in force fno some time. I cannot,
under the circumstances, offer you any hope
or encouragement that you will be able to
get men in Canada as in other years.
Your obedient servant,
W. D. Scott

Superintendent of Immigration.

Jamees:L. Jacobs, Esq.,

Secretary, The Santa Clara Lumber Co.,
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COMMISSIONEROF IMMIGRATION
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No,1744 CITY, N. J.
GLOUCESTER

June 14, 1917.

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Washington, D. C.

Sir:
The receipt of your letter dated 6th inst., (without number)

in relation to temporary admission of aliens coming to the United States for'

the purpose of accepting employment in agricultural pursuits
is hereby acknowledged.

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File 4285.
HAWAtI
HONOLULU,

June 5th, 1917.

Commissioner-General of Imnigration,
Washington, D. C.

I beg to acnowledge receipt of Bureau circular

letter of May 23rd, 1917, in regard to the temporary admission

of agricultural laborers fom Mexico.

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TO 0adISSIONRS OF IMMIGRATION, INSP30TORS IN CHAR .

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mefollowing detailed +=ees instructions are promulstet for the

the provisions
guidance of all conoerned in the enforowmant and obsEration of
for the
of Department cironlars of May 23rd and May 26th, 1917, providing
States, from leaico and Cada,
teneporary admission to the UnitedStates respetively,
of aliens "naming to the United for the purpose of accepting employment
in agricultural pursuits."

(1) 'fe teaporary admissions under the ciroulars hall be ior periods not
of time shall be desired
exceeding siw month and if in any instance an extension filed by the
the necssity therefor must be clearly shown in the applicationfurther period,
for a
party dssiring to continue tho services of the laborers in by the aliens
not exceeding six months, and the application shall be concurred
involved.
for
(2) is placed upon the fact that the said circulars provide
Esphasis and conditions pres-
the taporary admission, under the aironmatanoes stated"admissible under
oribed, of "a all other repeoto" would be
said law" if theyw are enter for permanent purposes.
and as the
(3) As admission under the circulars is to be temporary only, oxacted shall
circulare prescribe that all aliens who violate the conditions from either
admitted
be immediately deported, of course, no alien should be that necesity
Mexico or Canada who cannot be returned thither inmediately
arises, or eventually, at any rate.
be coning 'or
(4) As to be admissible under ete airculare the aliens musts" (for #hieh
the purpose ot accepting employment in agrialtual pursuit
test" provisions are
reason the "contract labor" as well as the "illiteraq
eniployment of all admitted
mentioned in the ciroulars), prearrangement for the
to avail themselves of
is contemplated. In other words, those who desire conditions, must
this opportunity, afforded to meet emergent agrioultwasa
and the aliens must
send for or cons to the boundaries to get the aliens,
for their suployment in
not be temporarily admitted until arrangements
agricultural work have been perfected.
by the circulars to
(5) Anyone availing himself of the opportunity affordedprecedent to the
obtain farm laborers shall be required, as a conditions
to give employment, to
temporary admission of the aliens to whom he proposes of entry his plans
disclose to the Sigration officer in charge at the port
entirety-the wages,
with respect to the employment of such aliens in their promise to the
the duration of the employment, etc., and to give his written
following effect:
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Ho. 54261/202. Maey 31, 191'7.

Mr. John A. O'Connell,

I'rosident, San Francisco Labor Council,
San Francisco, California.

My doar Mr. O'ConnellF

I can not make a satisfactory and complete answer to

your telogram of the 29th instant, otherwise than by letter. I

am aooordingly sending you herewith a copy of a communication this

day written Ion. John L. Burnett, M. C., answering inquiries

propounded by him, similar to those made by you, regarding this

Department's recent circulara admitting farm laborers from Mexico

and Canada.

In writing, however, I wish to add that we are confronted

with an important and urgent emergency that must be taken care of

promptly; and if any suggestions can ho offered for meeting that

emergency otherwise than the Department has attempted to meet it,

such suggestions will be given appropriate consideration and

adopted if possible. Of course, the Department is using its employ-

ment branch as fully as practicable in an effort to furnish all

needed labor from the ranks of laborers already within the United

States; but it has found that along thellund boundaries there is a

demand which it does not foul certain can be promptly and effectively
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filled through any other means than the temporary admission of

farm laborers from Canada and Mexico, under appropriate restric-

tions, and also that there is a feeling of apprehension, some of

it no doubt of an unjustifiable nature, whioh must be allayed in

some manner if possible.

Respectfully,
EXACT COPY ' GNEID BY W. B. WILSON

Ap/hAM S reitary.

Incl. 2603.
No. 54261/202.
May 31, 1917.

Thomas J. Walsh,
eHon.
United States Sonato,
Waohington, D. C.

My dear Sonator:
in matters of
Knowing the deop interest that you take
copy of a letter this day
that kind, I am handing you herewith a

written Hon. John L. Burnett, !I.C., in explanation of this Depart-

temporary admission from
ment's recent circulars providing for the
age strictly in agri-
iexico and Canada of aliens who are to an

cultural work.
Respectfully yours,

EXACT 0 O 3 W. B.WILS(
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No. 54261/202. ' My 31, 1917.

Hon. John I. Uolan, M.C.,

House of Ropresentativos,
7/ashington, D. C.

Uy dear Congressman:
In ansswer to your letter of the 24th instant, I hand

you herewi th a oopy of this Department's circular of hay 23,

regarding the temporary admionion of'farm laborers from Meoxico.

The circular has since been amended to include Canada. I also

inclose a copy of a letter of explanation this day written Hion.

John L. Burn-ett, M. C.

Regarding the point made by you that the Uni ted States

has treaties wi th various countries containing the moat favored

nation clause, and that other countries than Mexico may claim
similar treatment for their subjecto, I call attention to the

fact that the circular do not relate to Hexicans, but to aliene

of all nationalities coming into the Unitsd States temporarily

from Mexico. The amendment regarding Canada deals with the subject

in the ame way. The immigration law for many years (and the

present Aet is similar) has exempted from the hoad tax aliens enter-
ing from certain countries. A number of years ago it exempted

cntizens of certain countries, but the indicated change wa made

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as that under the law
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of the Depart-
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of farm
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laborers from Mexico. The circular has been amended
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Canada. Under the terms of the law aliend

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May 27, 1917 .

Hon. illiam E. Wilson,

,i Secretary of Labor,
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My attention has been called to the Order which you have
recently mde suspending the operation of the illiteracy test
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and the Contract Labor Clause of the Inmnigration Eill so as to
permit Mexican Laborers- to enter the States bordering on that
Country temporarily for the purpose of gathering the crops
raised in these border states. I want to most respectfully
but earnestly suggest that no such power is vested in you by
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. the Immigraton Law. I understand that you are of the opinion
that you derived such power from the last Proviso of Section 3
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f) of the recent Immigration Law. I cannot see how anyone can
t':
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ijj suspend that Law, but only to authorize you to issue rules
and proscribe conditions for the admission of those whom the
I law itself in te-rns admits temporarily. The Proviso next to
this last one goes on to say that Aliems may be admitted under
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contract by parties bringing them in for a fairgsxposition etc .
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Some other clauses of the Law by its positive enactment admit
Aliens temporarily. How you can construe a provision which
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to suspend the Law is beyond my comprehension. If you have the
.r right to suspend the Law in such cases as you have done, then
you would also have the right to suspend the Law admitting
millions of people from the Barred Zone in Asia as laborers on
the Pacific Coast, or to admit hundreds of thousands of Euro-
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pean laborers to work in the coal mines and great nanufactur-
; ing enterprises of the East. The precedent that you have set
;' is a-most dangerous one and a gross peeversion of the law. 13e-
forestaking any etion
by Resolution or otherwise, I aslc you to
let me know definitely what action you have taken in this mtter.
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t to take any supposed right that you think you have under this
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COMMISSIONER
ANDREFERTONUMBER U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
IMMIGRATION SERVICE
- ' OFFICE OF
COMMISSIONEROP IMMIGRATION
ELLIS ISLAND. NEW YORK HARBOR,N. Y.

- May 25, 1917.

Commissioner-General of Immigration,
ashington, D. C.

This is to acknowledge receipt of Department circular letter

of May 23rd in regard to the temporary admission bf agricultural

laborers from Mexico, although suoh aliens cannot pass the

"illiteracy test" or "contract labor clause" of the immigration

laws.
Respectfully,

i tant Commissioner. "

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CARL HAYDEN * - PUeLICLAVD.
ARIZONA - INDIAN
AFFAIR[
IRRIGATION

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.

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2
> The b able,

The Secretary of Tabo'

Washington, D. C

Iy dear Sir
-'r I Qnolose herewith a clipping from the
of
\yaslhington Posdtin regard to the admission
iexioan laborers notwithstanding the contract

labor law. Any information that you can give

me in regard to this matter wi.ll be greatly ap-

preciated.
Yours very respectfully,

a. C. Arizona.

P. .
Please return the clipping for *y files.

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DEPARTMEN T OF LABOR
OFFICEOFTH
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paper a statement, which
.ly referred to that Mr. Holder had with
Respectfu ly r o suspend the provisions of
the contract labor section
for the purpose of allowing
>f the seoreta'y exico to come into the
e. / so-called shortage of agri-

t q.A-* uL o hear from you as to what

as toi the necessity for
H: WIN, td also appreciate very much
riv eJ ',ary. n of the Immigration Law
#r authority to suspend the
lbor section or the literacy
ns they are suspended. I
iat our treaties with foreign
;-. '. ;,y of them, carry the most
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claims of other nations

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My dear Mr. Secretary:
a statement, which
I notice by this morning's paper Holder had with
Mr.
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was confirmed later by a talk that the provisions of
suspend
Mr. Parker, that you intend to the contract labor section
the Immigration Law regarding for the purpose of allowing
as well as the literacy test Mexico to come into the
aliens from the Republic of shortage of agri-
: United States to relieve the so-called
rl cultural labor.
you as to what
I would like very much to hear from
to the necessity for
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investigations have been made asalso

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appreciate very much
action of this kind, and would Immigration Law
R't information as to what section of the
grants the Department of Labor authority to suspend the
or the literacy
I provisions of the contract labor section
they are suspended. I
test, and under what conditions our treaties with foreign
ti, that
also have in mind the factmany
nations, at least a great of them, carry the most
of other nations
thisrinstancenundoubtedly the claims
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i" Trusting to hear from you on this subject
earli est opportunity, I remain
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Secretary of Labor,
Washington, D. C. - 97
Dear Mr. Secretary:-

I have your letter of May 26th, informing

me that the Circular concerning agricultural laborers

from Mexico has been amended so as to include agricultural

laborers from Canada. This will be very helpful to us

in Maine, in taking care of the agricultural situation

there.

In regard to the lumber situation, I will get

together, within a few days, some data which I shall pro-

sent to the Department and I sincerely hope that the orders

may be extended so as to apply, to the lumbering industry

as well.
Very truly yours,

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(a) at he will keep the officer in charge at the port of entry advised
proqtlay of any changes unde in his plane as originally disclosed with respect
to the place or duration of the employment of the aliens by him:
(b) 'at he will notify such officer immediately that he learns that any
one of the aliens admitted to him proposes to leave his qwploy, and furnish
such inibrmation as he can secure with respect to the place to which aliens is
going and mat he expects to do it such place;
(a) That he will pronatly notify such officer whenever say alien
admitted to work for him has left his agploy (without his previous knowledge.
of eie aliens intent to do so), and will furnish all possible information
to assist imigration officers in ascertaining whether or not the alien has
entered non-agricultural e.loment.
(6) The Cosmisioner at Montreal and the S9pervising Ineotor 1
'ia Paso (in charge, respetivei, of the (anadian and Mican boundaries);
shall designato guoh officers as necessary in eaoh station to give attention.
to the natt;er of keeping Sn touch wimt aliens tseporarily admitted under the
provisions of the circulare, and it shall be the particular dant of the officers
so deoignatodL to see that the temporarily admitted aliens do not remain permanent-
ly in the United states and do not, while here, engage in any
than farm pther
work.,
(Signed) A. Coinetti.
p/g Comiouionrae.-eneral.

APPROVEiD
W.8. WYIDSON.
secretary.

OFFICIAL (DPW respotfully referred to all Comissioners of Immigration

and Inspeoturs in Charge for their information.
(Signed) A. Caminetti.
Comnnisionereneral.

Office of Inspector in cGarge.

Jacksonville, Florida.
No. 26/102. June 11th, 1917.

OFJIIAL COPIES respoc referred to all Immigrant Ingectors in

District No. 7 for their into 9 mLon and guidance.

EM Acting Inspe or in rge.

COPY TO BUREAU. g or a in y.. - .

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OFFICEOFTHE OMMISSIONER
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INANSWERING ' SANJUAN,P. R.

No. 766

June 6, 1917.

Commissioner-Goneral of Imnnigration,
Washington, D. C.

eoceipt ie respectfully aoknowledgod of

last
Department letter of the 26th ult., amending.the

paragraph of Department circular of May 23, 1917.

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June 11th, 1917.

Hon. Lewis F. Post,

Labor,
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Assistant Secretary lJ ?': . .. " (:K.
Washington,, D.C. 7
My dear Mr. Posts-
9th together
I have your communication of June
date of June
imtructions issued under
with circular of detailed
thanks. I shall take great pleas-
6th for which kindly saoept my
just as soon as we get the River
ure in looking; into this matter

and Habor bill disposed of. The labor problem in this country is

toward securing relief

indeed a most serious one and any action
will surely be greatly appreciated
that your department may tale,

by farmers and other employers.

kind regards,
Again thanking you, I am, with

Yours very truly,

HK/P
 June 8, 1917.

Hon. John L. :: M. C.,

and Naturalisation,
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dear House of Rlepresentatives,
Butrnetit, .
D. C. Jnhington, -

of the 3d instant,
I acknowledge the receipt of your letter
I wrote you on May
in which you comment upon the excplanationl which

31st of this Department's 3circulars of May 33d and 36th, applying

provao No. 9 of Sedtionof the Immigration Act to the temporary

Canada of aliens who

admission to the United States from Meico.and
pursuits. I alc
ome for the purpose of engaging in agricultural
in which yousany,
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of June 4th,
statement that I made that
of fnive and desire to withdraw any

'I, tended in that direction."

Having a personal knowledge of the many years
of earnest

package of the present

work. which you gave to the perfection and
how strongly you would
Immigration Law, I can readily understand
ntru3ted with the admin-
eel against any action of the Department
nullify its proviions.
ictratitonof the Law which seemed to you to
with all of
eI confident,
am however, that if you had been familiar
action of the DeparLment and the
the circumstances surrounding the
have been atioftied that both
Mr.
motives prompting it, you would
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Caintti and myself were prompted only by a desire to meet an acute

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emergency situation in such a manner as to prevent a wide propaganda
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the repeal of the Immigration Law before it had time to demonstrate

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its value to the country. From many sources we were being pressed to

encourage the migration of Filipinos, Haaiians and other labor of

similar character, and to secure the suspension of the Chinese Exclu-

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exist on the Iacifio Coast
supply the deficit of farm labor alleged to
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and along the Mexican Border. Of course, we could not yield to im-

portunities of that kind. We have all the race problems in the

undertake to deal with
United States that it is advisable for us to
reason for con-
! ': at the present time, which in itself is sufficient
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coneideration the economic
tinuing the exclusion, without taking into
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. problems involved. Nevertheless the clamor for farm labor in those

sections still continued. Our food supply was reputed to be short,

and our grain reports were not at all encouraging.

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in our
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Ne are going through a period of rapid re-adjustment
i. industrial affairs. In my judgment the problem is not one of secur-
of so regulating
ing additional labor from other countries, but one
> of activity that
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the wages and conditions of employment in each line
of workers necessary
is,
there will be attracted to it the normal number
That can be a con-
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to properly balance our industrial activities.

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except that of agriculture.
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tinuous process in nearly all of our work,
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and sow the seed in sea-
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can take place that
eon, and a yenr must go by before a re-adjustmfent

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will supply the necessary labor within ourelves
V the shortage of
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Neither lr. Cainetti nor I believed that

labor was as great as allegod. We believed the situation to be due

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a fear that the necessary

in a great measure to an attitude of mind,
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labor would not be forthcoming. If anything was to be done to re-

it had to be done
live that situationn and add to our food products,
only clause that
In exad.ining the recent legislation, the
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promptly.
acoomplish the purpose was
appealed to us that we might utilize to
that any one had in
4:. proviso No. 9 of Section 3. I do not believe
when the proviso was in-
mind a situation such ae now confronts us

serted into the law. Its plain terms, however, gave the discretion
in the Bureau Circular
which we exercised in the manner prescribed
>, not result in the admission
of Uay ?33. The action taken may or may
the feeling of uncertain-
of many Mexions, but it has already removed
n' Bordor, and has headed off
t'
ty amongst the farmers on our Southcest
Exclusion Law, be-
the propaganda for the suspenrion of the Chinese
is unnecessary to meet
!: sauce it is now apparent that such suspenaion

the situation.
statements
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In view of our long
contained in your letter of the 3d instant.
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realize that while we might
identical with
that our motives wore
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sued you would at leact concede

-, your own..
- to bo present when
I have directed the Commissioner-General
bill
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for the consideration of.the
you oall your"CovaJitteo together
No.
the purpose of eliminating proviso
which you have introduced with
Act. He will furnish you such
9 from Section 3 of the Immigration
the Comaittee
and will be glad to assist
, information as he cansupply
Committee will take
in any way possible.. Please advise him when the
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deems it advisable to strike
If Congreso in its judgment
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a
: up the bill.
by its
must of course cheerfully abide
the proviso from the Act, we
that the
feeling that it was fortunate
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decision, but I cannot help
past two
the strenuous times of the
proviso was in the bill during
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months..
information, a copy of the
y. I em inclosing, for your further,
31st would
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detailed instructions which
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be issued.
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No. 55098 Jne 4, 11917.

Commiealoner-General of Iamigration, ,c
Washington, D. 0.

eceipt is hereby acknowledged of Bureau's unnumbered

circular letter of 3ay 26th, amending its circular letter

of ey 23rd regarding the temporary admission, under

specified conditions, of agricultural laborers.

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hereto-
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of the lines in the Southwest particularly have and
fore depended upon Mexican laborers for track work the
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, literacy test has practically put a stop to laborers
that ]ind aming into the Country.
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concerning the matter and say what, if anything, in
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done to meet the
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May 30 , 1917.

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Mr. Daniel Willard, Chairman,
N.;
The Advisory Commission,
Council of National Defense, 7 1917
Munsey Building, DUREti O iMMIGRAI"fln
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Willard:
Enclosed I hand you a personal let-
Manager of
.ter from Mr. A. G. Wells, General Topeka and
the Coast Lines of the Atchison,
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Santa Fe Railway Company.
know, is
Mr. Wells, as you perhaps railway
a
a man of very high standing in the be relied
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world, and one whose statements may
upon s being made in entire good faith and al-
ideas.
ways based on facts and well-considered
The which he makes is that in
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the concession regard to Mexican labor,
by which they nter the United States with-
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out paying the .800head tax,onlyor being subject
,ija
so long as
to the literacy test, applies He points out that
they are in agriculture work. of equal importance
{ the upkeep of the railways isthat appears to be
to that of agriculture, and It is going to be
a reasonable proposition.
necessary for us to keep the transcontinental
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efficiency
+..; railway lines in a high condition ofshipping has
during the war, especially because the Panama
!:. been almost entirely diverted from business
i Canal route and all the transcontinental
at the pres-
is practically done by the railways
become oven more
ent time, and that condition may
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to
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I respectfully refer this letter
you for your careful consideration.
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OFFICE OFTHE SUPEIINTENDENT
;MURIELL L. BUCHNERl,
SUPERINTENDENT DALLAS, TEXAS May 3Oth, 1917.

Subject: Burnett Immigration Act:

Hon. Morris Sheppaard,

United States Senate
Washington, D. (.
My dear Friend
The Burnett Iminigration Act passed by Congress and and
on immigrants
effective May 5th, imposes a tax of $8.00 each and I
illiteracy tests and that Act is having a very serious, concerned,
are
might say disastrous effect as far as the railroads
in Texas.

I understand that Secretary of Iabor Wilson has annulled

by farmers of
that Act insofar as it pertains to the employment
Mexican laborers
this Mexican labor as under his ruling these for farmers, and it
cannot enter the State of Texas except to work the farmers' work to
prescribed that if they leave
is specifically and
go to work for the railroads or anybody else, they are arrested
has always
Immediately deported. The situation in Texas now is and the early
* been that this Mexican labor comes into this country in until about
gangs
-; Spring and works on the railroads in the section manage
the time crops are ready to be harvested, and the farmers
get them all by offering them a little better salary during the
to After they have finished the
time it takes to harvest their crops.
harvesting of crops they come back then to the railroads. It is
these times, that the
absolutely necessary, and especially during up
railroads, especially the track part of the railroads, be kept
of the
to the very highest standard in order that the demand , may be met
Government for the movement of troops, supplied, etc.
promptly and-with safety.
rail-
Now, what I would like for you to do, and what the
up
roads in Texas would like to have done, would be for you to take
suspend
with Mr. Secretary Wilson and see if he will notthetemporarily
reason for this
this Act in its entirety. You understand that labor coming
is that we must have a continuous flow of this Mexicannotify their
in here, because the ones that do come, immediately You understand
s brethren back in the 'interior of the restrictions.
also that we are getting no labor from the East' On the other hand,
we used to be able to secure on
a great many of the foreigners who
railroad work have returned to their respective countries and are
anything
in the war. -This is a very serious situation with us, and
that you can do, and as early as possible, will be very greatly
appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
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'y 31, 1917.

Comissionor-Cenoral of Imigraticn, "x;~

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This office respectfully ackwledges

the receipt of several copies of Department circular
of the 23rd inst., addressed to Corenissioner of Immi-

gration, Inspectors in Charge, and Others Concerned,

regarding Section 3 of the Immigration Act of February

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Acting-Commissioner.

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24th May, 1917.

Personal

Dear Ma or Osborne

As you know' from long residence in this environment, Cal-

ifornia, since 'the fool Gary Exclusion Act was enforced, has
depended in most part for its labor for tilling the soil and
maintenance of the railroads upon Mexicans. These Mexicans
have been brought into California in large numbers by the Sou-
thern Pacific and Santa Fe, who have engaged their services
at E1 Paso, and, of course, without charge to them for trans-
portation. Our arrangements with the man-catchers who have
gathered the Mexicans up have been that they would be passed
back, with their families, if they remained in 'the service six
monthss . It has been the custom for the ranchers when they need-
ed men to come down to the railroad tracks and 'rire them. Wie
have made no remonstrance about this because it i3 quite need-
ful for our welfare that the ranchers shall get their crops
harvested , and before the passage of the Immigration Law, which
calls for a literacy test and the payment of $8 per head by
laborers coming into this country, we could keep replenishing

the supply. I see by accounts in the morning papers there has

been a little letup, in that the Commissioner of Labor has put
out a ruling that Mexicans may be admitted without paying the
8 tax and without being subjected to the literacy test if they

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leave much they must be deported. This wil og~te~
e to the farmer of California that is desi, e ause the
orer has no" getr from
; bord~r to the introraCliri. -.
It hsseemed upkee
per up
was as important to the govern ent n its prosc tio ftI~
war as almost anyt iig else, and ithe sbatus a nooide
restored so that the laborers could be admitted thoutM :g
to pay the $8 tax being subjected to a literayta
their services are needed by the railways of the country~i
would be helpful not only to the carriers in theu pkeep of
their property, bt to. the farmers of California, ~.ecause the
latter would then draw from us as they have heretofore.
You will appreciate the fe'rce of what I say .rd I am hope-
ul will be able to help us ir this emergency. We are today
2000 men shorten the Santa Fe Coast Lines of those needed to

properly maintain our track and to handle some important

construction work which we have planned, among which may be
h n-
tioned sixty miles of second track'on-the desert. f j/;
* V~ery truly your/ff~

Hon. Henry Z. Osborne,

House of Representatives,
Washington D. C.
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tax of
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the new immigration law has been and I
as it affects the Mexican people,
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have also been told that there is now
objection to us sending men into Mexico
for farm
t'y}i. to induce Mexicans to come here
their trans-
labor, and if necessary to pay me right
. portation. . Will you please set
this
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, for work upon
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our properties, nevertheless we do not wish
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n , either in letter or in spirit.
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is greatly benefited as compared
which they have in Mexico, and. i personallyto
;' find them,especially those with families,
to be
" be appreciative of fair treatment and
deserving of it. I do not think these as the
people constitute any problem, such of
; negro problem. In fact, our Manager educat-
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This booklet,. containing the speech of Edward F.
Parker,< vice president of The Southwest Cotton
Company, is s'nt to you with the compliments of
The Arizona Gazette- for the reason that it covers
- - three subjects of great interest at this itme,

1-Advertising. -.
2-Statement.of Cotton Development in the Sat
River Valley.
3-Our NaTinal Duty.

The Southwest Cotton C'mpany, a subsidiary of

the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Ca., of Akron, Ohio
has undertaken a land development in this voalld
on a scale that challenges the admiration and otton
-- - tion of the people of thin state. Tho-company has,
by lease of purchase, acquired approximately 25,-
000 acres of land. .O two of the ranches, wate
systems ore being developed.. Gin, in various
places in the valley and a seed mill and ginnin
H unit at Phoenix, will. be erected this -year. Th
company is financing smaller growers extensively
The keynote of every utterance from the execu
tives of The Southwest Cotton Company has been
"co-operation." Hero is a corporation which asks
the smaller growers to be its neighbors, invites
them into the, councils of its directorate, offers
- them financial aid, the advisory services of its ex
perts without charge, agrees to pay the market pric
for all products, and from the very beginning, takes
- -ethe attitude that the industry must go forward to
the mutual benefit and profit of every growerin
the valley.
- To say the least, this attitude is refreshing, and
Thoe Arizona Gazette welcomes the advent of the
company to the valley. We believe the speechof
the company's vice president herein, is worthy the
'temta merchant, the cotton
reading of theeeftadpoi f vr and the
growerrwri
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Branidenstein Company.
Unique. Banquet of Nationally California Fruit Canners Association. i

Advertised Goods Given by the Libby, McNeil & Libby.

Company.
'4"rav..
Morton Salt
Arizona Gazette to Dealers Cigar Company. f
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the fea- The menu follows:
Unique in all that the word implies were ;',' 4

tures of the hanquet. given March 20th at the ,MENU. Conol Cola
Coca I
hyvThe Arizona Gazette to mEN So
Juice Tomato
Armour's GrapeHeinz U up
ChhreofthCommerc goods.
the dealers handling nationally advertised Armour's Veri-Best Salmon
and over fifty Heinz Pickles
Thirty firm wore re resented were in evidence, either
Munson Olives 'r-
products which they handle Armour's Star Boiled HamBeans ,
or for inspec- and
Armour's Veri-Best PorkChips
as a part of the menu of the banquet entirely of national-
tion. The menu was composed Phoenix Saratoga ,
the evening
ly advertised goods and the speeches of Armour's String Beans
Baking Powder and .,
were pertaining to them. Biscuits made with K. C. ,. ,

warned that they were expected j,

Speakers were class ofrgood an not Hassyaampa Creamery Butter
Raspherries
to confine themselves tonethis Del Monte
to infringe upon theloaded local advertising fiold.The Marachino Cherries -
tahies were literally with these products and Del Monte
Lihhy, McNeil &with
Pineapple Lihhy Asparagus '
for decora-
with an artistic sprinkling of flowers a Pompeian Olive
Dunbar Shrimp Salad withLihhy
tion, presented a very tempting scene. Oil and Libby, McNeilIe& Cream Mayonaise ; 'i

While there were no nationallyroom, advertised auto- -Donofrio's

banquet there wos Droi Cokes mode with Royal Baking Powvdec
mobiles in sight. in the
along the streets
Cocoa Pettid's Wine Coke made with Calumet
large number of them lined up their sale and dis-
outside, and dealers representin in the good Baking Powder
tribution were present to participate pertaining to the Heinz Plum Pudding
things to eat and in the talksgoods. - Jiffy Jell with Whipped Lily Milk Dates 4 (,.
t l merits of nationally advertised Sun Kist Oran es Dromedary
Everything pleasing to the palate was in evidence M. J. B. Coffee
on the well laden tables, many of the products be- Walter Baker's Sweet Chocolate
ing included in the menu and were others in original Armour's Clover Bloom Cheese
packages of miniature design, intended for Fatima, Omar. Chesterfield Cigarettes
as souvenirs
the guests to carry away with them. Palo Cigars
of the occasion. Morton's Free Running Salt Used Exclusively
Life Savers: Pep-O-Mint, CI-O-Ves, Wint-O-Green
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Contributors of these products were: i(j

Armour & Co. SPEAKERS.

Merchandise vs. Non-Standard Merchan-
ill Coca Cola Company. dise-Chas. McArthur, McArthur Bros.
Standard .
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,, H. J. Heinz Corporatioh. Chamber
Munson Bros. Store Salesmanship-Harry Welch, Sec.
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flakes Company. of Commerce.
Pettlid's Bakery. The Value of Advertising to the Co. Retail Merchant-
i Calumet Bakis Powder Company. H. Reuben of the
G.Manufacturer, Kissel Auto and Branded Mer-
Retailer,
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Washburn.Crosby Company. The
chandise-Edward F. Parker, V. P. Southwest
Phoenix Saratoga Chip Factory.
Hassayampa Creamery. Cotton Company.
Donofrio's Cactus Candy Company. Music by Columbia Graphophone.
Pacific Creamery Company.
+ Leemaster Company. SOUVENIRS TO TAKE HOME.
John F. Barker Company. Walter Baker &, Co., Limited.
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd. Log Cabin Syrup.
: The Pompeian Company. . Pompeian Olive Oil.
The Towle Maple Products Company. Kelloggs Toasted Corn Flakes.
Waukesha Pure Foods Company. Fatima Holders.
Royal Baking Powder Company. Ash Trays, Etc.
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Tobacco Company of California. I Calumet Baking Powder. ti

5} Jacques Manufacturing Company.

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AMONG THOSE PRESENT . G.E Stokes of 'Sidkos-Kerr Atlanta, GOn.

Those present and participating in the banquet C T iadaseCoca.Cola Company,Coca Cola Bottling
G. N. Bnker, Southwestern f"{er. .

of ' :.Southweatern" Coca' Cola Bat-

H. J. McClung, president of tlje Chamber
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""W..L: Mliolmore, ';1
Commerce. tling Company. 1

W. L. Pinney, preeident'of the M & M. Asaocia- district. manager Southwestern

tE. Cola. Shropshire,
Company.. .
tion. - Coca r. ,
Edward F. Parker, vice' president of the South- J. B. Cook, Pacific Creamery. -
Bank.
west Cotton Company. W, H. Thompson,. Phoenix National
Harry E. Welch,- secretary of the Chamber of
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Company...
G. J: Binkley, S. F..Grocer grocery.
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Commerce.
J. 'W. Dorris, of J. W. Dorris & ,Co., grocers. Edward Richardson; Edward's -
J I:Little,,Little.Bros..
George H. Cook, retired jeweler, formerly resi- HIgh M. Weatherford, Kissel Auto Company. ,A ".
dent of Phoenix. . C. McNeary, druggist, Tempo. i -;
E.. Murphy, of M. J. Brandenstein & Co. -W. N. Wines, Pacific Creamery Company.
A. Wetzler, grocer. Bros., grocers.
R. D. Henderson, Henderson tobacco.
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J. L. Hyde, grocer. Bros, automobile C. D. Boyce wholesale cigars-and
Charles McArthur, of McArthur Henry Bawitz, Baswitz Cigar Company. Com-
dealer. -
D. A. Danafrio, Donofria'O .Confactianary
G. W. Reuben, Kissel'Auto Company. pany.. S'

Irwin Graham Lewis, publicity manager of the .

p Charles Donofrio.
San Diego Exposition. - . L. J. Weinick-- i r;.
H. E. Dove, with McArthur'Bros. . Edwards, .manager Wakelin Company,
. . W. grocers.
Lauson Laury. wholesale
-. T. Hazelett, Phoenix National Bank. h . Johnston sales manager, Pacific Creamery. ,u
T. W. McDevit, cotton. , 'Christy Mathers, -Mathers Grocery Company. ,F
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John F. Barker, wholesale produce. C. F. Velt, Armour soap works.
J.'Raymond Quinn, of J. F. Barker & Co. W. T. Crawford. 4 ,
Harold R..Singer, with Walter Hill. Grocery Company. by the
J. MeIczer, Goldman arrival F
J. Lowry, of McKee's Cash grocery. The guests on their were received I '
James Harris, of Harris' Ca grocery. following reception committee:
Marvin'Smith, of A. G. Smith,&,Co.
, Roy Bauer, of 0. L. Smith & Co..
Warren McArthur, of McArthur Bros. RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
C. C. Little, of Little'Bros.'. grocery. . H. J.
Ed F. Murphy, southwestern representative
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C. C. Eakin, Arizona Cigar Store. Brandenstein Company. 'F,

H.. C: Baber, of Baber-Jones ,Mercantile Com- r. P. Shropshire, district manager Southwestern
pany, Tempo. Bottling Company.
S. R. Halley, Armour & Co: W. Cola
Coca L. Pinney, President Merchants and Manufac- "
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J. T. Harpale, Armour & Co.
W. B. Leecraft. with:McArthur Bros.- . turers' Association. of Commerca.
W. C. Brown Pacific Creamery. H. J McClung, president Chamber
Grocery Company. j'
J. E. Kelly, Armour & Co. Eugene Goldman, Goldman
Grocery Company.
II J. W. Armour, Armour & Co. Jo eleczer Goldman Bollman Company.
J. R. Stanley, Armour & Co. J. W. Cadien John Company of California.
R. H. Smith, Armour &.Co.- Mr. Heiner, Iobacco McNeil & Libby.
E. G. Hanschke. Armour & Co. C. E. Moore, Libby, of Armour c Co.
Thomas A. Galkins, Armour & Co. S. A. Calkins, managerGrocer Company.
Hal Prince, real estate. W. Edwards, Wakein
W. B. Kilbourn, Eagle Milling Company. J. W. Darris, Darris Grocery Company.
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E. Munson, optometrist. Baker Produce Company.
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J. Munson, olives and olive oil. - . John F. Bnker, John F.M. J. Brandenetein & Ca.
Ansco Cole, Constable & Co. Etta Gifford Young,
Eugene Goldman, Goldman Grocery Company.' Munson Bros. Company.
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H. R. Todd, Troy Laundry. Dominick Donofrio.
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Address of Edward F. Parker over distances theretofore wholly
We all know
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Vice-President Southwest Cotton Company. ginnings great indootry. If you were to go
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the but a few years back, say, to theand time of the Civil
Being a discussion of "The Manufacturer, analysis of other publica-
Retailer and Branded Merchandise," anremarks War, and examine the magazines and, per-
the local cotton situation and a few con- tions of that time, you would be amused of those pub-
cerning the duties of American Citizenship. haps instructed to note the make-uptook nearly the
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i MR. CHAIRMAN; GENTLEMEN: ' entire space and even the crude advertisements
Mr. Lewis has just said that the mornings in that time were very limited in number.
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Arizona are the best part of the day. have Maybe so. Take one of the great national magazines maga- of to-
But I am told by certain natives are -who lived day and from a third to two-thirds of that
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here longer that he, that there about, three zine is advertising. Advertising today ofis us ,itself,
months of the year when the sun never goes down. an art'as well as a-science, and many buy
If this is true, I personally, shall not object, for magazines more for the advertising thai for the
every day that I have spent in Phoenix has been reading matter that was formerly the base of the
aa too short. weeks publication.
When Mr. Dulmage come, to me several I, myself, purchase the Saturday Evening Post,
i ago he said that I was to speak on "The Manufac- than which there is no better advertising medium,
turer, the Retsiler and Branded Merchandise,"gobut on primarily for two purposes: firat, to read the edi-
vthathen I had finished this subject I mightall the torials of George Horace Lorimer, than whom no
could use
and talk on other subjects and audience little
time I desired. I doubt if an was ever editorial writer today can say so much in so in-
placedin greater jeopardy. I feel that Perhaps I space, and secondly, to read the beautiful and maga-
have the structive advertisements that appear in that
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same opportunity, that a certain Irishman said too have an instructive and a news value not even sec-
had of going to Heaven. Pat was prone to go ond to theofeditorial page, and it is the national ad-
often to the bottle. One, day the local priest ad-. vertising today that has enabled the manufac-
monished .him. "Patrick " he said, "how do you
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to pass through the doors of Heaven?" "Shure, to the people of the world and thereby assist in
{; Fathher," he said, "an' I liave it all fagured out. making his market a world market.
Whin I go up there to th' doors of Heaven,'there In this connection it may be interesting to you
will be stand' old Saint Pater, an' I will open th' to know that the Goodyear Company expended in
'. door, an' I will close th' door, an' I will open th' the Saturday Evening Post last year something
door an' I will close th' door, an' I will kape on over $800,000.00; and it may be more interesting
t' 1, opening'th' door an' closin' th' door an'-finally would to you to know that when we have made this cot-
Saint Pater will get impatient an' he will say, 'For ton industry a success, as I confidently believe
we shall, the Salt River Valley of Arizona will
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goodness sake, Pat, will you ayther come in or stay
out?' " have its double-page spreads in the Saturday Eve-
eFj. So, if I figuratively open and close the door too ning Post and other national magazines, paid for
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s, often, I feel that it will be pardonable on the part Akron, Ohio.
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two forces and both have sometimes taken the at- in thegamemust live up to hio printed word.
titade that their interests are antagonistic.a big na- claim mileage in our
The manufacturer has-often started Take our case. We may
that he advertisements, but there is no.mileage in a bottle
tional campaign' with the dominant idea tire and you
would create a consumer's demand and thereby of ink; mileage has to be built into themanufacturer
force the retailer to handle-his product irrespective can not ;get out of a tire what the who dares to
of the retailer's desire does not put into it. A manufacturer his
On the other hand, the dealer has often set him- use national advertising submits his product'and
He has
se'f up-as the best judge of his community's needs entire organization to "pitiless publicity." the way-
and has preferred to push his own private brand or to make.good or eventually he drops by with
to handle merchandise of-no brand whatever. side. And the wayside is, s you know, strewn directors
Manifestly, then, the problem is to get .the point the wrecks of those institutions whose
of view of both parties, each of whom has the same could not, or would not, live up to their printed
problem, namely, to move merchandise to the con- word.. . . . - ..
sumer and make a "profit therefrom. " If we are to
bring these two When tho demand for a certain kind of product
harmonic thesepoints of view and I is above normal, national advertising will help sell
selling and distributing forces into co-operation, even an inferior product at an exhorbitant price,
think it is then equally manifest that any.besolution
baned but when the apex of tlte demand is reached, the
the problem, to be permanent, must little
of market satisfied and production goes even a manu-
upon sound social and economic principles. beyond the actual deipand/then it is that the
In olden days practically each m-n made his own
by facturer who has ndt 'delivered a dollar's worth of
product and.exchanged it for a product madebar- service for a dollar'in return is rudely cast aside
of mere
some other man. Those were the days markets with (and very properly so)"by a discerning pubi.
ter and sale. Today we. have national ex- It seems that there is no limit to the possible ex-
national influences and a national medium of about pansion 'of .the automobile industry and, conse-
change. The entire development has.brought
.of specialization, of
the highly developed system exchanges quently, of the tires which are an accessory to
credits and the quantity of. with which the machines. But we all know that this wonder-
we are al familiar. . It has also .brought.about a ful expansion cannot continue indefinitely. Cer-
definite principle in commercial life, which is sound tain statiticians have figured it out to .a nicety,
and which is best and to. their satisfaction, exactly the, poss bible
both morally and economically, automobiles
of demand and the exact
6I exemplified in the single word,our"Service."
It wan not so long ago in own history that
consumption . this-
date when will . have been met.
Wliether or not their data is of any considerable
that old pirate, Commodore Vanderbilt; enunciated
damned;" value I -do not know, .but I do feel positive that
the famous .expression,, "the public be eventually this maximum demand will he reached
but the Commodore's slogan has now evolved intoto,a end the market supplied and that, when this time
much. finer,.expressions and has, been changed gradual lessening of
' does come, we will witness amanufacturing
"the public be served. This spirit of service per- the number of automobile .plants.
meates every large manufacturing institution and
is the dominant thought with every retailer who Manifestly, when the automobile market is satur-
will
senses the trend of the time. - ated, at that time the manufacturers of tires
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In any community there is only so much of an also have reached the period of their maximum ex-
actual and potential market. The problem is, then, pansion. At the present time there are 93 fac-
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how best to serve that market through the manu- tories making automobile tires. The present expan-
facturer and the' dealer. There may be some sion in this industry is enormous. But the price
rivalry over the division -6f -the 'profits to be re- of rubber and of high grade cotton has gone up;
ceived from this service, but, over the market it- and'while I would not make any invidious compari-
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self, and its proper development, there should be son, yet'it is known to us that, m. same instances,
no rivalry, for the interests of both demand that the long staple of the Durango cotton is being used
the market be held together. .. . and old tirts are being reclaimed for rubber and
the combination put into new tires. Perhaps this is
National Advertising and National Markets. proper; it probably is entirely legitimate business,
Those- manufacturers with' products. susceptable if the consumer is paying a proper price for that
to national advertising and who adopt this form of kind of a product. But in our own case we hold to
salesmanship scientifically, tend to gain the larg- the policy of keeping the quality up; and that is the
est market. Why? Because national advertising reason, gentlemen, that we are here today. We ex-
is a real service. It informs; it instructs; and; in pect, with your co-operation, to produce the highest
a measure, it guarantees the quality of the pro- grade of cotton here in the Salt River Valley of
Arizona that has ever been produced in the world.

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And having said that much and indicated by what
policy we propose to be one of the toseveral large
tiro manufacturers who will be loft supply the
country when the maximum demand has been
reached, I may be pardoned for adding that, having
raised. this best- cotton, it is to be combined with
the beat rubber, by the beat workmen in the entire
industry, to the end that we may bring back to you
}.} a semi home product which shall be known as the
best tire manufactured in the world, and of which
you may be justly proud. In other words, I feel
{. that I am nearly justified in recommending to the
people of Arizona, the use of Goodyear products.
Co-Operation, Between Manufacturer and Dealer.
If th legitimate use of. national advertising and
4i living up to'the printed word makes a strong monu-
- facturer, then co-operation between those manufac-
I turers and the dealer will make a strong dealer
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and substantial market.ha thought
picked out merchandise the community
jj should have, independent of the community's
preference, then one article (a tire for instance)
would show strong in one community and weak in
itj products are strong
another; but the fact that some national
- in all communities shows that advertising
and branded merchandise do have a legitimate in-
fluence. with the consumer and that the dealer, to
gain his greatest market, needs the co-operation of
i j national influences.
"' Possibly in a community of this size ther are
some stores that can profitably handle a private
brand. I, at present, call to mind some ripe olives
which I have eaten at the San Marcos Hotel and
4,' which I understand-are grown in this valley by a
firm known as Munson Brothers. Were I a re-
taller here I certainly would handle Munson
Brothers' olives. Were IMunson Brothers and had'
a productof such supreme excellence, I would not
local market but I would even
e after
darn , ooy the market.
national I am sincere in saying
- that, in addition to raising the best cotton, I believe
j this valley produces the beat ripe olives of any dis-
trict in the entire world.
It seems to me the retailer should decide what
(1 kind of a store he is going to operate and the kind
of consumer he is gomg to serve and then tie up
F with a manufacturer who most nearly meets the
situation, and insist upon his co-operation. But in
. this, like in everything else, the retailer cannot do
' all the insisting. Co-operation implies-two parties
to co-operate and the retailer must be prepared to
do his part. Only'he deserves a friend who is one.
All stores aim at a maximum volume and when a
definite consumer's demand is created select the de-
mand.you are going to meet, tie to the right manu-
facturers. co-operate and then go with, and not
against, the current. . .
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Margin of Profit.
If you grant, then, with me, that branded.mer-
chandise and its national exploitation, together with
co-operation between the manufacturer and the
dealer, is a logical situation to maintain in our
present commercial world; and if you grant, also,
that the retailer should definitely decide the char-
acter of store he is going to conduct in his com-
munity, then I believe you will agree that the next
moot decisive phase of the situation for the-retailer,
is carefully to analyze his margin of profit when
handling branded and nationally advertised mer-
chandise. Indeed, I believe the greatest objection
to nationally branded merchandise is the supposed
small profit to the retailer. Many dealers feel that
they cannot afford to carry advertised or branded
merchandise.
Let us, for a moment, analyze this thing called
"net profit"
am tadebted to Mr. Parlin of the Commercial
Research Division of the Curtis Publishing Com-
pany, who au gests this definite form of analysis.
A retailer taapt to measure his net profit on a
certain line by comparing it with the stores' aver-
age cost of doing business. Can he do this arbi-
trarily? I think not. I think not because an aver-
age store coat is an unsafe measure to Judge the
profit of an individual line. The average store
coastis a mechanical thing, and costs vary not only
according to lines but even to brands within a line.
Let me illustrate.
Supose a certain article bears a gross profit of
30 per cent; the store's average cost of doing buai-
ness is 20 per cent- therefore one turn-over on this
article would yield 10 per cent and three truas
probably 30 per cent on the capital used. It is
. reasonably clear that this store is making money
on.that particular article.
But let us note the merchandising phenomenon
peculiarly applicable to the wholesale grocer, who
makes money on an apparent-loss.
* Let us say his average cost is 7 per cent. He is
selling sugar at a profit of 0 per cent and ten at a
profit of 12 per cent. If he were then to apply his
average coat of doing business to these two lines he
might well instruct his salesmen not to take any
more orders for sugar than absolutely necessary,
on the assumption that he is losing 2 per cent on
sugar; but.that they should push ten as that is the
, article on which profits were made, it seeming clear
that he was making 5 per cent on all the ten he
sold.
v* But the wholesale grocer makes two mistakes in
this line of reasoning:
First: He makes a mistake on sugar. Sugar
turns an average of thirty times a year without ef-
fort. Manifestly, then, it does not cost him 7 per
cent to sell sugar and the chances are the cost unit

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on that commodity'is-less- than-' per cent. There-
fore he-actually makes a-net profit by selling sugar
at 2 per cent .below-his average.store.cost-of do-
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Second; Tee the mistake he.makes on tea.'".His
ten stock turns possibly twice and hin-salesmen .de-
i votes every- effort to. pushing this-commodity.store It
costs him,- then,- more than-the -7 per cent
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average to sell this article... In fact, it undoubtedly
.costa such a store more than 12.per cent to create
this turn-oveirand. the dealer-is,.therefore, actually
losing money in selling ten at.6 per cent above his
average store cost. - - . --- -.-
-It' seems to me absolutely clear' that the retailer
has to determine not ony -what brand bears the
busl-
';4 longest margin over the store cost''of doing
ne, but also what line, considering its rapidity-of
turn and ease of sale, bears the longest not margin
over its own sales' expense.
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volume. ..Net profits.a e pbtanmed by multiplying
margin by volume and' both factors are equally
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"Let me illustrate. A-merchant gets a net-margmn
of 15 per cent -on -some- lin which .has $1,000
worth of business; or a-total-net profit of. $150.00.
' '' ' On another line -he gets amarginof1Opercent on a-
volume of $2,000.00, or-a net of $200.00. There- than
ff fore the loss of S per cent in margm is more
offset by the increased volume. 'Tliit theis merchant
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gets 10 per cent instead of 15.per cent a latter
of. small consequence. .The important fact-is that
ho get $50.00 more in real cash... Whata themer-
chant wants is net profits;:not profIto in percent-
{; ; ago.book.to look at but profits iptreal dollars in the
till, and the amount that. each. article contributes
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to his bank account. is determined by the" margin
over its own selling cost multiplied .by its.volume.
. The Bals of ,Merchandising.
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the economics of the. business, and; -secondly,
>f, dealings between man and man; or, 'in other words,
thi-personal equation. - -
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having -a thousand 'salesmen 'in' his - store. This
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shrewd merchant replied that ho was not aware
A,. ; that ho possessed such a force but that hodid know
that down stairs there were one salesman and. 999
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. "order takers." There -is -a likewise a- vast differ-
' ence between a store-keeper- and -a merchant. A
t "' store-keeper keeps a- store. There is- no -better
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man who buys and sells and is a student of human
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not only strive to be a merchant in the fullest
sense of the word, but that both he and the manu-
facturer should bend their every effort to that co- w _
operation which has-as its basic purpose the desire,
efficiently, to serve. F
The Southwest"Cotton Company.
If you have iot yet reached the period when you
are ready to say as Saint Peter was supposed to
have replied to i'at: "For goodness sake, Parker, (.
either come in or stay out," then I would esteem it a
privilege .to talk for a few minutes about.the South-
west Cotton Company and.its problems here. This k
subject is of course,. nearest to my heart at this 4
time but f believe it is also one in which you have
some interest. l
Theo was once an Irishman who .had gone too
often to* the bottle (ini fact I am not certain but .
that this condition has happened more than once),
and who mat his friend Casey. Casey stopped Pat,
as follows:
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"Pat, you're drunkk" -.-
"Casey, you're -a liar. Furthermore, if I war
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sober you wouldn't dare spaka-to me that way."-
"Pat, you're ndom fool. -If you war sober you
would know, yez is drunk." -
I an -in something -of the -same frame of mind
when discussinig some of the problems that confront
us here, especially the problem of labor. If I were
neutral I believe I'would kndiwhow unneutral I am.
But I am riot neutral. Furthermore, I do' not like
a neutral man,- either in politics or in business. I
believe I'am capable of being fair, which, -as Mau-
rice Perlnutter'would-say, "is another thing yet."
I have small patience with the man who is contin-
ually in the process of a jig, amble,"side-step and
attempt to swear 'an- alibi. Perhaps you will per-
ceive my framo'of mind as I proceed.-
I have herotofore told some of you " of the size
of the organization which 'is behind the corporation
I here represent. I have'told you.of.the big plant
at-Akron where'nearly 21,000 men are. at work;
of the plant at Toronto, Canada; of the new fac-
tory we are building in Brazil, .South America; of
the spinning mills in Connecticut; of the rubber
plantation.in. Sumatra, south of China, and I now
wish to say a few words more about what seems to
to ma to be.ono of the moot important units in this
great organization, namely, the Southwest Cotton
company,.of Arizona.
.' Build Big-And Creat.
I have told you that it' is the desire and ambition
of the executives of The' Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company, not'only to build that 'organization into
the largest- tire factory of the world, but also, at
the- same time; to build it great; and by building
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great, I mean putting it upon that firm foundation
t =i of service; service co-ordinated between all the men
in this or animation, and service to our clients in
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the best tire that such an organization, actuated
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man who, when he signed the Declaration of Inde-
pendence said: "Now, gentlemen, we must all hang
together or surely we will all hang soparatelyl'
Wo aro all pretty much in the samo fix hero. Un-
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by the highest business principle, can put into the uratively speaking, surely we shall hang separ-
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'"4,r;' The Local Problems. ' . I hold that the first thing we should do is to
ii We have three problems before us hore:. agree on a levy of so much per bale, the money
'.l First-Insects and bugs. derived therefrom to be used as a labor fund. I be-
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Second-Keeping this valley into long staple cot- lieve the various associations 'have practitally
' . i con.. agreed on this proceedure. It is fair to all. The
Third-Labor. small grower and the big grower. Such a fund
i'), These three problems are the main determining used to our mutual advantage, will enable us to
factors as to whether or not this is a logical place treat this labor problem in a manner quite impos-
to grow cotton of this character (it being granted sible were each to attempt the solution separately.
that the climate and soil conditions are satisfac-
tory), in competition with those of other lands of The Strike at Chandler and the I. W. W.
's ' i the world which are capable of producing .this You all know that a month'or so ago we had a
grade of cotton or a similar grade adaptable to the strike on the Chandler ranch engineered by an or-
manufacture of tire fabric or other products re- ganization known as the I. W. W. These initial let-
quiring the highest class of cotton. ters are supposed to stand for a phrase that would,
Present, an Abnormal Market. at first blush, enlist the sympathyofallfair-minded
At the present time prices are abnormally high, men, namely, Independent Workers of the World.
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due to causes with which we are all familiar. Under But "by their work ye shall know them," and I
4 i such prices, of course, the valley can profitably respectfully submit to this audience that the deeds
6 produce this cotton; but for the past ten years of this organization more fairly entitle it to the
the price of this grade of cotton has averagedagain20c appellation "I Won't Work."
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per pound, and, sooner or later, the price.will I have sympathy for some of the expressed aims
r( drop so as to continue this average, unless there of this organization; but for its general propaganda
" are some economic conditions to sustain the mar- and its method of securing results, I have no sym-
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ket. Such conditions would, of course, be the same pathy whatever. I am wtilin to concede that in
as affect the price of any other commodity, such this organization, as in all bodies of men, there are
i } as limited supply, increased demand due to new some few leaders who are honest and sincerely try-
!';t uses, the gold supply of the country, the credits ing to better the condition of their fellow men. I
d1 built upon that gold supply and the velocity of ex- really believe that I am generous in that statement
, ?' change. I think, however, it is reasonable to as- and I do say here that if there are such men, then
sy( sume that the price cannot indefinitely remain at they are associated with the wrong outfit and it
Y!_ such an altitude but that, considering all the condi- would be intelligence on their part to transfer their
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tions in favor of this district, this valley can profit- allegiance to those other labor organizations which
ably produce this high grads cotton in competition are striving to benefit the laboring man along in-
' with the world. If we did not so believe, certainly telligent lines and in conformity with the laws of
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we would not be here today and backing up our the land. Eliminating the few who may be both in-
",E faith in the Salt River Valley of Arizona with, our telligent and honest, I believe the other 99 per
;' eastern money. cent, are rightfully divided into two classes, first,
}N' , I believe the state will amply co-operate with us those who are honest but feeble-minded, and, sec-
in the solution of the "bug problem." I believe the ond, plain grafters. And I respectfully submit that
,( 'I people of the valley will co-operate with us in keep- inthis land of law and order there are two definite
rlir,4 ing this valley as a long staple district. This is places of abode for such men, namely, the first
purely an economic problem and surely will be should reside in that excellent establishment out
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k ,', properly settled, as all economic problems even- here on the Tempo boulevard, and the second
t1 ? tually are, in any community as intelligent as this. should be confined in that adjunct to our Court
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But the third problem, that of labor, is one that. House before the windows of which are long and
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well commands our best and mutual thought. strong iron bars.
: ' The Labsr Problem. I further respectfully submit that we who believe
,,.,1 There is but one way, permanently and profit- in progress and the development of this land, who
t+< ably, to solve the labor problem and that is through are taxpayers, and are suporting those two insti-
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for such action.is.apparent,, we are.
forming our. legitimate.service to society,
wo getting the worth of our money. .
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Until .the traveling agitators cmo to our
at Chandler we had no complaints from
these men to
Yet, by intimidation, they forced the
trice and 'when they came' into stoodbahk'
then not nor per-
'ar fornia for the same character of work.- Perhaps it
may be'that they are entitled to-more.. I confess
that, with- the rising 'cootof living, one _wonders
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how any man on a moderate wage can.keep body
and soul together. I feel that in the settlement of
ranch'
the men. an economic problem of this character, as the
largest .employer of labor in this valley, we have .
and some responsibility. to our neighbors, who are also
thore at employers of labor, but, on a much smaller scale.
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washedtheir time checks the lead'era giv- This is an intricate 'problem and not one that can
the doer and took a $2.00 fee from each man;. be solved hastily, or one. that should be settled by
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i rg no receipt, not'oven'a number. I do not
him oie man.' It involves not only the price of labor
blame some of these men for quitting' utider-such
conditions, especially the Mexicans. up Some of them as measured by supply and demand, but also what "
wore told thht if they' did not but their teams - I might term an ethnological.consideration, namely, i.

they would have their "heads busted in," and other the character and habits of the men employed. I

eF little pleasantries of this 'character. credit, 'They were
3 focd off this job be it said to .their when
this strike was broken and they knewof they would
" receive protection from us over half gladthem came
back on the job and I, for one,'was to receive
them.
What did these agitators claim? Theyformade a con-
demand before the governor of this state
. Our records show that, the average time-for the '
men in our employ today is 13 days. I wonder, if
we arbitrarily doubled this wage, if that average
time would not be cut in half. I think that this
statement alone clearly shows to us that the tem-
perament of the man employed has something to
a do with the fixing of his wage. And I further state
that while we may arbitrarily fix the living condi-
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ference. Their complaint was- that the men were tions upon our ranches which will be the beat that
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not properly fed; that they were charged a beside hospital our intelligence shall dictate, yet when it comes to
fee; that they had to sleep out of doors a ' fixing the wape of labor in this valley, that de-
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camp fire, that they worked too long hours; were termination wil only. be reached after I have in-
,i . under-paid, nd so forth - vited into my office, for conference, the small i,
' growers who certainly have a right to be heard and
xti Irrespective of their complaints, just'or unjust, men who would be far more deeply afefcted than the
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disqualified themselves for oven a conference others After all, the cost of the necessaries of life is a
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from staying on the job. If the men actually full well becomes cheap and goods therefore become high,
the job have any complaints they knowhonest rep- there should be a correspondingly proportionate
that all they need to do is to appoint be received distribution of that which will purchase those nee-
resentatives and at any time they will
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set of men put their fists under my nose and.say out, it then makes.little difference what shall be
that I must do this, that or the other thing, or I . the cost of any commodity, for the simple reason
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cannot proceed, then I state that I will notcitizen, treat that each will have a larger amount with which
with them; first, because I am an American - he can obtain that commodity. In other vords, a
and, second, because force, or threats 'of force, rising, cost and a proportionately rising income is
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never brought allout a period of peace, prosperity largely a matter 'ofmathematics.
r r3,y and good feeling between men. know whether or The Workingman's Lot.
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You gentlemen perhaps do not I have no patience with those men who claim the
; not we are treating these men fairly. atI would be
any time, workingman is being driven into slavery; that his
very happy if any or all of you would, examine lot steadily is getting worse; that the big corpora-
unknown to us, go to any of our ranches,
look into tions are oppressing them. The man who makes
'' the sleeping quarters which we furnish, eat that statement wholly disregards the history even
the medical service which these men receive,which of the past few years; he is blind to the social and
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the food which they eat, compare the wages work
we are paying with the wages paid for similar
- economic conditions of his own itme. -
Why, gentlemen, it was not so many years back,
'. in other art of the country, and then give me even in our own history, that the men and women
your opinion. of a whole people were mere chattels, bought and
About Wages.t enaer- sold and worked with an iron collar around their
I do not arbitrarily say that these men areI re- do necks, a chain.on their legs or with a master over
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morn than the averna wage them who plied the lash. On the solution of that
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one social and economic problem at all certain that, once obtained, millenium
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was
finally became a unicack
but a few years b
on,one and.nseparable.
when those things will have been reached. I do subscribe
theory that "the laborer is worthy
to the
of his hire," and
of life,
many of us now regar d as necessaries our own lifetime that each man, according to the work that he is
were luxuries for the few. Even in not only lifted out doing, should have a part of that which he produces
we have seen the working man seen, and are see- and a reward for his honesty, his industry and
of economic slavery but we have that greater slavery- energy. I further subscribe to the shouldprinicple that
ing him today, lifted from tonight, over every industrious and honest manof life, but be as-
you I'nnot also
S drink. And I say to that I have the great privi- sured, not only of the necessaries
express how glad I am, some of the luxu-
that he is rightfully entitled toknow
legs of directing this big Vwork of ours in a state you men also
S the cur- ries. I go even farther, as I
whose citizens have had th elywisdom-and to take their stand do, and state that those who are incompetent those
age definitely and decisive who are sick and living life at its lowest ebb, all
F against BOOZE. the work- are entitled to the consideration and protection of
Who has brought about heseI change, contend the great- us who are more fortunate. But how to accomplish
inlgman? Yes, partially.beesBlut and still is, the big 1n- this result without defeating our own desires-that
this land,
sot influence of all has n
men and women of is the problem. Certainly, gentlemen, in
dustrial corporations and tihose who fully realize their at least, it -will never be accomplished by force or
comfortable circumstances eel keenly the command threats of force.
duty to society and who ftbrather's keeper." What Are We Striving For?
that, "Thou shalt be thy Once there was a Sweede who wanted to buy
the history of this
~
i There never was a timeeofinintellect
world when men of means, heir best effort to the
and energy, some land. When the deal came to be closed he
stated that ho wanted a mortgage.
pso passionately. applied tin. They are doing thin "Why, Peterson," asid his lawyer, "you don't
benefit of the ir fellow me
it time and again want a mortgage. What you want is a deed." One
not only because they havi es,seen also because they "No" said Peterson, "I want a mortgage. land
proven to be good business ofbut humanity which per. time before I buy some land. I ban on that
are imbued with that spiritours. I cannot resist the three yar and then comes along a man withbya mort-
gel, I
this whole
mentesguiing land of gage and takes it way from me. Yah,
do the,todstinies Paragraphvice
you a Litchfield, from a letter
S Simpulse to quote president know what I want; I want a mortgage."
;'; I received from Mr. P. W. Now you and I know what that Swede wanted.
and factory manager of the Goodyear Company: He wanted a square deal. He wanted that to
wit h you m carrying on that
"My best wishes are our which he was honestly entitled. He wanted justice,
wwork. While we have to make a profit, thatfiner lang-
the greatest word, gentlemen, in the English equal
organization may growe nd carry on the
yet we must work just uage. Isn't that what all of us want? Not incen-
Sthings for which it stands distribution of wealth; not the killing of all equal
as hard to build up our good name, accomplishing tive to strive and succeed, but a chance, an
en
ma whichthe
ngoguidin
destiwmesa nd worth while and, the
are lasting
up a great zation of opportunity and an environment-and gov-
inthe pursuit of financial profit, build
employes. While ernment which gives to each man a fair show to
' organization of men, net merely will sometimes be gain the reward to which he in justly due.
there
in carrying on this work iscouragemeilt, yet if you Who would have thought, a few years ago, that
rough spots, friction and dhigherideals, these things in your and my lifetime we would see that world
en, and your memory will old empire of China changed into a republic? Who
workone
-will would have thought that we would see the Czar of
always
by one bie fti te isodes and things accom-
toward
throne and his succes-
iduyhedt whe will stand as a monument of a big all the
sor declare thatadbicatehis
Russias he would not assume the leader-
well done. ouf-
tt work
com ad e ualy
eGentlemen, noyrn of mine could not more
u words ship of that nation until the people, by secret have
U any o spirit that actuates the froge, had approved the choice? Who would the
clary convey to you thi of the largest tire com- thought that we would have seen a member of
German Reischtag openly declare, in that were assem-
1', 'hnswic r atn here assure you that the
pny in the world. And Iat great factory underlie
domnnt principles of th his valley shall faithfully
o effort hero, and in t
blage, that the rulers of the German people
responsible for the whole world being arrayed
hangs framed against that nation? I tell, you, gentlemen, that
ba carried out that injun actionwhich, the old national cries of "Vive L'Emperor," "Hoch
,iour every office--"Pro tect our good name." der Kaiser," and "God save the King," are being
It is possible that some day we shall reach that
getting the same in- translated into a new cry-"God save our country
condition y r ale ofy gare the benefits therefrom; -to us, its people!" What does it mean? It
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means that the spirit of our western governmentIS But for that barbaric bureaucracy, that criminal
It means that the
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imperialism that system which hoo made this war
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y the grace of God and their own courage heartwithers if I ever cease to hate it.
. y3: will get It., America and Europe. Poiability of War.
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fitting that It seems at this moment that we may be brought
At this time I think it is especially our own im- into this world crisis. With a patience almost pnas-
"3, wA should project our minds beyond ing understanding, we have norn insm and in-
mediate environment, that we should compare the
of today with that of jury ever clinging to the hope that we eslht
lot of the American citizen ly stay outanof enu.
honorably and with safety, noto bring
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both thankful and humble. I challenge you to find in all its pride on instance
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two years I have tried to maintain President's admoni- parably injured in its rent losses; has born to return
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hopes for
a "i
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a time
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appear unneutral or unfriendly long one' can, or pence; but I nay, gentlemen, there comes
a1 world. But it is a question how in thought, in word when every brave American will fight for
peace.
be
should, remain neutral either Wo abhor the thought that this nation should
or in action; and when Ithe contemplate 'the ruthless brought into the misery and desperation of war,
"il theory that all asln I
a destruction of Belgium, but if the test must come, gentlemen, you and
.h 3 agreements are but a "scrap of paper," the actual know the American people will not fail. I, for one,
out of that old Machiavelian theory that, nation prepared to meet that test.
carrying con. do no wish to see this
"might makes right"and "the king If the great ordeal is t rust upon sit os, we must be
wrong;" when I witness the ludicrous attempt to in- ready. Small solace will it be to in a circle of
j,
cite Mexico against these United Staten-then, gen- those well intentioned, Gut misguided pacifist, hold
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may try, with the utmost sincerity, to be fair.
any
ii 1 I would not offend, by any word ofI mine, believe I
Time for Self-Searching.
look
German-born man in this audience. -I believe that now is a time whe we should
can partially appreciate theland ties that bind one to searchingly unto ourselves. I believe that we
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the land of his nativity; the of his cradle songs should not be buoyed up with false pride and en-
'and childhood; the land intiswhich thnse near and thusiasm nor should we be cast downby the pessim-
!t1"' dear may still be; and by own same token I believe ism of some of our own people. I place no reliance
' that I can ap reciate my duty to my own in the whimperings of those flabby-muscled philoso-
,
country, and the duty of and those others who have phers who sit in New York clubs, sip highballs and
I
come here to be one of us who itnve sworn al- prate about the decaydence of American manhood;
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legiance to the stars and stripes; and I say, gentle- .ndss I even have a definite impression that when
' a our right,. but, it is our
men,. that it is not only neighbor, the bandits of Mexico come up here to take unto
duty, to nay each to his 'Where do you themselves the State of Arizona, you and I will be
if
of these
7'i
stand? Are you, or ire you not, a citizen here to receive them. I believe that our boys and
boys
,1} United' States?"' girls are as worth while today as American
I have the utmost sympathy for those menpeople and and girls have ever been. If tisero is anything ail-
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women of Germany, for the great German ing the lads, I think it is such trifling defects as
j who, with loyalty such an thetheir world has never seen are evidenced by cigarets, silk shirts and a prema-
surpassed, are laying down but, Ilives and giving ture mustache. If our girls seem to have a ten-
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their all, freely, heroically, their country. am convinced, doncy towards dudyism, that is not wholly unpar-
When donable, and perhaps we might more nearly find
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' mistakenly, for the sake ofthat any man, or caste -
I contemplate the theory over the lives of other the blame if we should examine their mothers. And
of men' has a prior right of the doc- finally, I hold that we fathers, in the stress of
r.. men; wlen I realize the ridiculousness modern business, do not give our boys the time
trine that any one man who by an accident of and attention to which they are rightfully entitled.
nature, is first from his motiser a womb, thereby 'We do not take 'enough time to bring up our boys
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ha aired, by. "divine right," the authority to in the heart-right here. And I still maintain that,
guide the destines of a whole people, then, gentle- in this respect, the world is today, as it always has
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that tey
And I nclud th g adiedl aln witn
this land' women ore no longerand a mere chattel and
asd to man, but your my daughter of
t.ay eni o citizens of these United States tomor- "
row. I believe our boys and meant girs should now kno
when hof ,
what the father of our country o
t imh
"I am led to reflect how much more deliglt
on undebauched mind the
is taskedf making
our -n l'
movements en the earth and in benefiting which canhofh ac-
besad, ,
ow men,
love than all the
the setient vain-glory tat
efressent praer
t' from ravaging it or oppressing them, by th
quired believe
most uninterrupted career of conquest." andyerarn to
rour boys and girls should apeciat
was raised from the low-
martyred Lincln", he whooffice i the gift of man,
y cabin to the greatest of Gettysburg,
when, on the consecrated battlefield
he spoke these sublime words, "That we here re-
solve that these dead shall not have died in vain
that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth
freedom; at government of theneope h, by the
of
this earth." And, finally Iinto believe our boys and
their hearts, how
girls should have instilled citizens of
great I the priceless heritage ofof being hate, but whose
land whose hymn is not one
whole destiny is guided by the lofty idealism
national song:
"Our Father's God, to thee,
ho Author of Liberty,
Of thee we sing.
Long may our
GOrathod, o King. bright,
land, be e,
With freedom's holyvnght;
Protect ouby thy might,
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ION LAW WE' UNDERSTOOD THESE
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FAMILIE S DESIREOUS OF COMING
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INVESTIGATE' SITUATION THROUGH
TO OUR WORK W ILL YOU PLEASE
WILSON AND ADV ISE ME "
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EDW FI PARKER VICE'PRESIDENT SOUTHWEST' COTTON
 U. S. DEPARTMENTITOF LABOR
IMMIGRATION SERVICE

REPERTO
IN ANIWERINO IN CHARGE
OFFICEOF INSPECTOR
MINN.
MINNEAPOLI.

June 11, 1917.

Commissioner General of Immigration

Department of Labor,
-lahington, D. C

a - _" Recipt is hereby ackno, ledged of unnumbered Bureau circular

May
letter of the 6th instant, supplem enting Department ciroulars of
Mexico and Canada of
23 and 26, rolative- to temporary admission from
coming-to accept agricultur al employment.
Saliens

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Inspector in Charge
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Tune 14, 1917.
54261/202

Mdr.A. W. Grant,
Socrtary, far Council and Wlays and Moans Committee,
Food Supply, Room 20, State capital,
Denver, Colorado.

Dear Sirs

Complying with therequest contained in your letter

of the 8th instant, I beg to inclose herewith copies of two

letters which have been promulgated by this Dopartnent

.circular
and
' ,to govern the tesorary admission of laborers from Canada
You
Mexico to engage in the performance of labor on farms.
will note that the only clauses of the immigration law vhich

have been temporarily suepended on behalf of such laborers

are those known an the illiteracyy" and"contract labor"

4', ' ,clause s.

fespectful3y,
EXACT Co,-

a1. No. 4136.

.. Acting Commisoioner-genoral.

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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
IMMIGRATION SERVICE !}w

OFTHECOMMISSIONER
OFFICE
MD.
DALTIMORE,

June 12, 1917.

No. 1731

Comnissioner-General of Inmigration,
Washington, D. C.
letter of the
Receipt is acknowledged of Bureau circular
detailed instructions
6th instant, without file number, containing
circulars of Nay 23d and
concerning the enforcement of Department
admission to the United States of
Nay 26th regarding the temporary
aliens from Mexico and Canada for the purpose of accepting employment

in agricultural pursuits.

Commissioner.

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IMMIGRATION SERVICE
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OFFICEOF INSPECTOR
1N CHARGE
D UILDING
EXCHANO
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ORED.
PORTLAND.
RtFER
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June 7, 1 917.
No. 5033. No.533. FFIC OF ISPECOR I

f Imigrtio,
ComrieoonerGenral ~ 2.\is

Commissioner-General of Immigration,
Washington, D. C.
circular of the
Receipt is acknowledged of copy of Department
the last paragraph of
26th ultimo, without number, advi/eing that
been amended to read:
Department circular of the 23rd ultimo had
only to agricul-
"The foregoing shall apply, until further orders,

tural laborers from Mexico and Canada."

Acting Inspector in Charge.

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98524/304 IMMIGRATION SERVICE .

OPFICfi OF
COMMISSIONEROP IMMIGRATION
ELLIs ISLAND,NEW YORK HARBOR,N. Y.

June 11, 1917

Commissioner-General of Immigration,
Washington, D.C.
I acknowledge receipt of official copy of Bureau
of
letter dated June 6, 1917, addressed to Commissioners
Goncerned,
Immigration, Inspectors in Charge and Others
instructions for the guidance of all
containing detailed
pro-
concerned in the enforcement and observation of the
and May 26, 1917,
visions of Department circulars of May 23
United States,
providing for the temporary admission to the
from Mexico and Canada, respectively, of aliens "coming to

the United States for the purpose of accepting empl.oyment

in agricultural pursuits".

A distant Commissioner.

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Ro. 37/20

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Mess. Devine and Preston,

Attorneys at Law,
Pueblo, Colo. -
Gentlemen;-
26th instant,
Reoeipt is anoowledgod of your letter of the
B. Todrow, United-
sms having been referred to this office by Mr Harry
the relaxation of the in-
States Attorney, requesting information as to
the importation of oontraot
nigration Laws end Regulations relating to
in-
labor, eto. There ie some oonfusion in our minds as to the real
in the enforcement
tent of this law, or rather the extent of relaxation
letter, and
of this law, we havo, therefore, forwarded a copy of this

Commiioioner-Gneral of Innigration, laehington, D. 0.,

your letter, to the
with request that he reply to you.. You will no doubt hear from him in

due course with the information desired.

/2 speotfully, r

- r in Charge.

of ass Devine and Proston,

CPY of this letter, together with letter
respectfully referred to the COMiIUSINe0--QGJaL of uIunigration,
ashington, e C. , for reply with request that copy of their reply
to sent to this office.
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- WAYSANiDMEANS
COMMITTEE CHAT1MEN
W. DENNETT Finance
GOV. JULIUS
C. GUNTER,Praldeilt
OF COLORADO
OHORAC
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A. W.G !ANT.retar
'STATE IDUD.8WEET
PROF.ALVINKEZER TratorS
J.I. MRLN, Chairman
E. M. AMMON8 Live tock
CABSHERRINOTON
War~ ConiC. A. KENRIC Or
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JOHNW.MOREY War Council A. KERR .
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L. 0. CARPENTER
HORACEN. HAWKINS aRnd
EN. HARRYGAMBLE
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WAY ME Ways and Means Committee (
F WAYSAND MEANSCOMMITTEE
3. K. MULLEN,ChaIrman FOOD SUPPLY
FO UPY l

A. W. GRANT,Becrtary
HORACEW. BENNETT
CHARLESi A.LORY i ,(
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. . KENRICK
A June Eighth ,
H.J.ALEXANDER 1 9 1 7
GEO.B. BERGER
W. C.TiORNTON
Hon. Commissioner-General of Immigration,
Department of Labor,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Sir:-

Please send us a copy of the circular

on May 26th con-
issued by the Bureau of Immigration
cerning the bringing of laborers from old Mexico and
Canada into the United States to work on the farms.
In the southern counties of our state *
old Mexico
the farmers want tc bring in laborers from us
r as
to work in the *heet-fields and have asked
to whether or not the government has issued a circular
granting this permission. Our understanding is that
to have this
there is an act before Congress seeking the Committee
it is before
done, but that at this time
on Immigration in the House. Such information asiated
you can give regarding this matter will be appreciated.
Yours very truly,

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54152/1,
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' ' A. Warnor. Parker,

.4s: Spoaial Immigrant Inspector,
f.% r'(Ihas Of ficer),
Bureau of Immigration.

You are hereby dirooted to proceed at the oarliot possible

date to IMontreal, Ottawa, and such other places in Canada as the

the
carrying out of these instructions may mako necessary, and to
various ports of entry on the boundary between Canada and the New

England States, returning to ashington via Bostan and Hew York; and

the traveling and other expenses .involved are hereby authorized pay-

able from the appropriation for "Expenses of Regulating Immigration,,

1917."

After consultation with Commissioner Clark at Mlontreal,

and the making with and through him of proper arrangements for tho

interviews witi the officials concerned at Ottawa, you nhallproeeod

to the latter placo and endeavo to arrange tentatively a plan for

the mutual isauance of passports to persons crossing the Canadian

thaet the Canadian
. boundary in oech direction, with the understanding

immigration, officials will reject from Canada parsons who attempt to

entor that country from the United States found not to possess a

passport, and that the United States 'immigration officials will adopt
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54152/,
53000/198.

a similar course with respect to persons attempting to enter the

United States from Canada, or for tho use of pasnports in this

regard in certain specifically defined classes of cases, the object

being to prevent "slackers" from flooing from each of the countries

into the other, and incidentally to assist in the investigation

and detection of alien onomy spies.

Aftar the above-deocribod matter has been carried to a

state where you are ready to report to the Department, you shall

take up with Commissioner Clark the amendment this date made in

paragraph (f). Subdivision 5, Rule 4 of the Immigration Rules, the

letter promulgating such amendment being handed you herovith; and

shall then visit the various ports of entry for immigrants on the

boundary betveon Canada and the New England States, delivering to

each immigration officer in charge at said placon a copy of the

amendment and making clear to all concerned the object thereof.

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Hon. Jameg L. Slayden, 1.0.,

Ltonber, Comsittoo on Imdgration,
Houvo of flopraconltativoa,
Wahington, D.C.

!By dear fir. Slaydon:

ao
I have the honor to hand you horowith,

of poociblo intorout in tho conoidoration which you aro

ComwYittoo on
doubtlo0o nour giving to the bill boforo the
Scotion 3 of the
Iaigration having the objoot of amonding
circular^ of
Ingr.tion Act, a copy of thio DopartmonttO
9th provico of Sootion
Hlay 23rd and flay 26th, applying tho
cook:in
3 of anid Act to the Inces of ii11itorato niion
admioaion to the Unitod Stato from Hoexico and Canada, roa-
omploymOnt iin ag-
pootivoly, with tho purpoco of ocuring

ricultum1]. puruitr. I tiloe hand you a copy of a circular

of detailed inetractiona, dated Juno 6th, under the termr

aro boing put in forco.
of which the abovo montionod circulars
Very truly your, .
EXACt COPY5 y5NED v LOUIS F. P

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F itt Secrotary.
AP/HtCH

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T{aoltin ton, D. C.

? 13y doer ltr. ^ .lxtth:

I hctvo tho honor to hand you horo 'rith, tto

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Rio.;ico 1n't C.Rnsctn, rco-

to tho Unitod ;tatos £rar
nctmiaolon

purporso of aooturing umployc-zont iat reg-

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JUNE

JUNE 4, 1917.
tLteION
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OfPErI'ENr:VIC RSE
MUCSRl
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PEITU%[!

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Bureau of Immigration,
WASHINGTON,

D. C.
Gentlemen:
Will you be kind enough to send me
to enter
a copy of the Order permitting Mexicans
in the
this country, who desired employment

Agricultural pursuits .
attention
Thanking you in advance for your

to above matter, I am
Very respectfully yours,

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WASHINGTON D C , June 5, 1917.

Hon. William B. Wilson, JUNi 6 1917

Secretary of Labor,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I am enclosing herewith a letter

from Ocar Wolfenden, Esq., of Attleboro, Massachus-

etts, which is self-explanatory.

Yours very truly,

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Dear Sir:- ;

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Is it"not possible to do something
'ri' t ,

the operation of the new 'll

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ration Zaw which bars from this country,
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a11, aliens who are unable to read and write.
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labor shortage, the suspension of the Iliteraay f
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Test would be of great benefit to the country. 'i
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plant night and day,

be able to run our
would

; in getting
or oourse be a great help
which would
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out Government orders.

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to you should you have the time to glance

it over.
Thaning you for your reply,
Iam

Very truly

EFP-S Vice President.

Enc1.

P. S.
ill you not also please
send me a copy of your ruling on the new
inmigration law?
E.F.P.
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OPIMMIGRATION"
"COMMtasIONER
ANDREFERTONUMBER
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICEQ
IMMIGRATION SERVICE
98524/304 COMM1RIONER OR IMMIORATICN
HARRoR, N. Y.
ELLI ISsAND, NEw YORK

June -3, 1917

Commissioner-General of Immigration,
Washington, D.C.
circular letter
I acknowledge receipt of Bureau
circular instruc-
of lay 26, stating that the Secretary's
apply, until further orders,
tions of May 23, 1917 "shall
from Mexico and Canada".
only to agricultural laborers
has been duly
This circular with amendment

posted at Ellis Island.

For the Commissioner:

Chief Clerk. ) 1917

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$orviao,
United Statos Iaimigratia

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of
of popartrsent oiraular
for onforoeaout
DetailoA instrttationa

eont you very oaon.

mill be
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Liay twenty

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Detailed instruotioas prePared en will be sont you very soon.
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LETTER OF; .,IKNOWLEDGMENT

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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
IMMIGRATION SERVICE

COMMISSIONEROF IMMIGRATION
REFERTO
IN ANBWERISN STATION
IMRIGRATION
PHILAD[LPHIA

No. 1744-General. CITY. N. J.

GLOUCESTER

June 4, 1917.
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Commissioner-General of Immigration,
Department of Labor, .- - ; i , 1 )'
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Sir:
i Department
The receipt of yzaxr letter dated 26th ult.,
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letter of liay23rd, re tempor-
in relation to amendment of Department circular
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3 ary admiasion of agricultural laborers
is hereby acknowledged.

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COMMITTEE ON THE

June
Second
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Ily dear IIr.lilson:

Please note the enc losed letter
from LIr. Ilurrell 1.Bucker, Superinteldent,
Union T'erminal Co., Dallas,Texas.
Kindly Sive his sugostions careful
me know
study and consideration and let
what you think of them.
°!ith all good w ishes , I am,
Yours / ' e-

Hon .!m.B. ils on,

Secretary of Lao r,
Washington, .0 .

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artsabetle
tracts atsa es s utv
at .ts tI eserue fr u esactis
EpupaRight prias
stncrtochugs before
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accptlog
patattus
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CONTRACTOR

Ye ne CAL ADDRESSE 4 W f

MANUJ CTURERiS 4
gas'J~c&~:sj~ "STEROG"DENVE.
WORKSAT PUEBLO "GOR ETS"NEW YOR*

COIMMvISSIONER GENERAL,*.
UNTDSTATES DEPARTMENT'OF LBR
BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION,
-WASHINGTON, D.C. t

DEAR SIR:- . .

We wired you yesterday as fo3,19ws

"WE ARE ADVISED THAT SPECIAL PERMISSION HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR
MEXICANS TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES FOR FARM LABOR AND
THAT NUMBERS ARE COMING OVER THE BORDER AT EL PASO EAGLE
PASS AND OTHER PLAC!!S: THAT THE ALIEN CONTRACT LABOR LAW
HAS BEEN SUSPENDED TEMPORARILY. WE ARE DEEPLY INTERESTED IN
S AGRICULTURAL WORK IN UTAH AND WOULD LIKE PERMISSION TO
)HAVE
C'CAN
ABOUT' THREE HUNDRED JAPANESE AT CALEXICO ADMITTED.
THE SANE RULING BEIINSTITUTED FOR THEM AS ALREADY MADE
SFOR MEXI CANS?"-

Andwe are wiring you again tonight, as follows: .

OUR AGENT LOS ANGELES REPORTS LABOR SITUATION GETTING

RAPIDLY WORSE AND URGES PERMISSION TO IMPORT THREE HUNDRED
JAPANESE FROM CALEXICO FOR AGRICULTURAL WORK THIS SUMMER.
CAN YOU
SUGAR INDUSTRY ENDANGERED BY LACK OF FARM LABOR.
COME TO OUR ASSISTANCE?". -

We are building a beet sugar factory of 1000 tons per day

oapaOity, at Delta, Utah, and have employed as labor agent, E.W.
Hashinoto, of Salt Lake'City,and he is now at LosAngeles, endeavoring
to secure farm labor for our needs this summer.
We have had two telegrams from him, stating that the situ
tion is desperate.
There is going to be a general failure of crop through le
of labor to handle it, if we do not get some relief through your
deprtmnt. The advice about admission of Mexicans, contained in on2
ALL QUOTATIONS
STENOGRAPHIC
AND CLERICAL ERRORS UIECT TOCORRECTION. PRICESSUIECT TO CHANGEWITHOUT NOTICE.
STATEDARE FORIMME ATEACCEPTANCE
UNLESSOTHERWISE ONLY

HER CONDITIONSBEYONDOUR CONTROL.

ALL AGREEMENTSCONTINGENTUPON STRIKES.ACCIDENTSA
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of course we
to you, was a newspaper item, and
,t

telegram of yesterday,
to verify it.
have not been able
, !.
these Japanese on the
i . Our. labor agent, Hashimoto, has oated
anidif he oan get these. in,
other side of the border at Calexio, oare.of us well this summer.
through special dispensation, he can take to do.
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going
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; Otherwise, I do not know what we are
to this matter.
I trust you will wire me in reference

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OE THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
June 1, 1917.
No. 54211/123

Hon. J. 3. Cullinan, 1. C.,

House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Cullinan:

the
Referring to the telegram recently sent you by

Governor of 'exas regarding labor conditions in the state,

under
representing the desirability of making arrangements

which exican fars laborers could be temporarily admitted,

a circular
I have the honor to hand you herewith a copy of
of the
recently issued by the Department making provisions

kind recommended.
ctfully yours,

AWP/CR
Inol. No. 3975.
Assistant Secretary.
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Ja:-aary 3, 1;1:.9
For Iiamediato iRelaase
U. S. - tent of La:or
INFON,!ATIO. &.AD nilC.TIO SERVICE
FiUCATION ::L DIVISIO107
A Wdashtington.

January 2nd, directed that

The Secretary of Labor has, under dato of
June 30, 191, solely
Mexican laborers may be admitted up to and including
This action has be'en..taken as
for employment in sugar-bot production.
sugar-beat grovers, who
the result of earnest representations made by the
States Food Atminis-
it stated had arranged, at the request of the United
is
the coin: season. The tex:ct of Sec-
tration, for an increised acreage during

retary X!ilson's ordor follows:

o_ this Depart: 2 ant
In tho matter of odification of the order orders of Jen an
made on December 15, 191F, vacating Departaentl
to the aweission of laborers uroZie:cico and
July 10, 1918, rlatin"
R
IKendrfic, IKin.;, and Boreh.,
j lsewhore, Senators Phe;lan, S.:oot, Shafrothl, have rcastad considera-
Crry
and Con:ressmrn Rakor, Kahn, ays, and
,
the su:;ar-bedt sromors, ern
$ =" tion of such a modification in behalf of tl,rrls from othfr
' Senator Johnson has referred to the Departent an: tl;trahs fred.
parties interested in the subject, Cor::anications
shown by the record; thea nit d
other sources have also been filed, as
i,?
throh Trucatt o.
Pal nr,
?. States Sugar Manufacturers' Association,
mea:ber cceaatt>o on National
Executive Secretary, and Henry T. Oxnard,
the subject.
affairs, has also filed an appeal bearing on
behalf o. tho bauar-boet
In view of the representations made in
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of said order of oecfor
rowers, as above stated, that the enforcement
supply of,sugar dpendd upnor
15, 1918, would seriously impair the Manu
statemctnt of Senator
of t
j ' 'the coming season, and moreover in view
,.
Sorar Manufacturers Association,
Phelan, corroborated by the appeal of the
,
'
made for 'the coring crop,
'r .
that etnsive additions in acrea;e have been tha benefit of ni
at the urgent request of the Food Administration, as considrable individual
incrasd production would be lost, as well that th: instruction of Dc-
losses to the growers entailed, it is ordered of Juno 12, and July 10,
Mexi,
" Departmontal orders
, ember 15th, last, vacating, laborers fro.bezatico
4

is horeby modified so as to preiit

be, and it -namo "odurs ,
worki : in
.
to 'o admitted solely for the purpose of in tho last-named orders,
under the same terms and conditions provided
u'

until and includin;.the 30th day of Juno, 1919.

xq

will take nocessary steps

t
The Cormissionar-General of Irmigration
,
to ::ive effect to this aodifying order.
- Si -ne d) '.B. Ylilson,

!f
On July. 9;1919, .exanded.to the dat.
.
of ratifi'catioi of the;Peace Treaty, but not Secratary.
41..
16 later than .aniary 1, 1920, limited to
Z _ agricultural laborers in cotton-growing sections.
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 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR .
Office of the Secretary
Washington
July 10, 1918.
No. 54261/202

DEPARTMENTAL ORDER

-- The provisions of Departmental Order of June 12, 1918, are hereby ex-
Mexico to perform
tenddd to include (in addition to laborers coming from
work in agricultural pursuits, in the maintenance of way on railroads, and
to
in certain lignite coal mining enterprises) laborers coming from Mexico
performance'
engage in mining of any and all kinds or to be employed in the

of common labor in connection with construction work being done by or for

the Government in the erection of buildings in the State of Texas and also
to the Mexican
in the jurisdiction of Immigration District No, 23 adjacent
border within the States of New Mexico, Arizona, and California;

The Commissioner General of Immigration is hereby directed to enforce

and administer the provisions of this Circular, which shall become effec-

tive on and after July 25, 1918.

Secretary of Labor,

The proposed Departmental Order amending the provisions of the Depart-

mental Order of June 12, 1918, is hereby approved. In addition we will dis-

continue the practice of deducting a portion of the wages of Mexican labor-

ers entering the United States under this order. The rule will be changed

accordingly.

Secretary of Labor.

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OT LABOR
OF TRB COnlMISSIONER GENERALOF IAIIIORATION, U. S. DEPARTMENT
FULrIBD MONTI1LYUNDERDIRECTION

1, 1918 No. 3
1WASHINGTON, D. C.; JUNE

AD=moot emergent agricultural conditions, mut Bond for or cor to

the aliens must not h
AMENDED AND REVISED RULESFORTHE wT E orndahavo tho aliens, and
to otemployment
AND' unti arrnogomonts for their in agricultucal
{

'OF
MLSSOT
MISSION OTHER
AGRICULTURAL admitted
L"() Anyoneoavailing himself of the opportunity
affordedb tho
toyobtain, form labomr sihal1ho roquiredl, as a condition
admissionlof the oaliens to whom he pro-
uhlsl~u th no reututonuforcirular
tho oicmsu o o ymnt o p
In Myfes~~ertO
In to worn wro the
publislied now-regulations for coadontto the temporary
., tho MaIy BULrt.ETIN disclose
admision of griculturl laborer during thu crop-producingand season poses to givt employment, h immagutus, ho s orn-
rho chargeat th1 port oh entirety isl uins to
of 1918. Somemodifications in,theso rules weronecessary ofouchionoin their eontirety, including teo w t, houig cin-
with tho approval of tho Secretary of -Labor, thorofero 'ttit written pros
bureau, as in- do and dt l tionto fooinoffect, vdtiv:o inte av n
authorized certain changestn a notice dated Mlay 10, 1918, of a station t oct l ousing andt v ia:
betow, showing ttho pacts stricken out h laborre anro employed shall bo
4' ratod in thuamended drft c rules of th Stat n which
or Iocmroa tupr
o origin rules and ate ine
and fottouvedtoy rho omptO3ipoy
f aristotocomparison. utirolsuerved
of on Tat th omu o any cange a i 1 i pla o g
Subsequently, however,still further'change 1 becametoneedful, ho ad- nally disclosedwlth respect to the place, duration, oriarac o
u' and it was found advisable to extend the classesof labor of
thu emlo yment of rh allies by hum.uch ofc or ciate
mitted to include not only thoso.engaged in egricultro; which isom- "(c) That thu ompoyer will notify sach officer immediately upon
vitally important in tho presentemergoney,butalso laborer as ho cnr secure ta
as place to which the alien ic going and a e
are now operated ias employ am furnish ftsuchi information
ployed onmaintenance of way on railroads which em-r nnct to
under direct supervision of tho Government, and to laborte
ployed in certain lignite coal mining enterprises in which oxican to do at such piaco r wi t r i is goi scha iso wen- s(wt officer when-
con- "(d) Tattio eml to or hill prospt ly notify
labor is customarily employed and has always.been used-, th e toh alin's intent iton o oyr asileta nisling
oe kno ledg
tinuous production of this fuel being essentially necessary at this cre in ascertaining
posoibtoinformation to assist immigration o
Tue' ' rrti ry li ofLabor of ao istsrf now regulations whether or no ttho alien las ontoregnonaculttiral employment,
Secretary hasthorofor promulgated
9ot the reinditoens of this cir obcdr and the dcpirlneitt sir-
under date of Juno 12, 1918,which will superede both thoseissued cnol ofea sri
or whether or i
2, a 1 G5 hrin slisrtiu,
ore Gcng eoarrd if the new '
new rules aro printed
el April 12, i0i8, and Slay 10, 1018. Ttho ay 10, 1018, wich e T t ho oy will comply ith h tes of paragraph
Immediately below tto amended dmt of
becomes valuablechiefly forreferancopurposes. oitm
employer
n )pay
{vilt
wiltthu onp
current ith
ratesteof wages tedforof parm aro
"(f) That thu o dport thn admitted aienu
similar labor in thI community
U S; DEt-AnT~scOT'OF LAnon, 1) io enptaye~d. s ic par-
U61261/22. (g) That if if Irotces
No to deport un o Aeici 2thsit
nteeosmrl cirretor of .c ril 1th ex
BiU EAU 0FMIItinATlsn,' ON the rc ore n dit
ashigton, May 10, 1918.' os eance o this circular att
'
oforfoaiur to olocre the condtitiuon spe, e, therup~ea
of Iiouuigrutiomt, Itispertoro in Charge,' ofa violatio
removalef thealien from theplacewhere apprehended to thebuund-
': To Commiosieoers ImsnigratioSrice, ued othersconrerncel: of the cus luger
Bureaucircular of A ril 12 1918,bearing tho abovenumber, is ar y asllbe
borne souit
hu
bg aheasoabole eoss
time faer o el act a dap the
(
hiaruby amended towrasn feoo: cn sauo freadtithetuhatthgr a od rn
ithcrcuar ttteri of eviee n date renuit o
h aonetion
heotessit hs supogiruieitcOiht hrguts'surtgeefp r arop t o po(8u al h aereo bebne
conig is enpcaroamssonofnngcuturahsoorm eesemporary for thei w nde th e r a o
and Canada,tro irfoown d tailed structions are promulgated giu Thoauu Cofmiesieounle uur of tie at oftl uho Co-
aSetrltuat Seattlo,a- and tho Supervis
tirhoiisdassro of alt concerned, vie: shall huofor 0 (0)TtoCmisneofInigto Immigrtien
7' "(i Tthe tosorary adsniaeousnnudor the circulaRe
aund if in ay instant e an oxtensoin missioner of
a not o fedii tox ment ns; of border distrts) shah
clearly shown in at It P aso (being
pthied to income in cncrga
of timo is desired thu necgsity thorufur must bo with alie
and giva atteisttoeitotl o details off keeping in tosscb
: ' theolaboremsfortaufsslueirtlt otd noti oxeodingn sx months, o en ttea
aliens involved raiy Sth a eouvie h a t t h uc coierisasncsaya o v i d
sha r p r 0erssaint
Sp ptomtions da e i oy tho at
s a c o r l ydesrn c e dtoe coo s t a b l neu i h . . of a r t n tneistvhiuiiosu1h do nit rwh ch ma i
t toi o n a r2 ) a t i ntdivth and rarity adm fitted atie s n
t 'o ciru s tances stated otitr an f r mn
nder hti u ari s h eo en go
S Aos t a drm~cr i sio uwho in all thsur respects' vould bo Sa es and o n at ise isu c
fo dits parl rthrdt aset s
r M xi c la ' if th ny w ero nteri g g tr p or au en t fo r icu t u l aor e r s t oerhavo
a's dm i tte f rlo s in d tor d ac w i s he tls tearion
a n d t aen only if th olotho rr en d i in enforcing rsles, in-
o t er t-talur foun tur o f t un law upo to assist such eediram
eludi n t hu et anddotpetaio in ist t pro res-~ hoUnt
eutabhisheu.circsuhar is to' ho temporary onlt ,and
outiufartoritynsnder thi ftto Uit
i'. "()Aseo''admission enictrso on l ard
ex ud all tn i lienrac
aluens who violate an lbe
thso dega
con itred
. ont
() wnydeis
sp almensc wOih mayite
ad arsoa h r dr an d am-r
as tisu circuttir ind
ptsrpa Prescrlibe tisat ho taken as a reasonto witilsold gmontnge pri a Imart
' ' amtdlrmuitisurelSoxira orP(ania wfhocan not ho returned shaht sucht doubt run ha cterdup
agricusltural ]aboreme until
admtitted mmdiatety thatnecessity arises, ereoventaiy at any rate. "(8 As an additional moans of insuring
that nlteilarful
dmittingnheresinto
Tlsuhireictestso noroeity fercautienisi with thoteorms gavniug thei r admission for tempo-
fsc in aceordanro
t% ircount ry{hs eunma obre7yrh av conditions,tvihalinhmsl h
n m il agreo to to following 9
'forthuo P pssrpo acepin emppomn nnrcI a mhain'swagestvaeetY-
asevll'as ttIo'illitor- "(a) Thamlyrililod
,' coning
pusuits'([orehci rasothou'cootrct~llr' it - Ltt. .. fiit-z. (i) 5 .. t-
""aylot rou-itns aromentioned in thu circuliar); pruarrangumot ssuh It.. - ,stishsos
+s fortheeimploymenteof
thosewhos
auit admitted is contemplated.
desire to avoil themselves of this opportunity,
utforded tot1lhnoetheurt. 2 ~ words, duorig~heA
tt . th U.I
6~, .0411-18 .
."
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 2 '"U. S. IMMIGRATION SERVICE BULLETIN.

4<. i twecnty-fEve
(25) centsper day during the period for whichthealien is
of admission is extended, until the
admitted, and thereafter if the period
capable ofreading, "cannot read the Eonglishlanguage,orsomeother
language or dialect" (the "illiteracy test"), or aliens "who have
monqi so retained amounts to fifty. (0) dollars,whereuponsuchreten- been induced assisted,encouragedor solicited to migrate to this .
lion of wagesshall cease. country by otcro or promises of employment * * * or in conse-
"(U) Tle oniployorwill deposit the monoy so withhold to the quenco of agreements, oral,written, orprinted, oxpressorimoplied,
credit of the alien in the United States Postal Savings Bank, with to performlabor in tis country of any kind, skilled or uneki led"
the understanding that the sum will so remain on deposit until the (the "contract-labor clause"), and notwithstanding the provisions
alien is about to leave the United States and return to the country of section 2 of said act assessinga fiendtax on account of aliens
whence ho came,whereupon the postal-eavingscertificates and entering permanently, aliens residing in Moxicowho in all other
- interest accumulated thereon shall be converted Into a postalmoney than the respects abovementioned are admissible under the laws
orderpayable to the alien, such money order to be transmitted by of the United States, and who are shownto be comingfromMoxico
mail to the immigration officerat-tho port of exit, for redemption to the United States forth purposeofaccepting employment, may
into money at the timo of the alien's doparturs. bo temporarily admitted without exacting head tax, upon the con-
(e) f , +" +t - - ""lt"°- L""0 .oz ditions hereinafter specified,for periods In no instance exceeding
F: + p +L - - _1L
-- "' the duration of the war.
+ - SECrIONII.

(a) As to bs admissible under the terms of this circular the alien

b must bo coming"for the pu ose of accepting employment" (for
' which reason the "contract-la or" as well as tso "illiteracy test"
* . If in the case of anysuchalien his servicesin agri- provisions arementioned
above),those whodesire to avail themselves
cltura pursuits arereguiredfor anothersiamonth periodof time and of this opportunity, affordedto meet emergent conditions in the
an applicationfor extension of time is ranted in acosrdane with para- United States, may como to or be represented at the boundaryto
the frrt six-month conferwith any alien, and such nhen must not be temporarily
graphs(1) hereof,the amount aceumufateldunnif an admitted until arrangementsfor his employment have been per-
extensionoccurs, facted.
period, or theentireamount offfty (50)'dollars
shall remain on depositin the postal-savings buo until he leavesthe per-
UnitedStlatesunder theextension,and stall thenbe paid him, wiu The (b) A to prospoctivoemployer may initiate an application forsuch
accumulated interest,in themanner prescribed in paragraph (8b)hereof. mission import laborer under the provisions hereofbyorSling a United
"(d) During the period ofsavings accunmulation no withdrawal of application with either a United States immigration of laborers
ostalesavingsshalib allowed,exc t States employment official,sotting forth the number
k ,t o +.tz A+- ' + , -.d =. desired, classof work,wagesoffered, and place ofproposedempoy-
- -I-,- mont and stating that ho will comply with all provisions of tlus
' circular with respect to any alien admitted to him. Upon tiso
','vs
ihlsoshte-peier t.- "°"°'' °a" 0 t"z
t ""L"l 4L.. approval in writing of any such application by a United States
eom plo ont officer detailed to a Mexican border port in accordance
tha f witi ctionX hereofor by tie United States employment officer
- the alien leaves the United Stlates at any timtesuch sum as ma/ have stationed in th vicinity of the place of proposed omploymont, the
shall be turned over to him in the manner prescribedin immigration officerin chargeat such
accumulated part shall proceedto admit
>9) -
pararph (8b)hereof.
In the event that the employer is represented by an agent
'by an associationthrough its agent in securing agricultural la-
the alien involved in accordancewith thseprovisions hereof.
SEcTION III.
borerstheauthorityof thongontornasociationto nctiornuchomployor Emphasis is placed upon the fact that this circular provides for
sshoukihofully established, and in very such instance tho employor the temporary admission, under the circumstances stated and con-
should he required to execute and forward as soon as possible to theeditions proc isbdof, an alicn who in all other respects would be
oflicerin chargeat the port ofentry the agreomont specifiedin para- admission undoethe laws of the United State i he woro entering
graIh (51of these instructions. for permanont purpose. Tho indulgence extends only to the
i ' (10)Where the States into which the laborer aratalkonhavs no illiteracy contr e .bor, and head-tax featuresof the immigration
laws with respect to housmg and sanitation, the conditions concern- act and than only if the other conditions are satisfactorily estab-
ing samemamntained by the employers must ho satisfactory to the lisbedi h
Secretary of Labor; otherwiseth aliens will ho returned to the * SECrION IV.
ountry wlsoncothseycome."
t w c t c(Signed) A. OAMINETTI, As admission is to b temporary only and as it is provided that an
(gn CommsnissionerGeneral. lion who violates the conditions oxactesl shall henotimmediately
:Approved: deported, ofcoursenoneshould be admitted who can be returned
(ignod) W. B. WILSON, Secretary. immediately that necessity arises.
i, ' SECTIONV.
JuINo12, 1018. nessV
,No. N. 642iuI2l2
4 0 I(a) Twounmounted photographs of each applicant foradmission
- DEPARTMENTAL ORDER. under the provisions hereofshall be furnished. A completepersonal
description of such applicant, and ofaccompanying members of his
WHsnnEAs the ninth provisoto section 8sof the immigration act of family over ll years ofag, if any,, shall be taken. Theseoshallho
February , 1917 provides "That the CommissionerGeneral of used In preparing,indupi1cate, an idantifiration card12 corresponding
shall in general to that prescribed by subdivision S ofrul ofthe immi-
Immigration, witit the approval of the Secretary of Labor, n forthe u ofan ahen who habitually crossesand
saue rules and prescribe conditions, including exaction of such gration rogulatia
rocreses the land boundaries.
otds o may ho nocsainry,to controland reguastethe admission
, :' ' ad return of otserwviso inadmissible aliens applying foe temporary fI) Tho blank formof said card (Ferns a67)"may he adapted to
admission;" and tim purposeuntil a morenuitble card is devised and Printed, an
WiEsns in agricultural pursuits, in the maintenance ofway on appropriate notation being placed thereon to showthat the holder
railroads, and in certain lignite coal mining enterprises in which is temporarily admitted to the United States under the terms of
fexican laborershav horotofore boon customarily employed, an this circular, t igste in labor of enof teir t ores kinds ireid
' e~morgont condition, causedby tiro wart,nowvexists in tlia United spoeified. Tueo originalofthiscoedshall hs delivered tolIsaadmilten
at, and,t ilo obviously said special oxcoption to generalpro- alien; lh duplicate, on which a recordwill be kept of changesof
visions of lawrshould bo construed strictly and should not ho resorted employment, of ers,or of address,
emplo as hereinafter provided.
any alien admitted
to except with the object of mooting extraordinary situations or shall ho prperly Sled and indexed. Wheton
conditions, it can be and should be availed of whenever an emergent horoundor is deported or departs the card shallho taken hoip.
z; ondition arises; (e) All mombor of familiesla yearsofagoand overshall given
TionroEEO,thisfollowingcircular providing for tiso tempo such cards; thoso under 1a shall bo recorded, giving name, ago,
admission of certain alien laborersfrom Mexicois horeby promul- and description.
gated by the dopartmont to suporsedo dopartmoat circular of April (d) On the departure or deportation of an ahon accompanied by
12, 1918,and regulations of the Bureau of Immigration issued there- members of his family when ad mitted, such accompanying members
under onlithsamedate, asamended May10, 1018: must alsodepart orbs deported, as the casemay be.
SPoTIoN I. SEoTION
VI.
Notwitlinlanding the revisionsof so on 8of ths immigration act (a) An'nllon admitted under the proviion hereofis allowedto
excluding aliens who, being over 16 ri of ago and physically entr tot a .lpnny tho undesrsandin that hs hng ,ec--d
"'

3
U. S. IMMIGRATION SERVICE BULLETIN.

additional
deire that the latter shall remain with the former foran
Seoaployymimnt in the United States, ond that ho will workonly in t deport an auso Ain oorany any alien
P';' gnulurl uitei maintenance of way on railroad,foilo, or lignite period of t en e voatio
coal mining n herein described. Theroforo,if alien after () That i it becom ecsuan yt cprta
or, alter occepece for faoiredobororho inptnoobsrvthecniion scirfed berm e expeltin
admiooion,to accept ouch agreed employment, opom'lird hricln tho exprneer
'' and eentry thereon tan n nsmaccept, employment ofwho ay of orfoailuoto
of removal of the alien fromthe place where apprehended tot o
conditions
other nature, or t accept any employment with anoremployer hobore by the importer; provided that when the
ohenot complied with the condition ofthis circular, discontinues boundary shall
die ability, than the importer without the consent of
thtelatter, then ouch ox-
of llrneeof himself o ofa member of his family or other Thalhebormeby such stequent emploer.admitted alien's
ouch nlien shall e immediately arrested and deported under the poe (ire the r s
em e nScinVI retin em m thnaidrnmtem e o
aTha ymit eni
bnepoyro uha o'
lioter than the importing em- wageetesm ae savings bank in the manner therein specified.
Alien comply with thme terms of this deposit iii the postal
pye must onsame luiringany such the same effect SsoTION YIII.
circular in the manner substantially and with Scei II
noa an importing emplayer. Not later than 10 daysan after the data of
notify te impeor chargeof the that an alien admitted under the
" such employment heatmoot the lc where alien entered of the fact of As additional means ofinsuring eventually leave the United States,
Immas Service
oion
Ic m ployntving e, ac re ofintentded t revisions of thie circular will
h foawing conditions shall be observed: olicrs) pl
}; and nam and post-officeaddress of himselfand of hi em loye. anch
noiotance
(a)es of U.
ouch S.aiomigraion
n shall atorthein S.°m
timo oftoiiiet
admition (wh tply
(c) An employer having
who,shall notify the any
hired such in
inspector alien,chargeof thme b t e
relinqish Ins services, for permiio to open an account e osav
Immigration Service at the place of entryprobable ofsach intention; such later be
notice shall specify the name of the alien, date ofcessation port of entry, on which depositedto vie a.e's credit will
and of such alien. mab The mloer shall withhold from the alien's wages 25 cents
of work, and post-ofIiceaddressof employer ente
(d) An alien admitted under the provosoneof this circular, or (ac The epoer sall win ingthes
superseded hereby is renewed o
eml day' srisch loenthechonm wiheldntn a egat
snder this circular, must follownone but laboring pursuits of tho employ
whose admissoln under the circulars of suchemployeruntil money o rdihol
nature prescribed herein. When any such alien is without emplty- $100. Ifmoyi the alien
hi changes employers
m srubseqentyr o the in accordance
ortinl gegte $10ro-
impreter
t meant, unless h° immediately returns to Meoxicothroesg tliportoithos employinghim subsequently toteon liporer shahi
entry, heatshall apl tooteisetr in charge
o
ofthme
the
frto
Immigration
nearest United
those
continue withholding 25 cents per day from aiswagesuntil the
Service the ply ho wns inh amount withheld, added to thath withhold by previous employer or
States immigrationacorwhniteheStatesdmitted orttofthcereaadsising a ggrdid~0
aoarno~ apply' in
at shall ap1{i
tat
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htsimito 1 i o o lngr or Unwrksn
boaitedk tatnd emam ent ofieavsgaand for omployce
ac t romployment egates $100. The same
casesin wc tie original admission was for a periodhl
arrangomeno not sui icient
nof remnasg in this United Statf or an additional a renewal of the period ofadmiseion
tha hoprivil te
Sta immigration onaicer to produce the $100an in which
tperiod. Thrempn the if appUicatin
the said officersha commnicate with the appropriate whether director o is nted by th immigration oicers. to theins ector
the United States Employment Servico, and ascertain or na ci pay day the employersall transmit of the alien's entry
not work can be secured for such alien; if to n employment officer, inc argoofthe Immigration Serviceat the place pro-
to the nearest immiratien the money withheld from alien's wagesin pursuanc of the
Suchofficershall forwardthe application Pastal money order pabl y osc ofcr
effoticor for decision. If work is socuired i either manner indicated, ceding paragraph. at th employer's cost, shall ho used in making thise ro-
d tvri alien oncondition that he purchased
an extension of timom
e alien fails or refusesto acce mittancs i Sbank officer shallcredito thealmoneyfrom whose
order w local the
accept the redeployment. has ben withhold, retaining his possession thu
ee otploym othesmcondiions,
rntundr deportation thallimmedintey sum represoted
b'e) ]earo on the partsal omployar or alientto give
of thetijctschale opran ay notice r ulienn
bnkceit
yipahun h ar e ave meo United Stat, whore-
tisscto
:' rowodb posad o cershall arrange for the delivery to the alien of the
required by this section shall subject such alien in deportation. interest, if an , accrued thereon. If the
money so saved and the
" cnnmNVII. alien loves the United States beforeho hs workeda sufficient
be roqudred, nsa condition procednt period for the amounts retained to ayegat $100,the total amount ,
A prospective employar shall if any shahlho returned huem to
hereunder of ammy alien, fully to disclose so retained, with accraed interest,

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t this tamperary admisnoon
10; aeadepositede e in10 h
part oh entry his Plans in like manner. transmitted, and accord-
in chag sat the Afterthesums withhold,
to the immigration officer
wth
+: respect t th oam
ct 10tins
e with cm in ei
empldymnt ate or o fn
codtnsnn urino onowhte
ie a s ac(d) wth
u dorationince thirs reei lbwmth
hw ithl fromp I
nt tgr lae'soe wage e
mow otnpaidalso (givindtsuig
to give his written promise and stipulation tote ransmitte to the inspector cha min e at th o t ofentry, and
omploymoet,
(a) Thateffect,
following viz:
the omployer will abide by and comply with all the po tr dinedm similar man in ch
theli hnie n hi ~eatofety ta
tn o t
w frm- .oha hankthe funds eo accumulated toathothewithdrawn from the po under l savings
term Tha the mloe wiliryculauretr.t o auien isto mind returned to alien tim of hideparturo, the
laTAbTin
(b the community in which the admitted
suporvioton of the inspector in chargeat part of entry. This pro-
emloe ll e applied ond tih orgtioned subsequent eml yers.
i) That with respect to housing and sanitation the lawsand rules vision ero tilcircuatthe
of he Stats in which the laboreris to bo employed will bo observed (e) an erged odiion untioeterms of this circular, then,
in a State that has noScrstary law on said end of any period ofndmision underor the
by this employer. If employed
subject, such conditions must bo suthafactory to the of un the jcinty pr ien so vice aliurthe trmmployer show
in h ooot a le' eviefrafrhrtrt amga
4 Labor. in charge at the port tion office atote porat adian orna isaoarizen coeting the duration
Lb(d) That the employer will keep the officer
of entry advised promptly of any changemadoin his plans noorig- po ary.difste u
finallydiclosed with resnct to the place duraeona The withholding of $1 per month as provided in
the employment of the athonby him, an wag a oms t pa
orf holding credit.shall
alien'sthereof continue until such amount ha accumulated

() That
' learning this employer
that an alien admittedwill notify such
him office
purposes inameoiatel
to level ~upon m- prgah
circumsch () e ao9wl o nditratrh stil e omne t at e nd rcniuda
of n such
hereby, then,
Sploy, and furnsch th ininormation as ho can snuro with respectfor pf od of admission under the circulars superseded and his employer
the place to which the alien is goingandothe name of the party o pon the joint application of any ouch alien
(j) such al oyn is wik rom th netif such officerwhenever showingthe nocessity for alien's service for a further term, the immi-
whom is authorized to extend the
(anThat th e 1 h w le hisyempoy (thouths prov s gration offer at the pert of admission
possible gimp orry a .; poviden a
fa eghs
knowledge oftie alien's intentto daso),and will furish all ratio o f he sar; provildtho alien (with the aasistancoef his
informationto aist immigration ofmcors in ascorisining whether or
not the Alienhas entered other employment, or whether or not the mont of th nearest United States immigration or United States
t ns chi anplao hemplo f
permimsion
i 11days e
t hofore the expiratimi of the period for notthe epyrili
which employment officer)shall apply tothe localposimoster for
x" (g) That
t~ of enr wh ror no itis his and"thAalioe' tisoghmwhicho he ealer OeUnfhe Ses, and both the alen andt
is*
alie
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n his employer shall agrooto comply then and thoroafter with all TRANSFERS.
applicablo provisions of this circular, it being intended that such
cases shall, to the fullest extent practicable, be placed upon the same' In order that a better understanding may exist is to the feasilility
i .
basis s those arising under this circular. Failure or refusal to oh- of tnisfcrs from ono department of the government to anothi dur-
servo this requirement will result in alien's deportation. a ing th continuanco of thi avar,attention is invited to the following
sti.'. rachng hoborder ports of
(gAliforatin entry, as thu
result of the making of deposita or otherwise, with repect to changes Executive orderissued on November 24, 1917,which is self-oxplann-
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in the location or employment of any laborer admitted hereunder tory:
tt:> shall buenoted on-thuduplicate ofsuch laborer's identification card. ExECUTIVEORtDER.

IX.
S'orreON, During the contimuance of tho present war no executive dopart-
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Tho supervising inspector at El Pasoshall designatesuch officers
mont or other Government isthliihment in Washington shall Ihero-
after give orofferemployment, directly orindirectly, conditionally
1; as may bo necessary at each station to give attention to the details or unconditionally, to any oflicer or employee in any part of the exec-
of keeping in toucht with aliens temporarily admitted under theu utive civil Service without first obtaimng the written consent of the
provisions of this circular or of tliose superseded hereby; and it iead of the executive department or other Government establish-
,
"! shall ho thu especialduty of thu officer su desigoated to ee tl~at
thu tem ilyadmitted aliens do not rm in permanently in the
mit o wlih ouchpersonis tLhen employed,together 'ili the oate-
moot that ouch rcousnt to bmcetupun thorocluuton after dim
a
United tates and do not violate thsotermsof this circular by en- consideration- that the person can render better service for thu
,r," gaging in other than the specified laboring pursuits, or otherwise. .Government in the p1lacuin .which ht employiment is proposed:
_; Olicers will bs designated to followup aliens admitted heroundor, Provide, That this shall not be construed as applicable to onlist-
fig,
and omployersto whomsuch aliens have been admitted or forwhom ments or appointment in the militaryor naval forces of the United
they may bulaboring will bo expected.and called upon to assist Sttes.
1 ' sueh officersin enforcmgthis circular, including arrest.anddopor- This order io purely a war eiergeoncy measure. In their effort to
, tation of aliens in proper cases. Officersof the United States Em- meet the additional burden of war work someo of the executive
', ploymeont Sorvicoshall cooperatewith officersof the Immigration departments and agencies have obtained clerks from other depart-
r. Service in the eonforcement of this section also in supplying.infor- menlo by offersof higher oalaris. Wlilo it is not desired to lace
mation to tho inspector in charge at port oi entry regardmtg changes noyobstruction in the way of deservedpromotion,this practice lis
in location or employment ofahens admitted herounder. gono so far s to threaten diorganization in the clerical forces of
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ar... SEcroN .* eomo of the departments, with consequent loss of eiliciccy in thu
r; . operations of the executive departmentis a whole.
-At each of the principal Mfexicanborder portsof entry officersof Woonnow WIsrsoN.
j ; ., the United States Employment Sorvice shall bo detailed to assist THLE WiiiT IOUsE.
th .itmigration officersin the administration of this circular. In 24 November,1017.
thu event that tio employer is rupresonted by an agent, or by an
e.;
J.: association throughits agont, or by an officerdetailed as herinater
provided, in securig lborors, thuauthority of ienagot or isoca-
tion in act for schiemployer should hofully established in writing, ANNUAL .AUTHORIZATIONS AND CONTRACTS.
and in every instance thuemployer shall be requird to execute
f, , and forwardas soon as possible to the officerin charge at theuport Immigration.oicerare. reminded of the fact that the dopart-
of entry the agreement specifiedin Section VII of this circular. ment can not lawfully grant authorization for oxpuditures of any
. It shall ho comnpetent for the uffcorsof the Immigration Servico hind during the fiscalyear commencingJuly 1, 1918,until after
to act with any officerdetailed by the National Councilof Defenseo, Congress has enacted the bill providing ao appropriation for "ex-
thu United States FoodAdministrationtthe United Stats Employ-
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i ment Servico, or any Stato organization of either, or any other penses of regulating immigration." Our appropriation is an annual
organization, Public or private, authoritatavely reprseontmg the oneand lapseson the 30th day of June, beyond which no authority
industries heroin specified.. to contract expenditures can exist in the absenco of provision there-
,t
" nErIOsXI. for by statute. Owingto the crowdedcondition of work in the
,bureauand thoshortageof clerical helpitis not intended to acknowl-
Thu Commissioner General of Immigration is hereby directed to
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enforceand administer the provisions of this circular, which shall edgo request -for authorization until the time arrives when the
' becomeeffective on and after Juno 20;1918. responsemay take the formof authority to proceedwith tho execu-
, .. '.' W. B. WiutsoNc, tion of the lease,contract, or whatever the particular item may be.
Vii: SecretaryofLabor.
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IDENTIFICATION ,CARD SYSTEM APPLIED TO INSPECTORS IN CHARGE TRANSFERRED.
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TRAVEL BETWEEN INSULAR POSSESSIONS AND Dr. Percy L. Prontis, who had been inspector in chargeat Chicago
MAINLAND. for many years, was called to the Employment Sorvicoas district
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superintendent and thu placovacated by him his been filledby tho
1 On April 12, 1018,.at the:instanco of the State Department, the transfer of Inspector in CliargoHarry R. Landis fromBuffalo,N. Y.
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bureau extended the identification card system heortoforsin-use on James A. Sullivan, inspector in chargeat Providence, R. I., has
the Canadian and Mexicanborders so asto include all travel between been assigned to duty as aistaetnt commissioner at Boston, replacing
";,
mainland ports and, ports of the island possessions(excepting the Jeromiah J. Hurloy, who linebeen detached fromthe Bostonstation
and also travel between ports of the different island
Philippineas), and given a special assignment under section 24 of the immigration
possessions. Forms687and 688, nowin use on the land boundaries' act. Thu vacancy at Providenco hos been filled by William R.
are buing availed of until a special card can bo gotten up for this liorton, formerlyinspector in cargo at Norfolk,Va.
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Spurposeo.
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With particular roferencoto Porto Ricans tho bureau has effected
an understanding with tho Eon. Felix CordovaDavila, Resident ',ThuUnited States Sonatahasmade som changesin thu bill which
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Commissionor from Porto Rico, whereby ho will certify porons contains provision for the horizontal salary increase. An interet-
4k.
known to him as citizens of the island, residing on tho mainland, ing amendment bringsthe $120increaseto appointeeareceiving is
with a view to facilitating the procurement of identification cards much,as $2,500per annum, althoughstho bill nait passedthe House
by such citizen. ofRepresentatives extended it only to place paying $2,000annually.
Thu cardsare to servo all the purposesof passports,so far a this Thuoutcomeof the conferencebetween the two Houes of Congreis
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particularclassoftravel concerned. Passengore leaving NewYork is awaited with interest.
for either Porto Rico or thu Virgin Islands should naakoapplication
.;i for identification cardsat Room10,-U: S. BargeOflico,.Now York A man who cannot affordtobuy W. S. S.is tolo pitied; ono who
t {" k ,.
City. can, but won't, ought to bo kicked.
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NoTr.-Tblo 1 recordsLoth permanent and temporary arrIvals. Tarl 2 records permanent Immlgratlon only; th0o or nonim temporary
tlh totals about 20 per cot stnco 107. Table shows only
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. recentyeara havo ltn numeros,and if added to this toble wouldlncreseo andtempororydeparlures.Tales 3,4,6, 10, ad 11
and
Tables7, 10. andIt showboll pormanent tomporary and
arrivals and
departures, Tablo12 permanent
records
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,, TABLE 1.-INWARD PASSENGER MOVEMENT.
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1OLT,191r,TOotAnts,191s.
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S Boo ImmIgrant Nontmml" Stitd Atens Grand tait Immigrant Nonimml" Untiede t-de oard.Onltl
e. rasd total.
ndtal allens geantolles 8inleseti-i
' attoos grnnatoos 8~telciti- dolbnrred. admitted, admitted. :en84 arcoed. dlard
i admitted. ad tied. sensarlrved. re

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Maid- - - 39, 014 30, 870 30, 273 3, 428 112, 585 "3; 855 3, 232 3, 784 342 11, 213
S,1
y)t Fomalo - 32; 599 12, 816 14; 478 01, 607
1, 774 2, O6 1, 332 1, 6659 187 5, 733

71, 613 43, 080 53, 751 5, 202 174, 252 0, 510 4,504 5, 343 529 16, 940
- TotaL. -...

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ar notrecordedIn this tabto.. Boo
.Nonmmigrontarrivals coinprocdingTnblo1.3 coMinoTo. nolos r01.
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j Fr
. Races, Otaem.
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NDED
____YE___Ans
onto1917a~,
in 116
UNE0-July
.0015o,
'dnrh
.98:
o117 1918.
- States.
Immigrantaliensadtnltod. Emigrant
ltS
Year July
altonsdepartod.

Yoar July
1.
_____en
- ooded 1017,o darb, ended 1i1, o Mdiaret,
',t J30, h 30, Ainrot, lOI8. ]uno 30, fart, 1918.
,600 .4,676 7,971 4,152 234 1917. 1918. 1017. i018.
s..,l - African(blck)...................
Armonia..................... . 032 164 1,221 ' 101 0
.
1,001 042 327 60 6 Alabama.............. 200 120 b 46 10 1
BohmanandMdoravln............ 14 7
b 02
3,606 3,146 1,134 03 Atn5o...
4 DArinona 0 000 100 340 7 730 14
q4
i Dulgarian,8erbian,monnegrin....
Cns.. ................
Clns~.......Z40
0,400
230 183
2,020
1,1
1,003 0,318
0....... ,4a3
.80 Arkansas.............. DO 60 30 6 0 3
21
1,002 827 4,30035 3,301
;
701 305 2 ................. a 10,334 7,700 040
f,, Croatian and nlovontan............. ,46 94 Colorado 77 342 2 190
Cuban.......................... , 342 40,420
... 004 02 7,380 1,250 8 1,400 1,002 81
Dalmatlan,oniNan;Hsrogovilan. 905 "114 -9 Ii 1 D tro . .. 14 4681 230 1 28
104 0 0 3
DucadFlmah.......... 043 03 104
, 71,114 16DtstricltfCoumbi.. 772 013
0,75 0,442 0,03 130 Florida................ 4,369 1,007 141 2,388 1,20 100
±v
i. DutcandFismish... 02 21 2
82 80 0 48 2 corgia...... . 19 2 11 1 0
EastIndlan......................... 10 40 1 12
:.
38,662 36,100 32,246 8,744 020 i03to: ............. 2
English. . . . .
Finnish ............... 2............ 3,472 0,040 ,000 1,644 82 Illinos..... .. 10,5
312 2
2,07
18
174 2,102 2,712 31

12,030 10,018 24,405 4,792 421 Iona ............... 1,35 441 47

..................---.....--
Freonch

"risIabanso
................
Krea
u.ta .....................
an n rh ...........
............................ :.
10,187 26,7i2
,rea.........................
.....-.-.. 3,103 236 20,407
.1,
2,010 .2,221
2 17, 42,21710,100
0 4,90 J p s- . ,70.
03 .2D,a 1,402 , .. -- .--
770
108 Lnatstan.
135
7,242 ',100
.aryland ... ..
776)m
nbraotsk ta......
03 Nloin
8304
.
hiasachuset........,.
3 :...3...
.
2 ,00
70
Misno 29106
03

0,0007,7402
. 320 407 ,412
1
............ 95 47 8
gsani3"
4,414
342

0 7 0,710 101
3370 1,170
270
1 , 27 .2 n. 3.
37 617
. ]l
4,01 411
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18

1,81 911
93
170
0i
.40
05 II,"t.
Litlian antl).....:.. .. 10,003 4,00 2,700 44 40
3,000 3317,98 80 N ........... 1,200 11i 740 1,01 103
Magar..... .... 4,60 351b8 .4,089 742 d kl."' .. 84,3 20 3 ,455.. . 71 70 10 11 1 0
:. .90,67
"MItlian ....... ....................
8,0 8,711 8,02 7,332 730 o rl ........ 1321 3 0
49 - 5
009
40 -
I4 .
10 0 307 42
Japano s a. .................... .I004 14 . . nn a. .. ','". 230 4110
040 .4,10 P24
... . ..... 1 0 24 120 129 112
P .Koro o tu u"..oro.k. ...............
. 170 130 70 013
aNado....2.. 14',03102..205 217
Loumaan......
a yns ...............
Scandn av.........................
. .. . ..

Sclo hl.o...................... .
3 1,345
,200 3
,0
4
2,200
08
6081h, 11 5

10
1
053
3 4
4711
,4
17,100 10,430 4,002
8 -
53
2,000
13
1

o York.
2
11 02
h
NownoRsnk........

9 NorthCorollns...
ow

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Ip
s
n .
airo
742 Now dout co ..
1324,030
. ....

28 30,003 3
4,302
1,30
..........
12
741
1,70
7 100
12 .224 . 32
1,402 1420,2772 17,700 1,280
40
3t :

3 129 112
3781,270
32 0

17
377 1,1613
11(A
,002 .4,8112 2,700 030 04 Norlt Dak. t.....0..0.." 0,084 2,012
Polish.mer.e................... 2hioOd...:...... 72 1 7 10 9 2
. 4,270 1, 90,104 16102 Oklanoma ........ 02
Por gu.........................
1,27 021 420 17 11 Wesenf'. : 1m600 22 0 1 302 20 .:.... 170 2,21 4,30
Tomon...................... 400b 4,838 2,711 1,03 .130 1'hnsylnd... 14,0
Russian 4.............:
42
30 4 Po0r1to l00.... 00 330 21 870 021
I0utoi0oaa lllussonk)..... 2,032 1,202 1,211 30 --.Iei0nd..d.l.land . 4,400 734 2""2 032 8391 31
10,116 3 , 45 5 o1 t kCanoila.... 07 - 29. 8 0 .
Vandlnavln..xceptCu.. .. 0 10,172 T8 171 ta Dakota. ,430 71, 10 47 7,9
2 79 9 2
otchole. . Blv1. ....... . . 0. 1 13,b16 11,210 230 . 112 2 12 27
:.:.......: ,00 b7 44 2 ..... Toonasso........ 2,0308 424 222 0,847 18
"lra 2000 077.244.......... ,080
02 270 22 110l 100 0
8panlao 0.............. b 700 0,3309 10,010 4,03 401 Dith......... 02 308 304 27
1.07. 1,881 2,007 "1,b09 160Vrot....... 2,1039 070

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OpnnoAae0 . . pn~"A oln Virgna.....::..:.:.
......... 3ao 1,331 030 2a 133 02 11i
076 :100 7 Vlargin Oslond,::::: I,82 4,6 8, 6 1 , 30 70
8yrtan.....:.......:. 1,707 670
1 *VetV~rgINo......... 1,6A5 328 00 241 292 42
272 210 '.424 07
'Turishi.......:..
lsh...........
, :... ,230 003 702 ~~~~~
1027 .Wyomin8"...
0
2,3 \VlI50000t............
. 300
Uoknonv .........................
2,*
840
404
33
44 20
6a
652
,38....
10,00.........
70

:Wool Indian (osnept Cuban)..: 823 . 048 : 1,30 ! 400 'b

Other~~ ~ - -,7-,3, D Total.......
.............
-opl 02,403 72,012 0,b10 00,277 07,107 4,092

Tot! .. ..... ... 3^ 70 28 3062S,402 71,002 ,60 , e~rt via Canadian r, porla y Cmdm Oovernmn J

30.70130,030ID09TI2
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TOMARCH, ARC1, 119. IULY,1017, TO MACff, 1019. MACII, 11n.
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Admitted. Admitted. Dopartod. Alon, Dep
PortsUnited United
a , - States Alion States Atlens after after
Non- eitl. do- Non- iti- do. Em- Non. United lond- Em! Non
!4 I Immi- enr barred. I mm- enar- barred nt ao States in om-
n nn, a rived, a ono, ans rived, 0 a
ofelmr.
t rnt, - m
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omers.
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N.Y.............. 2,005 18,730 15,037 400 1,391 1,604 1,401 05 27,831 21,711 120,810 98 1,785 2,914 1,302 20
Boston,Mss.................. 000 100 350 39 40 1 12 11 2 4 20 10 ...... ..... 4 2
syy PhiladlPhi P .Pa............. 302 20 24 29 21 ........ 2 1 ........................ 3 ...............
Baltimro0 ................. i09 19 18 20 25 ........ 3 ................................ 1 .............
FI?
.t
Canadan Atlantioports.......
.................
80 122 7 ........
13
0
30 ........
8 8 ........
2
7272 38
1
7 ........
0 ...-
1
-....
2 ....... 1........
0........
Portland o
Nw oford ass........... 370 23 10 224 ........................ 2...:.... 18........ 3 2 .......................... ,.....
rt "Providoae, . .. . 880
530
22
43 - 41
00 0 ........................................................
0 78 2 2 3 ................
1 -.........
53 ........................
Nwport Nome,Va............
Norfo Vo .................... 97 10 7 14 43 ................................................
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OaamFla ........... 204 304 m6 0 00 40 07 2 250 400 00 -
ft
Key 0fot, Fln ............. 058 4,202 4,297 22 35 255 081 1 983 0,105 5,394 0 83 330 431 ........
Otor Atlntleo.................
of golf ofIfoniCOn
Porter
07 2 0 0 10 ........ 1 ...................... 2 ........................................
Tampo, Fle ..-.-............ 1,139
...............
040 470
1
10 100
1 ......................
73 b8 3
:....................---..
8 0 0
1 ...........--
Pensacola Fla. 4-
y. . btef,0o,Aio-................. 30 2l bff 72- - - --............... -........ 3
New Orioao,,La - -.......1,000 1,0b05 3,i34 02 007 220 44b 6 050 1,491 2,000 08
Oaveston,Tox-................ 09 10 110 3 4 4
27
10 ........ 13
4
4
1
115 2 1 ........
0 ................
0 1
- 1 ........................................
Other Gulf2....................
Pa0000ports: 20 205 988
Ban Froncico,Cal............. 7,224 3,212 3,531 295 780 " 07 303 10 2,827 0,002 3,410
1Yt Portnnd :::::::::::::::: 7 -.;..r-7 ---.. --. -
-..-..-- ---..--.-.-........--. . -r----.
. ---
n....---
neattin,
2
2,ah......... 702 1,420 300 00 204 207 07 0 1,256 0,000 050 23 138 00
CanadliaPaelaoports......... 23 500 93 1 37 100 100 1 109 3,243 1,052 2 12
Alaska-....................... 107 73 402 12 7 2 10 1 ........................
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Canadin bordr............... 22,112 3070 21,37 2,005 2,380 201 1,952 254 20,155 b,051 25,055 35
Mlexicaniborder................ 3,7
Insularpossenoion:
0,008 71 898 1,25. .. 688
05 10345 2,000 1,480 002 959 ........ 83

t, - o u IHinte ............ 2,700 1,289 405 98

22
171 109
32 122
4 460 2,050 1,370
167 ........
7
531
53
22 201
1,316
124
3,325
3
1 43 58
Porto RiCO.................... 304 1,374 2,005 4 00 4
Total7........................1,013 43,080 0,202 53,701 0,10 , .5,343 629 07,007 00,340

TABLE8.-DEBARRED, BY CAUSES. TAOL 9.-DEPORTED AFTER LANDING, BY CAUSES .

Ai(

Yearended Julv 1917, M i Year ended July. 1

Caulses. Juno 3D, .to March, b98 Causes.
.41 1917. 1918. -01917.
)

00,050000
ordngrtofl roof050f dleoosno.
n.oatieome
ofpioyeai dofet whifch~may
martilrcot
301 1,405 40 Insn0y....... ... ... .........
0,orttemo or dangoan eoiiolon dimses....
12
03 52
tt !
afroet alien'sability to nrn a living: other than .i.eIl to become a public charge..................
'"i" - loathsomn or dangerouscontaglo diseoe....... 1,079 233 24 Enterd without tnpection....................... 180 277 5

Awompantg 000000 ..- ..--- 00.53 85 pur 0

... ....-
A,00000 who poeumo or attempt to bring In p
..-.-.-
Under 1a0 y00rs of age and unawomponied by 82
narnt-...................- ---.......----....-- 000 144 13 ttut0sori malosforanylimornlpurpos......
+i .
Prostitutes andfemalescomingfor any Immoral Chinese exclusion law:
1 0s0...................................
Unablo t reod (over 1 years of ag)
b10
.............
117
31
10 lfsimmigration om-c-rs.......................
1,230 - 101 y U. . marehnls0............................
2
Under provision Of Ch ooesxchonact......... 279 230 10 All o ters .........................................
'Allothers....................................." ,24 TtA....................................... 1,922
Total........................................ 10,028 b,202 025
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1 TAr.O 12.-OUTWARD PASSENGER MOVEMENT.

,t -
. - JULY, TO 0A0C0,019.
1917, MACH,011.

1,Y
Bon, Emigrant Nonemigront
United States Emigrant Nonomigrant United States
aliens allona citiona Ornd total. 0an allona citizens O
doparted. departed, deported. departed, departed, departed,
1

Malo--.......- ..-............. . 53,223 36,888 145,219 235,330 3,472

Fomalo ................................- 14, 444 13, 452 21, 575 49, 471 010
fii
Total .----- . -.-.-..-. 07, 007 50, 340 160, 794 284, 801 4, 082 0,
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IMMIGRATION STATISTICS FOR APRIL, 1918.

olcols bowovor,
thotemporary or nonenloroot epraydP
No.-Table 1 reords bothpormtnoent andtemporry rrlanla. Tabt 2r rdepennnent eeeil0atlon only' rnbloehodf onlrmoonont nn rrivnl3
recentymohaveoboo nueeroal, nd iI oaded to thls tablowroad rotlttmlS000UTa0~rceso 1007
ToblenT,10 and 1t show bothporennet and rvlsnddprrondabe1reodprenntodenpnydprtr.Tho34,,0ndt
temporry and statistilareports.
Juno
will be prlntod only In December
TArE4 1.-INWARD PASSENGER MOVEMENT.
1 17
rrL.T,
0 , TOA'nOi,
1Is. l09."
At'mL,

Imirant
B " Immgrntonlml"coenlo Nonboenl" lU ltol AloOs
So. mnlmgt Nonlene.
allonsa
' United
rntnaliens states citl-
delitted. oensnrrlved.
Aoens
debarred.
ol On
Grandtotal, ndmiltted. grantnlen
ndmiltted.
Stn
zensarived,
t-. debnaed Grandtotal.
admitted.

b, 378 5, 087 4, 15 297 14, 927.

35, 957 43, 438 31 725 127, 512
Mieol .. - ---44, 392 4, 183 1e442 11 817 156 7,5b78
Femlrn _ .i _ __38,762 14, 258 16, 205 1, 930 89, 245
9, 541 6, 529 5, 982 453 22, 505
Total.... 81, 154 50, 215 59, 733 5, 655 196, 757

U.-STATE.
TADLE
TAOIE2.-IMMIGRATION.
arrlvalsare not recorded In
[Nonimmigrant thIn table. 0eo noto preceding Tablo I.] N o. GolNGFrnM.

30---
lUNE
lEA ENDED i0l Immigrantaliensadmttod. Emigrantaliensdeparted.
R4 Iaces. Apri, IDB - tates.
y _19156 191 1917-- - . -Yar Ju1 10 Yea r July
ended 1017 o Ar1l, ended 1917,{o Aprl,
-
34 191730, A 1 17. i 1910
b,000 4,170 7,171 4,010
Ain(black).................--.
:..:.-......-
..........
} Armanlan 932 064 1,221 106 7

1,061 042 327 t2 2 Alabama.............. 290 141 46 16

btDoh omianand)oravlan............ 20 17 40 8 10 3
Bulgarian, erblan,
M6ntenogrln.... 3,500 3,140 1,134 105 12 Alaska................
70 Ar 00n - .n. 00. ... 0.. . G,433 4.1123 ..
21 210 n3 . 15
1 Chinno. . ........ - - - -. . 2,409 2,239 1,843 1,397 ...
4ronttannd000...........sa 43 43
10,3543,428 8745178 9044 Colo-,do... 4,200 3,285 0 104
.CrotanandBlovenann.............. 1,042 701 305 30 Calliorla.............. 77 402 70
..............-------.---... 3,402 3,442
Cuban 00
Canotloat....... 7,20 1,402 2010 1,400 1,710 107
Dn.;, ollsto21700 0 00 -1 4 .......-. 1 7 0
Dalmatan,Dosnian,Hregovnan. 805 114 91 11 ....... D.l.. 104 75 28 11
Dutchand Flemish......,.......... O,7b 0,443 ,393
82 80 en 02 4 O lorn....
1,835 171
....
D1t otofColtmbl...
192 28 14 42 472 53 17 172 7 2,30 1,14 7
Eastndin.............. ...-.- -
English....-.---. -*. . -- """. 38,002 30,108 32,246 10,120 1,385 Ia nti. . . 00 2 010 13 140 187 57
. 10,6 2 331 200 2,12 2,001 278
.- * 3,472 5,040 b,000 1,51 7 IllInoIs........
*. Finnlah..........---..... . . 15 64 23 312 360 71
Frendh......... ..---..-. 12,630 19,518 24,405 b,401 000 Iodana.
0,022 1,723 170 Kass ... 1,275. 30 10 a7 200 71
eorman.. .................... . 20,720 11,155 25
40 2 14 33
*15Ock ,187 26,702 25,010 2,402 181 Kentucky. ........--.. 105
3,207 87 1671,401 LoulsInna.103......... 1 144 22 04 2 7
, ~. ,ano 20,407 36108 17,342 148 25 1,01 07
Gbrow H r 04110...........0..
. .- 07............."
..... 12 0061048 110 1014 1,69 16
23,103 20,036 17,4t2 3,048 471 nanrylnd.
Irish..........-... ..... ....-...
4,005 3,700 8904.57 114 4,0 260 0 1,144 1,17 202 227 .
Italian(north)...::. ..----- 10,000 g84
~ 3, 5m 78e t........
ItlinIouh).......~.-
710
.. 267..
snosur............. 014
4,5
0,412 544
1271 123 07,72,741 2211 27 -
aso 0.................--4-
anesh) -578,,000 , ,14 4,804 0 ,711 6,22 8,200 S .....22 .19..... 72 31 1207 42 13
.........................
n Kormu............-........---.-71 3 ps 2 2220.
1204 40 2.
. 140 104 104 4, 2 No38na 4000 000 00
e Koaon............... -.
LolfhnOan d r.................-... 2,6 .
.3,0 5 . 4 100
10 . 10 02 100
43
k. . .
Noe 5 N o rthlad k o. . .. 10 2 21 120 1 20
1 2 0 2 20 2 5 4
-P ld h ..............-..... --. ...

1
nian
Roum
7
............~~
, 1 0
~.8,854
1
2021,30
72,310
0 , 4 3
1,03
0
1-
,0 0 0
4 1,2 01 .70 57N o w so
e
1 0 0 9 3 10,001
R u thle n a ( R u s . .... . .... . . . . . . . . 10. 310 01
. . .2
oNoy t oD .,030 akota ......... 4 22 410 100 402 23
eol inoela
Pa nd O...............
h ................. 0002--..0. . D,0 0 ,50 5 3,100 0
usa n. . . . 0
.... -.. 4,703,-0412,2 '001~'4h20 10,104 2,107 992 Uta2.............2... N ow la n2 d . 0....Ohahn:.22 1 22 0 23 , 38 0 20722 5 5 000 0 1,359 210
R p r n2................... 1 8 103 70
123 1a
7 2, 7
10
yr2 n0.... . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . - - -. 6
, 7 1,000 9 7 27 149 0 01, lan. . . . .. .
Pcnonylvn00.
",
14,003 211 3702 2,210 0 4,027
2 43
It2005................ 4,40 4,800 3,711 1,207
41 1042 P0ldelno Islands... 20 2
' 0o1,t""(lsoa* .. 27 1,200 1,211 60 270 06 070 271 40
asolcan.................. uhaln Iusnak ........ . ,Porto tlco.02....
1 loWest In ln .4 ,400 020 0 2 0 1 2
2 3 10,172 10,000 7.327 444 18
Tkshndl .2............0..--- -- -.. so . ........ 42 21 7 56 2
. 1,310 13,011 12, 00 4,003 0
eotch ......... 1 2....... . --- 2 14,117 4,60
b,20 10,01oe2 02 T0m...... .,0780 2,603 0210
, 1k................"200 b87 90 Ua .............. 00 4123 6 19 0
, S panleh ....... :...... 6,0 ,5 600
7 0 1,88 97 1 20 310 TlDotl a l2 .... 5......... 129 00 ,1 7
20
10 0 2 7
.
7 100 4
Ot0hrpoo les .... ... ...
l . .......................... 3 ,7 0 70 , 2 5 0 3
18
169 1 ep.Is
1 osVn ln"".
d v.........
11,042b22377
3 4C
40
a.d.
700
. .r
1,170
e1
44.
rote
Sy.Trtan ..... :.......... 272 210 404 n n.1.. ,027 231 3b 21 220 4
13 0 023 70 210 ro2etis
Welshh.................
Wos\Ytlodoan(nOptCuban).... 823 048 1,300 023 .......
72 WVyocoln 200 04 10 00, 0 0 12 f
167 338 7OT-- 3 3 Total.....
p pl ...............
Yi'Ohe 202,4001 01,114 0,0b41 00, 277 77,104 0,437

20,700 008,830 20,400 81,164 D,041 Iteportodby Candian lovernent,

tDeportedvo Canadianbherdor,
q Total.......""""""

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TADLE7.-ALL CLASSES OF 'ALIENS 'ADMITTED, DEPARTED; DEBARRED, DEPORTED, AND CITIZENS ARRIVED
AND DEPARTED, BY rORTS..

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- 1917,TOArlm, 198.
ULY, ARtL,1I9. -- 1917,TOArntL,It.
JULY, ArnL,tI.
jti,
A :-
, Admitted. Admitted. Departed. Aliens Departed. Aitens
i",,; Admtte. Amited.e. do-
United ported ported
Ports. Untad after nlter
States Aitens Sta Alitem
d. Non-
Immto" ntt- nr Non-
w m Eomi
de- Untied -mlnnd-
nt Emi-
em i- Non-
St a n h land-
United i
ml- m ta e
P n Im"Non"
Immi z elt do-
s ar-l oarr n mmi barred.

yp''
' ': "
"l_ _nt r ried ains.n, s menaan ns, zens, ltgr.
fi2:y'
, u

t . Allantin port,:
a". , N............... 24n10 n
Nwrte
3 70 23
.....
04
44. 2,014 2,220
44 6 i
,t 4 4D
an... ". 23 4 2 0920 . -,". - 38,301 " 17 '."te ". "-1, 3. . 22,4 .. 07,01 -
; NBstn, B e s 1........... - - -
y4 Ptiti d en , .i . . .. . . - " ,5 7
I aitnno , - .:.. . : ..... n
49 21
15
10 942.
1.
*..2. 20 ... 20 - -
7. 7
1
2
4 . . . . .. . . . -------.
a..-- -----
-..... " 722 38
3 - - -
7
m
....
-
. .. . . .
-
"
-
- " "-..." " " " " --..- - "-i2
- --.... .... .... ....
"-
' i I
Canadian Alantlo porla a... 0320 82.:...
,i Portlandi 3 3ao ...---- a -
.,40..5 - .- - "i- 221............
2 13 , 5---
......22............- ........
--- 0 -
NwelFordta.as-. ........ 70 21 ........ 1 ..... 10 3, 14.,3 5.3..:22 28.72.2 ..
r i
Pro a nelso , ca.. ............. ,3900 3 ,5 3 3 42 ' 453 . b00 .1.
....................
Noenport Novs;Va........ 07 40 St i1O b 01 n 1i 4 - -- :......
03
034 - - - 0-
7 . S................. 7 --- --- g.- 2 - - " -".o 25 .29 . . .131
... .54 ..
?1I
. , Norolk 113 1 .... -.- .i. -
8Alana ............ .... 81i........ 1 76 74 .4.3.1
472 700 7 0 to 414 ,22 77 5 1 40 11 .. 13.
Ttam l la0 .................... 22 204 ntiU- - 1- 21,000 T,404 AFT ......... n 42' 220 ant -
e 1 nmtala ..-
.............. 700 4,470
D.2 3i 22 - - -3. ......................
. otaern ltli - - n a........ 09 2 7
. 't; Portsof ORIrni Moaira 71 0 3 0 b 0- - - --..............
Tampa,FPt ... :........ ,t12 2 ..... 742001 20 473 07
- --.......... 1 ........... . . ....
1Peneamla Fla .......... 1 2 1 2 -..... 1- -
t'
A fa ................... 34 an Oa2 2 00 a .... 1.... 4 1 - - --...........
Mnblei, 01 5 2 2 G91,000 3,217 8 a0 it 200...
NowOrlensO, La - -....... ,t0 1,000 2,0L50 0 128 2 1 1 02 3
Oolvosto a x- ............ 7' 12 130 a 2 1 20 ..... 14
i .. OtherOal- - - at......... 3 2 4 0 4...................................................
PolROportal2 003 400..... 10 3,014 7,32.6 2,000 2 8 2 5
i. ,t SoanFraneism,Cal --....... 7,900 3,002 3,0001 202 ..... .......... 1 .......... .........
Potonrtland ........ 1 ..... ..... ......... .....
17........ 3 1,495 1, 700 002 00 120 131 04 2
Soottie, *ash .:::........... 000 3,202 235 312 03 420 ".000 07
Codta~ n lloports-... 2007 000 1 - --.... b0 -.... 1,30069 o 1, 00 L2 '2 - - - --............... . ... :
ito.. 0 74 407 14 13 1 10 2- - - --........... 1...........
t 1,72
AIOslo...:.......
D AOnadianloo r - - 00"",., 0 '07 4,22 22,022 3,180 0 a -o 0063 2,225 22 22,448 L,476 27,8o7 408 2,203 440 2,242 00
F'
Porton Rlcoe 331W,237
- - ,0 7.......... 0,01 00D 12 - - 120 10,007 2;273 1,400 C07 0,202 183..... 45
Inson°ii ,2alonil........ 2,873 1,416 420 113 172 120 33 16' O6t 3,000 1,00 8 Si 010 422 1
t'v 67t im - 33 1,0i ,2 0 0 02 22 0 02 i443 2
,Y, "-L

104 60, 21b 00,733 0, 005 9,W1 0,020 b,0032 400 77,104 00,420 1lO,28
Total - --............ 81,
,.
ma.,,, 0.-TOEIOARRED>. BY.CAUSBES. I TAnLEU.-DEPORTED ArTER LANDING, DY CAUSBES.
: Ily~ p10o7,n rnt,

74 4
30
all 1
4" 26
, "'
211 14
'fi+ttt
, 62 7
e
16 ......
{'
35
21D
1,293 339 .
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To AlRnl,1tt.
lULY,1917, Arttl, 1918.
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. Emignt NonomigrntUnitedStates Emgrant NonomerantUnited States
i
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dapartod. departed., departed. departed. departed. departed.
i"«,
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40, 848 165, 009 265, 733 6, 653 3, 960 19, 790 30, 403
ty.+,;" Male------------------------- 59,876
fF.t'
..------- 17,228 14, 578 23, 319 55, 125 2, 784 1, 126 1, 744 5, 654
+:
il) 'malo-------...---
"t's . Total---.------------------ 77, 104. 5, 426 188, 328 320, 858 9, 437 5, 086 21, 534 36, 057
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 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR -
OFFICEOFTHE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON

May 23, 1917.

COMMISSIONERS OF IMMIGRATION, INSPECTORS IN CHARGE,

ANDOTHERS CONCERNED:
Act of
The ninth proviso to Section 3 of the Immigration
the Commissioner-
February 5, 1917, reads: "Provided further, That of Labor
General of Immigration with the approval of the Secretaryexaction of
shall issue rules and prescribe conditions, including '
the ad-
such bonds as may be necessary, to control and regulateapplying for
mission and return of otherwise inadmissible aliens
special exception to
temporary admission." While, obviously, this strictly and should
general provisions of law should be construed extraordinary
not be resorted to except with the object of meeting
availed of whenever
situations or conditions, it can be and should be (
such a
an emergent condition arises. With agricultural pursuits is likely
country and
condition now exists in certain sections of the of the war. The-
to arise in other sections during the continuance
instructions for the informa-
Department therefore issues the following
tion and guidance of all concerned:
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigra-
years of age and
tion Act excluding aliens who, (a) being over 16 or
S physically capable of reading, "cannot read the English language,
) or (b)
some other language or dialect," (the "illiteracy test, migrate
"who have been induced, assisted, encouraged, or solicited to
to this country by offers or promises of employment, ....... e.
or printed, express or
or in consequence of agreements, oral, written or
of any kind, skilled
implied, to perform labor in this count aliens who in all other
unskilled," the "contract labor clause"),
are admissible under said law and who are shown to be coming
respects employment in
to the United States for the purpose of accepting
upon the conditions herein-
agricultural pursuits, shall be admitted
after specified.
in his behalf
The alien applying for admission or someone
the applicant, and a
shall furnish two unmounted; photographs of
applicant shall be taken; these
complete personal description of. such an identification card
shall be used in preparing, in duplicate, card prescribed
corresponding in a general way to the identification
regulations for the use
by Subdivision 9 of Rule 12 of the immigration

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 of aliens who habitually cross and recross the land boundaries.
The blank form of boardused in connection with said subdivision
may be adapted to this purpose, an appropriate notation being
to
placed thereon to show that the holder is temporarily admitted
the United States under the terms of this circular to engage in
agricultural labor. The original of the card shall be given the
admitted alien; the duplicate shall be properly filed and indexed.

Aliens admitted under the provisions hereof are allowed.

to enter temporarily upon the understanding that they will engage
in no other than agricultural labor; and any who fail to accept
in
or after acceptance abandon employment of that kind and engageshall
industries
the performance of labor in connection with other.whence they came.
be promptly arrested and deported to the country
In cases arising under this circular, the aliens involved
shall be admitted without the payment of head tax.
The foregoing shall apply, until further orders, only to
agricultural laborers from Mexico.

Secretary.

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U. S. DEPARTMEN OF LABOR
IMMIGRATION SERVICE

OFFICEOFINSPECTOR
IN CHARGE
ANANOw6ntNanArR TO MINN.
MINNEAPOU,
No.12311
N -

May 31, 1917.

Commissioner General of Immigration,

Department of Labor,
Washington, D. C.

Department
Receipt is acknowledged of several copies of unnumbered
to the
circular letter of May 23, authorizing the temporary admission
coming from Mexico
United States without payment of head tax of aliens
the literacy
to engage solely in agricultural pursuits, notwithstanding

or contract labor clauses,if otherwise admissible.

of the 26th
I am today in receipt of Department circular letter
circular
instant, bearing Bureau indorsement amending above-mentioned
letter to the following extent:
to agricultural
"The foregoing shall apply,till further orders, only
laborers from Mexico and Canada."

In*petor ±2. Charge

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'' No. 5002/767 IMMIGRATION SERVICE
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NIGHT LETTER
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^c.
:
Western Union Tel. Co. Supervising Inspeotor,
Office of
i; l Paso, Texas.
; Port of
I .Immigration Bureau,
Washington.
plans to render
Has the Bureau under oonsideration any special
I
suspension of illiteraoy, oontraot labor and head tax prove sion
partioul rri h
:- of 1 aw immediately effegtive of its purpoa bulk o: arrivals who
to distribution of destitute aliens oompris
.
,ti
oome allegedly seeking ag? isultural employment, or who express wvill-
period .Without'
.:I ingness to accept sanme without previousof arrangement
distribution, including
Establishment of oomprehensive scheme
largely
leading, transportation, eto@~era, suspension will be
; !i abortive in this olass immigration erid. To aiowtoutany
1
;peoifio work assured or prearranged, simply
by reason of allege
i'

desire to engage in or agoept agricultural employment will result

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in railroads and other industries absorbing supply period. Pro-

mulgation of order postponed pendigg receipt further instructions.
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STOCKTON Hendgnariers. 10 EMBARCADERO
SAN FRANCISCO
.lephone ICerny 5843

Honorable W. B. Wilson,
Secretary of Labor, Ai\O"T4
Washington , D. C.

Wle are informed by press reports , trnat restrictions

Miexico;
are about to be removed from possible immigrants from
this means that the Mexican laborer can come into California
whenever he so desires, we presume -. Owners
This union has been on strike against the Steamboat
Association for a period of three weeks and from the present
outicok , w will be on strike all summer as the vessels are
, the Mextans being
being filled up with negroes and Mexicans Pacific and distrib-
brought in from the South by the Southern of labor
uted among the boats ......... e have an over-supply
in this state and to verify this statement , we refer you to
the State Labor dommissioner......he has just made such a of
statement and given same to the press ...... The Chamber
Commerce denies this statement and they are plodding the
country with their mis-leading literature and from all
appearances , it must have had some effect upon government
officials .............. We want to enter a vigorous protest
against the action of the government in allowing the Mexicans '
free entry into the United States , for the sole purpose of
Acting as strike-breakers ..... while ideare advised to join
the Army and Navy, the enemy at home , the unfair employer is
doing his utmost to make conditions unboarable on the return
of the workers from the front ........ in my opinion , the
tactics of the Chambers of Commerce throughout the land dre
responsible for the seemingly lack of patriotism that seems
be
this city ,
prevail in .to every
when one of us should
knocking at the recruiting seargeants door and not awaiting
'r he draft ........ we are being denied conditions on the river
vessels that we have enjoyed for the past fifteen years all
on account of the S. F. Chamber of Commerce .....or.only
issues are ---the right of the delegate to visit the crews
and that union men be hired if they are available and nothing
else ....... our fight has been endorsed by the Labor Council
and the Building Trades and they are supporting us financially,;
but this support will amount to little,if the whole of Mexico
is brought up here by the Southern Pacific to break the strike.-
Respecti ly You s

i 9 IER Si[AMBOAT'
i EAST STREET
SANCISCO, CALUp
 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
IMMIGRATION SERVICE / (
INSPECTOR
OFSUPERVISING
OFFICE
DISTRICT
BORDER
MEXICAN
TEXAS
ELPASO,

R!EFRTO
INANSWERINO

No. 5002/767 ' 1 I ; Nt May 31st, 1917.

Commissioner General of Immigration, IJ (5!t

Washington, D. C.

Referring to Department Circularof-the23r'd inst., without number,

Contract Labor provisions
authorizing suspension of the Illiteracy, Headtax, and
to accept
of the Immigration Act, with respect to aliens coming to this country
is desired to advise that Mr.
temporary employment in agricultural pursuits, it
Holly Sugar
S "W. B. Mandeville, the Las Cruoes, New Mexico, representative of the
personally,
Corporation, called at this of fice today and stated to the writer,
fields at Swink,
that his company is in serious need of laborers for the beet
is supplied in adequate numbers within the
Coloradd that unless this labor
normal production.
next few days, the beet crop will be probably 40f short of
by Mr. Mandeville,
In view of the emergency, the following telegram was sent
least,
at the dictation of the writer, which represents the fundamentals at

of a plan tentatively agreed upon to insure an adequate and immediate supply

will approxi-
of such laborers for the purposes stated, under safe-guards which
particular case:
mately at least, preclude an abuse of the suspension in this

"J. E. Gauger,Chief Agriculturist, El Paso,Texas,May 31st, 1917.

Holly Sugar Corporation,
Swink, Colorado.
Answering your telegram grpsterday, Immigration officer in:charge
labor
here authorized to suspend operation headtax, illiteracy and contract
Mexican laborers
provisions immigration law. This will enable us to secure return
in Mexico. Every laborer must furnish two small photographic prints. We to
both
the aliens at conclusion of employment and see that transportation is paid
precaution to
ways. We must obligate ourselves to observe every reasonable
submit monthly
prevent desertions and entry into other lines of industry and of every
reports showing name, character of employment and present location if
laborer engaged in this manner. These laborers are subject to deportation
the period of
found engaged in any other than strictly agricultural pursuits, and
Aliens returned
stay will be subject to later regulation by the Department.
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5002/767

to El Paso, to be delivered to Immigration authorities.

(Signed) W. B. Mandeville."
with tho Super-
It is apprehended that the Bureau, in conjunction
comprehensive plane for the
vising Inspector, has formulated more or less
inst., Until further
effective applicationn of Department circular of the 23rd
of the 29th inst., this
instructions are received in answer to night letter
emergent character, by
office will proceed to meet demands of this or similar
practicable.
requiring similar guarantees where
adopting identical safe-guards, and
of supplying identification cards for
The beet sugar company will meet the expense
in its fields. In view of the
laborers permitted to enter, to accept employment
the writer has handled the situation
critical needs of the Beet Sugar Company,
in the
without awaiting recei further instructions, using his best judgment
it is
of Department circular, in view; and
premises, with thespirit and intent
as
Bureau's approval. Further instructions
hoped that his action will have the
ab vexnentioned, are anxiously awaited.
requested in the telegram of this office

Acti Supervising In ector.

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Hon. Sooretary of Labor , :

Washington, D. C. ,

We represent several -well-to-do Chinese in

this state and have been inquired of by one of them
as to the paliyi of the Government in reapect to a

special dispensation whereby Chinese gardners n.nd

farmers nov in iexico, mae.y, under oer-tain anel proper
deartmenital regulation, and a bond similar to the present
in.tr'ansit bonds, be permitted to enter the United States

pre-deatined for some certaiin noint or vicinity, there,

or at some other placo later determined upon if any change

be necessary, to engage only in produoing foo' stuffs in

; some .desirable form and of some desirable class.

As we understand at this time it is very much de-

stired on the part of the Government that as much food stuffs

1 as possible be immediately, and henceforth during our war

troubles continue to be,. forthcoming..
We think it ie a generally conobded fact that there

are few if any equal to the Chinese in truck gardening.

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 Conditions are bad for Chinese in Mexiao at this

best in-
time and have been for some ti:ne and from our

formation there are many there able to mst not too

stringent requirements as to amount of bond or security

for theii return or at least departure from the United

States under the terms of the bonds.

Such action and admission would not in anywise en-

ororoah upon or interfere with American or other labor,

on the contcrxy it would seist in preventing the oost

of living being too greatly "elevated", and it iti "some

elevated" already.

9:e would appreciate your views arnd any suggestion

you may feel at liberty to malc regs.rding the possibilities

in the foregoing premise.

Very respectfully yours,

RI CH{Y & RfICH1lY

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 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR v/7, /
IMMIGRATION SERVICE

AL~LCOMMUNICATIONS
ADDRE.s T0
OFFICEOF INSPECTOR
IN CHARGE

INSPECTOR I NMIORATION
INCHARGE. SERVICE C.EVELAND, OHIO
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June 5, 1917.

Commissioner-Genleral of Immigration,
Washington, D. C.

Receipt is respectfully acknowledged of the Secretary'e

26, 1917,
circular dated May 23, 1917, also of circular dated May
,of agricultural laborers
amendatory thereof with regard to the admission
the contract labor and
from Mexico and Canada without reference to
Copies thereof have
. illiteracy test provisions of the Immigration Law.
district for his information and
been furnished each Inspector in this
guidance.

awm Inspector in Charge.

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COMMITTEEON THE JUDICIARY,

WASHINGTON, D. C,

7< June 4, 1917.

JUV oi ICI;'

Colonel
;er trorn Murrell L. Buckner,

itself and is submitted for your

Lderation.

Very sincerely yours,

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COMMITTEEON THE JUDICIARY.
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WASHINGTON, D. C,

-'-'- June 4, 1917.

Hon. Y. B. ilson,

8eoretary of Labor, JUN 1917

Washirgton, D. C. ....

Dear Mr. Secretary:

The enclosed letter from Colonel urrell L. Buckner,

of Dallas, Texas, explains itself and is submitted for your

special attention and consideration.

Very sincerely yours,

Eno.
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OFFICE OFTITESDPERINTENDENT
MUIRELL L. BUCI{NER,
'UERSINTENDENT DALLAS, TEXAS May 30th, 1917.

Subject: Burnett Immigration Act:

Hon. Chas. A. Culberson

Unit ed State a Senade Annex,
Washington, D" C.
Dear Senator:
Congress and
The Burnett Immigration Act passed and
May5th
effetiv imoses a tax of $8.00 each on larmigrants
a very serious, and I
fcilliteracy tehts, and that Act is having are concerned,
might say disastrous effect as far as the railroads
in Texas.
of Labor ilson has annulled
h Aci Iunderstand that Secretary employment by farmers of
the
!'" that Act insofar as it pertains toruling these Mexican laborers
this Mexican labor as under his work fth farmers, and it
cannot enter the State of Texas except to the farmers' work to
prescribed that if they leave
anybody else, they are arrested and
specifically
is to work for the railroads
go or
in Texas now is and has always
im ediately deported. The situation into this, country in the early
been that this Mexican labor comes in the section gangs until about
and works on the railroads
eSpring and the farmers manage
time
rthe crops are ready to be harvested
them a little better salary during the
to get them all by offering After h have finished the
time it takes to harvest their crops.
harvesting of crops they come back then to these times that the
necessary, and especially duringthstiehate
'absolutely
railoadsesecially the track part of the.;railroads, be kept up
railroads, espectl standard in order that the demand of the
of troops, supplies, etc. may be met
Government for the movement
promptly and with safety.
to dq and what the rail-
'Now, what I would like for you would be for you to take up
roads in Texas would like to have done,
Wilson and see if he will not temporarily suspend
: s,;;with Mr. Secretary that the reason for this
this Act in its entirety. You understand coming
flow of this Mexican labor
that we must have a continuous
his do come immediately notify their
in hare because the ones that
restrictions. You understand
Sbrethren back in the interior of the On the other hand,
getting no labor fromusedthe East.
also that we are to be able to secure on
oa
great many of the foreigners who we countries and are
to their respective
railroad work have returned situation with us, and anything
in the war. This is a very serious
be very greatly
that you can do, and as early as possible, will
appreciated.
¢¢,.
appSincerely yours,

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 June 6, 1917.

TO C0IAISSIONERS OF Il'1!IGRATIOH, IliSPECTOP. ii CHARGE,

ANDOTHERS COIHCEFHED:

The following detailed instructions are promulgatod for

the guidance of all concerned in the enforcement and ocrvation
of the provisions of Dopartment circulars of May 23rd and Hay 26th,
1917, providing for the temporary admission to the United Statos,
from Mexico and Canada, respectively, of aller"comaing to the
United States for the purpose of accepting employment in agricultural
pursuits:"

(1) The temporary admissions under the circulars shall be

for periods not exceeding six months; and if in any instance an
extension of time shall be desired, the necessity therefor must be
clearly shown in the application filed by the party desiring to
continue the services of the laborers for a further period, not
exceeding six months, and the application shall be concurrred in
by the aliens involved.

(2) Enphasis is placed upon the fact. that the said circulars
}" provide for the temporary admission, under the circumstances stated
and conditions prescribed, of "aliens w.hoin all other resnects"
would be "admissible under said law" if they were entering for
permanent purposes.
(3) As admission under the circulars is to be temporary only,
and as the circulars prescribe that all aliens who violate the
conditions exacted shall be immediately deported, of course, no
alien should be admitted from either Mexico or Canada who can not
-be returned thither immediately that necessity arises, or eventually,
at any rate.

(4) As to be admissible under the circulars the aliens must

be coming "for the purpose of accepting employment in agricultural
pursuits" (for which reason the "contract labor" as well as the
"illiteracy test" provisions .are mentioned in the circulars), pro-
arrangement for the employment of all admitted is contemplated.
In other words, those who desire to avail themselves of this
opportunity, afforded to meet emergent agricultural conditions,
must send for or come to the boundaries to get the aliens, and the
aliens must not be temporarily admitted until arrangements for their
employment in agricultural work have been perfected.

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 (5) Anyone availing himself of the opportunity af forded by,
the circulars to obtain farm laborers shall be required, as a
condition precedent to the temporary adm ission of the aliens to.
whom he proposes to give employment, to disclose to the immigra-
tion officer in charge at the port of entry his plans with respect
to the employment of such aliens in their entirety-the wages, the
duration of the employment, etc., and to give his written promise
to the following effect:

(a) That he will keep tho officer in charge at the port of

entry advised promptly of any change made in his plans as originally
disclosed with respect to the place or duration of the employment
of the aliens by him;

(ib) That ho will notify such officer immediately that he

learns that any one of the aliens admitted to him proposes to leave
his employ, and furnish such information as he can secure wvith-
respect to the place to wh&th alien is going end what he expects
to do at such place;.

(c) That ho will promptly notify such officer whenever any

alien admitted to work for him has left his emplo" (without his
previous knowledge of the alien's intent so to do), and will furnish
. all possible information to assist immigration officers in ascertain-
ing whether or not the alien has entered non-agricultural employ-
ment.

(6) The Commissioner at Montreal and the Sppervieing Inspector

at El Paso (in charge, respectively, of the Canadian and Itexican
boundaries) shall designate such officers as necessary in each
staonotion ieaent on to the matter of keeping In touch nth
aliens temporarily admitted under the provisions of the circular,
and itshall be the particular duty of the officerssodesignated
to see that the temporarily admitted aliens do not remain permanently
in the United States and do not, while' here, engage in any other
than farm work,

oP/Hf Ch ' ner-Gen ral.

APPROVED:

/retary~
 54261202.Juno 7, 1917.

Mr. Thomas B. Stearns,

Stearns-Roger Manufacturing Co.,
Denver, Colorado.

Dear Sir:

Answering your telegram of the 31st ultimo, the

Bureau has to state that detailed instructions are now being

issued for the enforcement of Department's circular of May 23,

the United States of
regarding the temporary admission to
lexioan and Canadian laborers coming for the purpose of accept-
The carrying out of
;ng employment in agricultural pursuits.
those instructions, so far as the Mexican border is concerned,

will be in the hands of the Supervising Inspector of the Immigra-

at
tion Service, El Paso, Texas, with whom you are, of course,
farm laborers.
liberty to correspond regarding particular needs for
Respectfully,
For the Commissioner-Generali N

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AWP/HAM Assis t Commissioner-General.

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 No. 54261/202. June 7, 1917.

The Honorable,

The Secretary of Agrioulturo.

{ Sirs
Acknowledging the roeipt of your letter of the 4th

instant, I bog to state that the supply of Dpartment's circular

of May 23, regarding the temporary admission from Mexioo and

Canada of aliens coring to aooept employment in agricultural

pursuits, is now completely exhausted; but another supply is

-?' being prepared and will be ready for distribution at an sarly .

- date. At the same time detailed instructions will be issued with

*respect to the enforcement of the circular. Copies of both of

"r,.
these will be sent to Mdr.E. G. Dezell, of the California Fruit

Growers Exbhange, as soon as possible.

Respectfully Y LOUIS F. POS
EXACTCOPYA.S
BY ' y
A7P/HAM Assietant Secretary.
 / 5426/202.June
7, 1917.

lMesers. Evens, Abbott & Pearoe,

* ~Attorneys, Japanese
of California,
Associationl

Los Angeles, Cal.

Gentlemken:
the Bureau
Answering your telegram of the 31st ultimo,
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are now being given to
has to state that detailed instructions
border regarding the
the immigration officers on the MLexican
States of Mexicans who- co
temporary admission to the United
in agricultural pursuits.
for the purpose of accepting employment
shall apply tollapanese
It is not intended that these instructions
entering this country, -or
residing in Mexico, and desirous of
and desiring to remain.
riding here, and subject to deportation,
Respectfully.
For the Commissioner-General:
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June 4, 1917.

Hon. \illiam B. ilson,

Secretary of .Labor,
- ashington, D.C.

Dear ir. secretary:

In writing you the other .day I think I was too severe

in my a rrangnment of your Department and the Commissioner
of Immi ration. I did not mean to be personally offensive
and des ire to withdraw any statement that I made that ten-
ded in that direction. I feel very earnestly against any
thing t whichwill tend to nullify the Bill which I have worked
so earn'(tly for years to pass and in nry letter to you, used
express ons which were perhaps personally .offensive and which
as state.d above I desire to withdraw.
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TELEGRAM

2WU, Y 121 Paid GR Night Duplicate

El Paso, Texas, June BS

Immigration Bureau,J 17
Washington, ,(D.C.)

Has the Bureau under consideration any special plans to

render suspension of Illiteracy contract labor and head tax
provisions of law immediately effective of its purpose particularly

in respect .to distribution of destitute aliens comprising'-bulk of

arrivals who come all allegedly seeking agricultural employment

or who express willingness to accept same without previous
arrangement period Without establishment of comprehensive

scheme of distribution including feeding transportation etc/

- suspension will be largely abortive in this class immigration

period To admit without any specific work assured or prearranged

simply by reason of alleged desire to engage in or accept agri-
cultural employment will restilt in railroads and other industries
absorbing supply period. Promulgation of order postponed pending
receipt further instruction
Harris.

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 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
.s IMMIGRATION SERVICE
DISTRICTNo. 1

Ij REFER
IN REPLYING TO DISTRICT
HEADQUARTERS
OFIMMIGRATION
U. S. COMMISSIONER
No. 1iggg/p
CANADA
MONTREAL,

June 1, 1917.
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Commissioner-General of Immigration, "

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Receipt is acknowledged of copies of the Deutrtrient's

letter to "Commissioners of Immigration, Inspectors in Charge,

is
and others conerned", dated May 23rd, of which the inolosed

one.
It is noted that the Department has now made its or-
forth
der of May 23rd, admitting farm laborers under the terms'set
Canada.
in said letter, applicable to aliens seeking entry from
Before supplying the inspectors employed in this Dis-

letter, it
trict with a copy of the Department's above-mentioned
to the Depart-
seems necessary to secure further enlightenment as
A paragraph of the Department's letter
ment's requirements.

reads as follows:
"Aliens admitted under the provisions hereof are
allowed to enter temporarily upon the understanding that
they will engage in no other than agricultural labor; em-
and any who fail to accept or after acceptance abandon
of
ployment of that kind and engage in the performance
be prompt-
labor in connection with other industries shall came."
ly arrested and deported to the country whence they
has
It has occurred to me that possibly the Department
from Canada
overlooked the fact that aliens admitted temporarily
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(Commissioner-General, -2)

they were citizens of

to engage in agricultural labor, unless
in the vent that
Canada, could not be deported to that country

deportation became necessary.

who are
In admitting aliens from Canada, therefore,
labor temporarily,
not citizens thereof, to engage in agricultural
in the Department's letter
to follow the instructions contained
of aliens irrespective
of May 23rd, would amount to the admission
provisions of the law,
of the literacy test, the contract labor
of effecting deporta-
and head tax requirements, with no prospect
up employment other than that
tion of such aliens should they talCe
deportation should be accom-
of an agricultural character, unless
whence they originally came.
plished to the foreign countries
the Bureal
After considering the foregoing, should
concerning the above mat-
have supplemental instructions to give

ter, I shall be glad to receive satke.

JH/YVRS
Inc. 21016
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- -s DEARMNT OF LABOR
FaoMn OFFICEOFTHE SECRETARY

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AsHINGTON

SERVICE
' MMIGRATION May 23, 1917.

.Por of- -- ------- ----

COMMISSIONERS OF IMMIGRATION, INSPECTORS IN CH1 LARGE,

AND OTHERS CONCERNED:
Act of
The ninth proviso to Section 3 of thi e Immigration
February 5,.1917, reads: "Provided further, TIhat the Commissioner-
of Labor
General of Immigration with the approval of this Secretaryexaction r'f
shall issue rules and prescribe conditions, ineluding the ad-
euch bonds as may be necessary, to control and regulate for
mission and return of otherwise inadmissible aliens applying
special exception to
temporary admission." While, obviously, this strictly and should
general provisions of law should be construed meeting extraordinary
not be resorted to except with the object of ms of whenever
situations or conditions, it can be and should dbe availed
an emergent condition arises With agricult ural pursuits such a
e country and is likely
condition now exists in certain sections of th The
of the war.
to arise in other. sections during the continue nce
tructions for the informa-
Department therefore issues the following insi
tion and guidance of all concerned?
the Immigra-
Notwithstanding the provisions of S~ection 3 of age and
16 years of
tion Act excluding aliens who, (a) being over he English language, or
physically capable of reading, "cannot read tiracy test,") or (b)
some other language or dialect," (the "illite: or solicited to migrate
"who have been induced, assisted, encouraged, ,
to this country by offers or promises of empl oyment,......--.e
printed, express or
or in consequence of agreements, oral, writte n orkind, skilled or
any
implied, to perform labor in this countryof iens who in all other
unskilled," (She "contract labor clause"), al
hoare shown to be coming
respects are admissible under said law and wh ting employment in
to the United States for the purpose of accep
n the conditions herein-
agricultural pursuits, shall be admitted uponr
after specified.
in his behalf
The alien applying for admission o:r soiteone
he applicant, and a
shall furnish two unmounted photographs of ti shall be taken; these
ant
complete personal descx'iption of such applic identification card
shall be used in preparing, in duplicate, an fication card prescribed
corresponding in a general way to the identi: regulations for the use
on
.by Subdivision 9 of Rule 12 nf the immigrati'
 of aliens who habitually cross and recross the land boundaries.
The blank form of card used in connection with said subdivision
may be adapted to this purpose, an appropriate notation being
to
placed thereon to show that the holder is temporarily admitted
the United States under the terms of this circular to engage in
be given the
agricultural labor. The original of the card shall
admitted alien; the duplicate shall be properly filed and indexed.
Aliens admitted under the provisions hereof are allowed.
to enter temporarily upon the understanding that they will engage
in no other than agricultural labor; and any who fail to accept
or after acceptance abandon employment of that kind and engage in
shall
the performance of labor in connection with other industries
they came.
be promptly arrested and deported to the country whence
In oases arising under this circular, the aliens involved
shall be admitted without the payment of head tax.

The foregoing shall apply, until further orders, only to

agricultural laborers from Mexico.

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WASHINGTON

June 4, 1917.

Hon. Louis F. Post,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

, care, California Fruit
Will you kindly send to Mr. E. G. Dsell
New York City, a copy of the order
Growers Exchange, 204 Franklin Street,
admission of exican labor!
of Secretary Wilson in reference to the
of the California
Mr. Dezell is the Assistant General Manager
the attorney of the Exchange
Fruit Growers Exchange and in company with
outline of
other things gave me a general
- called this morning and among
You may be interested to know that
the labor situation in California.
growers are not so much concerned
according to Mr. Dezell the citrus
the future outlook. The output
with the immediate. situation as with
stated that it would take
of citrus fruit is increasing. Mr. Dezell
this year and that every car made
something like 10,000 additional care
an addition of 20 laborers.
it necessary to consider at least
growing. Mexican
The Japanese are going rapidly into vegetable
gap. With the supply cut off it
labor has in large part filled in the

is going to be difficult for the citrus

people to meet the situation as
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ifficult to get at any price. Wages

according to Mr. Desell labor is
a day. This has not had
have been raised this year from $ .00 to $2.50

a very beneficial effect because t e exicans will work just as many days

hem to live. If it costs them $2.00

as they can secure money to enable
If they get $2.50 a day
a day to live they will work six days a week.
five days a week.
and can still live on $2.00 a day they will work
I would be obliged if you will send a copy of the Secretary's

order to Mr. Desell.

Very sincerely yours,

Assistant to the Secreta y.

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WASHINGTON, D. C.

June 2, 1917.
RECEI -D
,, JUN .

' Hon. W. B. ylilson, :. OFCEf/

Secretary of Labor, ' ,N i( E
C'ashington, D.C.

My dear Sir: .

I have your recenteter giving your construction of

Proviso No. 9 of Section 3 of the Irranigration Act of February
5, 1907 and your reason for admitting Farm Laborers from
Mexico and from Canada. If your construction of that proviso
is correct, then someone either in the Department of Libor or
t in the Senate out a "Joker" in -that bill which no Member of the
House Committee on Isrnigration or the Committee of Conference
intended or desired. If your Department did it, then it was
most reprehensible and if some Senator did it for that pur-
pose it is worse. I have, therefore, introduced a Bill today
repealing that subdivision and if you should desire thL.t some-
one from/ your Department shall be heard on that Bill, you may
have the opportunity on Thursday June 7th when I will call the
Committee together to consider it. I do not believe that there
is a soul outside of your Department that thinks such a con-
struction should be given to this Section and if it was nut in
there in order to vive you the power to establish a precedentt,
that might nullify the whole bill, then that purpose ought to
be exposed to the American people. That Provis'wqs not in
the Bill when it left the House and for what purpose it was
sneaked in in the Senate, I cannot say except as your recent
order sheds light og it. If you have the right to nullify this
law for farm laborers, you have the same right to nullify it
as to prostitutes, anarchists, polygamists or any other claso
excluded by the recent Immigration Bill. I was led to believe
that the Corrunissioner of Immigration was really in favor of the
purposes of the recent Bill and gave him credit accordingly, but
this interpretation of that law leads me to doubt his sincerity
in his advocacy of the bill and to think that his whole p.urpose
was to secure more patronage for himself. I hope I am wrong in
this belief, but subsequent events will show. If that Bureau in-
sists on its interpretation of this Proviso, I shall try to see
that subsequent appropriations shall not be made to carry out
this perversion of the law . Oening up the Canadian Border to
those coning for farm purposes, will allovw many Canadian Slackers
to escape the prposed Conscription Law of that country.
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23, 1917, should be amended so as to apply
circular letter of DMay

gricultural laborers from Canada also.

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SUBJECT: SPANISH LABORERS

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With regard to your raet ruling admitting lnborera and form
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hands into the United Statep, we would respectfully request that the
be m e with regard to some of our Spanish workmen, libo'as
sane uling for work in. the
which have applied to us ir. large numbers
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i..:. . nd farm hnix,
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Lnwa in Spn in, many of these
On a coount of the slack Educ national
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an. They mlake the very bost- of o,

cannot either:' rend or write, others
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lnborers and meo hnios,and hrvs been fully tried out by"Uncle Sam"o
a. on the Canal Zone with great aucesa.
ow' New York office if '
' . We have received some enquiries through
men would be admitted and wish to take the matter up with your
these
' deportment with this end in view.
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by New York, and have
+';'; We hove bona fide orders former received our mn coa
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with n sureaty of finding good , permanent nd lucrative employ .-
be sent
ment , for a11 the year round.
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We are* anxious to work strictly
violate any of its precepts, but would be g.aSd to know if you con extsnQ
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youz" ruling as above ,to odmi~t soirne of our' best Spanish workmen,who are
3 , bying Qrly sought after by mrany of the lol'Le American mnnufacturera
excellent
of the united. States. Our supply of faam lnhorers- is also
work,
of them now that our 'big sugar orop is over are without
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but would be willing and anxious to go
4: is plenty of work to be had.
non--drinkers, attending
z The Spanish workman is atendy, industrious, best of citizens when
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struotly to the'. own business and make the very
admitted.
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;i Awniting the favor of your' kind reply,

We. have the honor to remain, Sir,

- Yours Reseotfully,
,. TI- EERS AGEMICY,
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HAVANA NEW YORK

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Placing ndvcrtising in all ncwspa-

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The Retailers Commercial Agency, N. Y.
Havana. - Lyon Furniture Agency, N. Y.
Shoe & Leather Agency, Boston, Mass.
Rates are 15% and up, accord- Furniture Commercial Agency, N. Y.
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Russell Grain Co., Kansas City,
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OF.Char~tlZYi.ll.,uf.
PORT ,

Liay 23, 1917. 190

Secretary of -Labor,
.he.Hon.

-- . ashington, D.C.,..

__-Dear Sir,--Forsoveral. years I .habo,been engaged, in lumbering

.opeiations.in..the northern part of Nlew fHampshire. This part of the

consists.
.stdte. of mountainous. land covered whth timber. The

_ nearestt Amerioan. settlement is forty or fifty miles distant, and

.the what few therm

roads, are, except those into Canada, are

impassible
.almost a large part.of the year. For these reasons,

almost the entire labor supply rust be drawn from Canada, and

... _:it has been customary. for a. great number of years, for the 'rench-

_ Canadians.to cross over .tolaine and flew Hampshire to nork in

the woods for a few months each winter, and return in the spring.

The head tax of eight dol are, and the literacy test in the new

migration. law.-will..shut out tho largest part of those laborers

._as a great.many of .then.-are unable to read, and few of them wil 1

be willing to_ uay eight, dol tars for.-the privilege of.-working a.

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 esnecially, at the present time, when
few months in the winter,

labor is in such demand in Canada. This will bring almost to a

of the Canadian
standstill, all..loggingoperations alng this part

border._VWe must either draw our labor supply from Canada or stop

. logging operations. If we are compelled to do this, 1 think it

will be a serious detriment to the United States, especially

.hile is
the'war on,. and the country is comzritted to the task

wooden
of.turning out a large number o.Lmer.chant vessels each year.

. would urge these as reasons why the head tax feature .and the

- literacy.test..might. wisely be suspended temnoarily at least,

and would be glad, if you could .suspen~d them-

Very respectfully,

,;,, ;; ____ Lumber Contractor.

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rttndht tofrd Ucetlen u o t ttiu, hotirfAt opf Jurury to1~7

!}' lrofndin y7,: prvdedotn tha Tat thur aCoedsicfino Lfsl~nrdi flu~n

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and return
be necosary, to control and regulate the admission

of othereie inadmioaiblo alilan applying for temporary admiooion."

to the
O course, this proviso is in the nature of an exception
the
general provisions of the law and applies to ocean in which

alien could not r isitted oven when it was clearly shown that

ho was coming in for a temporary purpose only and his return

after the aoomplishrent of that temporary purpose wera assured

in a proper manner. This is shown, not only by 4he fact that the
it
clause is in the forn of a proviso and by the petition which

ocupies in the Act and in Section 3 theroof devoted spoifically

to exclusion, but aleo by the use therein of the words "otherwise
that
iadmissible aliens," which words clearly convey the moaning
the poraons covered arc those who, but for this opooial exception

to the general provisions, could not comp into the country even
would
for a temporary purpose and with proper assurances that they

leave. The clause an not be intended to specify that aliens ad-

niseible for temporary purposes under the law uro to be admitted only

in accordance with regulations to be proscribed by the Department;

for there is no provlaion in the Act, except the proviso under

excluded
diaoueslon, that authorizes the temporary admiooln of aliens
8 ehich covers
by the law, other than the eighth ioviso to Sotion
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viithin -itself.
in + international expositions and which is complets

It oema clear that the provino han the rania which this Dopart-

Io meaninglesS. Of ours, I realize

met has placed upon it or else

(and have no atated in ny circular of i'ay 23) that a special exception

claiming
of thin kind ought to be construed strictly against thone

its bonfit and must be no applied, when used at all, as to nvoid to

a nmeane for violation

the fullest extnnt pouaible its being userd an
The DeIparttment is issuing and will
or nvaelon of the statute i tself.
circular
vigorously enforo rule of practioo with respoat to this

of Ilay 23, which it tolieves will prevent the report to the epecial

urinafter doenribed fra becoming a

exception to oeet tho emergency
of the legislative branch in
means of ciroumvantring the intention
enating the' new imigration law.
believes in
The foregoing otatetment of what the Department
is prefatory
clearly the mneaning of the proviso, on a matter of law,

to the following deoription of the praetical

situation with which

and which it believes

the iLOpartment han found iteolf confronted
n report to said oepeial
constitutoS such an naergency as to call for
exception.
United
Since the beginning of the pronont war, to which the
of people have
States has recently become a party, forty million
into deetructivo
bean taken out of productive entorprisoa and put
han of course occurred in the
enterpriseo. and a tremendous inaroanas
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number of men angaged-in mechanical traden, ua compared with those

engaged in othor indontrica, witb the result that there is neoasarily

a ehortaeg of farm labor. Tle high roiAt to which prison of fodo

have recently ninon de'nonetratos the nooeaeity for incroaeing' food

production to the highout possible etor.dard. Numerous statementa

- with regard to the shortage or farm labor and ito extent have retaohed

the Department from ell sections of the country, and especially

urgent have boen the appeals frem thoso interested in agricultural

enterprinee on or in the vicinity of our land boundaries, who have

always been used to obtaining much of their seanonal labor from

Mdexico or Canada. lany repremontations have bann tade to the Depart-

rent with a view to obtain permioron to import large numborn of

Oriental laborers, especially Chineo and Filipinos.; The Department

hao tuken the stand uniforma.ya- that Chinese labor could not be

imported unleea Congreau werm to pmas u law specifically authorizing

its Importation, there being no ouch proviaea in any of the Chinaee-

exclus1onn. iActaan that contained in the new immigrution law, above

doonribed; end the policy of the Department han been to disoourage

the bringing of Tilipinon to the United Statue under contract, ae

there are many obvious renone why this should not be done if

'recourse. theroto can poosibly be avoided, in addition to the very

uneatiafactory reosulta which it is understood have attended the large

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importations of Filiplno® to tho inwaiian Inlazndo that have hare-

tofore bean made by the sugar plantero. Of courso, no argument

is neconary to convince anyone intornaited in labor and economic

oubfoota that the teaporary adminiaon to the United fitaten of

Mexicans and French-Canadians to perfort: eaasonal Mork uy'on our

fanm is ruab preferable to the permanent eetasbliahmont in any

nootion of thie country of large nuobera of unskillod Laborera. from

the Philippinos. The adniaalon of the le.tter could not he rogulntod

or aoItrolled in any unaer with the law now evailablo to the Dpart-

oentt tho admiasaion of the fomeer cyan be mado triatly toporary

aind can be regulated and controlled to a very largo degroo, and ill

be so regulated and controlled under the practico which the Depart-

ment in aotabliohing; in connection with its circular of !Jay 23.

r ' 4f course, the Department heas not taken ait full valuo all

represeaations which have been aado to it with respect to the domrand

for farm labor. It realieo thnt the situation is which the:.ountry

;: ' nort finda itself could be availed of by thane with nelfish intmerestrs

: to serva to obtain a supply of cheap foreaign lar. IBut the Depart-

'- veont h~ao ondaevored to nacertain in uvory way aon to ! t w hat thie

ral aitoation is, and has become natisfied that somo of the rerraaenta-
ibns ar made in good faith and in accordance with the feat. It is

possible nieo, of course, that saomof the opinions which have been

Sxpressed on thie subj et, even when advanced in good faith, are really

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1 the result of a tata of mind rather than af an actual shortag}e of

';t, labor. If no, the deolaration contained in this Department's

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circular with reapoct to its intention, aopocially in the light

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of the rentrictioas which it imyonea in onloraing that airoular,
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in not likely to result in any largo influx of labor. The iseuance
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of tho airrular does, kco1aot,relieve the minds ol the famera of

the idea that a suffiolent supply of labor mill not E available,

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the valuable psychological effect of disabusing the minded of the

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farmers ofiundue apprehension with ropoect to thoir ability here-

e. after to obtain auftioient help to snable tho to harvent thoir

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craps. And, n already pointed out, it is absolutely neceeanry, in
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si.
view of the enargonay now confronting the country, that productive-

nea along agricultural linen be ensouraged and incroased in

h2uall

ovary posible ranuor.

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undr the law and of its: ability to:avail itself of that authority
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without producing a situation that would in any material or nub-
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stantial senosaresult in pormaneot evasions or violations of the

salutary and beneficial purposes of ths statut o, the enfarcemant of

which hoe bean entrusted to its care, you may be certain that it

would never havo ianued tho circular of 1tay 23 and I wish to assure
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yo no tha teatwIllb ade nsc a yti

liprmn;htnihr o o n te fth ebr.fCnrs

{'; o that ave taken o wnativ e handlr edta intorosta iny play thi

4 l~av upon the statute books will havte ay just caeuse of complaint.

Very truly your,

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Answring.your letter of the 25th instant, I incloco a
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temporary admission of farm laborers from Mexico. That circular;
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR May 23, 1917.

- OFTHESECRETARY
OFFICE
WASHINGTON

{fRSIN CHARGE,

r3 3 of the Immigration Act of

ither, That the Commissioner-
va1 of the Secretary of Labor
Ah n .t'ions,including exaction of
%i -C., ntrol and regulate the ad-
iisible aliens applying for
l'y, this special exception to
4 ~ onstrued strictly and should
)ject of meeting extraordinary
} .'" ' id should.be availed of whenever
;agricultural pursuits such a
' " lons of the country and is
L likely
; continuance of the war. The
ving instructions for the informa-

§ ions of Section 3 of the Immigra-

'- eing over 16 years of age and
- of read the English language, or
e 'illiteracy test, ") or (b)
s ,couraged, or solicited to migrate
siof employment, . .... . ,
' .lj written or printed, express or
unt of any kind, skilled or
-, -~ ie" , aliens who in all other
aw and who are shown to be coming
Gof accepting employment in
,tted upon the conditions herein-

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and a
£phs of the applicant,
2iapplicantt shall be taken; these
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card prescribed
corresponding in a general way to the identification for the use
by Subdivision 9 of Ruile12 o~fthe lxmmigration regulations
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The ninth proviso to Section 3 of the Immigration
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February 5, 1917, reads: "Provided further, That of Labor
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General of Immigration with the approval of the Secretary
,. exaction of
4ti1 shall issue rules and prescribe conditions, including the ad-
regulate
,i suph bonds as may be necessary, to control and applying for
mission a'ndreturn of otherwise inadmissible aliens
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special exception to
temporary admission." While, obviously, this and should
general provisions of law should be construed strictlyextraordinary
not be resorted to except with the object of meeting
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availed of whenever
situations or conditions, it can be and should.be pursuits such a
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an emergent condition arises. With agricultural
country and is likely
w';i condition now exists in certain sections of the The
;; of the war.
to arise in other sections during the continuance for the informa-
f {:
Department therefore issues the following instructions
c tion and guidance of all concerned:
the Immigra-
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3 of
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16 years of age and
y .tion Act excluding aliens who, (a) being overthe English language, or
a physically capable of reading, "cannot read test,") or (b)
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some other language or dialect," (the "illiteracy solicited to migrate
"who have been induced, assisted, encouraged, or
to this country by offers or promise of employment, .-..... e...
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or printed, express or
"':y or'in.consequence of agreements, oral, written kind, skilled or
country of any
implied, to perform labor in this who in all other
,7j;i unskilled," (the "contract labor clause"), aliens shown to be coming
are
,' respects are admissible under said law and who employment in
'totheUnited States for the purpose of accepting conditions herein-
the
, i agricultural pursuits, shall be admitted upon
after specified.
in his behalf
The alien applying for admission or someone
the applicant, and a
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shall be taken; these
complete personal description of such applicant
identification card
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corresponding in a general way to the identification
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regulations for the use
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of aliens who habitually cross and recross the land boundaries.
The blank form of card used in connection with said subdivision
may be adapted to this purpose, an appropriate notation being
placed thereon to show that the holder is temporarily admitted to
the United States under the terms of this circular to engage in
agricultural labor. The original of the card shall be given the
admitted alien; the duplicate shall be properly filed and indexed.

Aliens admitted under the provisions hereof are allowed.

to enter temporarily upon the understanding that they will engage
in no other than agricultural labor; and any who fail to accept
or after acceptance abandon employment of that kind and engage in
the performance of labor in connection with other industries shall
be promptly arrested and deported to the country whence they came.
In cases arising under this circular, the aliens involved
shall be admitted without the payment of head tax.

The foregoing shall apply, until further orders, only to

agricultural laborers from Mexico.

Secretary.
 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICE OF THE SECETARY
; WASHINGTON

May 26, 1917.

COMM1ISSIONERS OF IMMIGRATION, INSPECTORS IN CHARGE,

ANDOTHERS CONCERNED:

Department circular of May 23, 1917, applying M the ninth

proviso of Section 3 of the Imniigration Act of February 5, 1917, to
agricultural
the temporary admission, under specified conditions, of
by changing the last
laborers coming from exico, is hereby amended
paragraph thereof to read as follows:
"The foregoing shall apply, until further orders,
Canada.
only to agricultural laborers from Mexico and

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No. 54261/202 May 26, 1917.

Hon. Frederick Hale,

United Statoo Senatef,
Washington, D. C.

Uy doar Senator:
Answering your letter of the 25th instant, and referring to
made
your visit of today, regarding the represontatione which have born

to you with respoct to labor condition in the otato of ?=aine, arising

from tho fact that the industries of agriculture and lumbering have

heretofore been obtaining through the natural operation of the law of

demand and supply common laborers from Canada to ontor with the purpose

of accepting. soaonal employment, and the fact that it to aprrshonded

that the operation of the "illitracy toot" of the now Immigration

Act will result in cutting off of considerably roducirg this supply

of common labor, I have tho honor to hand you herewith a copy of this

- Departmont's circular of May 23, 1917, making provision, in accordance

'c'ith the ninth proviso to Section 3 of the Immigration Act of February

5, 1917, for the temporary admioion to the United States, under proper

safeguards and notaithotanding the provisions of tho law relating to

contract laborers and illitoratoa or the head tax provisione, aline
in
coming to the United Stutes for the purpose of accepting employraent

- Iricultural pursuits, provided ouch aliens aro in other respects ad-

' missible under the law.

While this circular, whon issued, was confined Contil further

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orders" to agricultural laborers fror Moxico, it is this day being amended

to include agricultural laborers from Canada. This, it is believed, will

fully meet the situation described by you with respect to the matter of

laborers in agricultural pursuits, particularly potato raising, in the

state of Maine.
The representations which you have made with regard to the lum-

bering industry in your state, which I understand you will eupplement in

a communication hereafter to be addressed to the Department, will be given

earnest consideration at the earliest practicable dates%In the light of

such information as the Department now possesses, it is not prepared to

extend the special exception to include other than agricultural laborers,

but of oouree the Department's mind is open with respect to other phases
- of the subject.
Feepectfully yours,

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To The Secretary of Labor.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I have received a number of letters from constituents

of mine in New Aroostook County, Maine, both from people in the

lumber business and in the potato business. They are very much

alarmed over the new Immigration Act, which provides a literacy

test for foreigners coming into this country. In Northern Maine

we have always employed a great number of Canadians, of whom

fully 50. cannot read or write. It is very difficult to secure

sufficient labor, and if we were cut off from this supply our

industries would be terribly crippled. Aroostook County, as you

know, is one of the principal agricultural counties in the country,

and we are depending upon a large crop of potatoes this Fall to

help out in the general food situation. '!ehave been receiving

every assistance possible from the Government toward this end,

but with this Canadian labor shut off, I am afraid our crop would

be practically an entire failure. In lumbering we use a great-

many Canadians. The State of Maine is planning to build a number

of the wooden ships to carry provisions to the Allies, which the

shipping board is about to contract for, and we have already been

promised at least 10 of these ship. vleexpect to use a considerable

quantity of Maino lumber in the building of these ships, and we

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cannot afford to have our lumber business interfered with if

we are to do good work. I regard it as vitally important that

we should be allowed to have the services of these Canadians.

I have boen reading your circular concerning the agricultural

laborers from Mexico. I hope that the same exemption provided

in this circular may bo applied to the Maine border, and may

apply not only to agricultural laborers, but to lumbermen and

those working in the woods as well.

Respectfully,

United States Senator for Maine.

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Cleveland, 0. Ma 4 917.

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U. S. Department of Labor, -

,ashington, DC.

Does Secretary's order exempting Mexican illiterates and

other
for farm work extend to should
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contract laborers
industries?goal mines are very short of labor and/in my
opinion benefit by the same order wire answer, collect, to
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 No. 54261/129. May 23, 1917.

U. S. DEPARTM!EN"1TOF L ABOR
Bureau of Immigration
WASHINGTON, D.C.

COWISSIONERS OF IMUIGRATIOiN, INSPECTORS IN CHARGE,

ANDOTHERS CONCERNED:
Act of
The ninth proviso to Section 3 of the Immigration
February 5, 1917, reads: "Provided furth er, That the Commissioner-
General of Immigration with the approval of the Secretary of Labor
shall issue rules and prescribe condition s, including exaction of
such bonds as may be necessary, to control1 and regulate the ad-
mission and return of otherwise inadmissi ble aliens applying for
temporary admission." While, obviously, this special exception to
general provisions of law should be const rued strictly and should
not be resorted to except with the object of meeting extraordinary
situations or conditions, it can be and should be availed of whenever
an emergent condition arises. With agric ultural pursuits such a
condition now exists in certain sections of the country and is likely
to arise in other sections during the con tinuance of the war. The
Departent therefore issues the following instructions for the informa-
tion and guidance of all concerned:
Notwi thstanding the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigra-
tion Act excluding aliens who, (a) being over 16 years of age and
physically capable of reading, "cannot re ad the English language, or
4 some other language or dialect," (the "illiteracy test,") or (b)
"who have been induced, assisted, encourageged; or solicited to migrate
to this country by offers or promises of employment, ........ ,
or in consequence of agreements, oral, wr'itten or printed, express or
implied, to perform labor in this country yof any kind, skilled or
unskilled," (the "contract labor clause" , aliens who in all other
respects are admissible under said law anndwho are shown to be coming
to the United States for the purpose of a ccepting employment in
agricultural pursuits, shall be admitted upon the conditions herein-
after specified.
The alien applying for admissionn or someone in his behalf
shall furnish two unmounted photographs f the applicant,-'and a
complete personal description of such app licant shall bo taken; these
shall be used in preparing, in duplicate, an identification card
corresponding in a general way to the id notification card prescribed

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use
by Subdivision 9 of Rule 12 of the immig ration regulations for the

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the land boundaries.

of aliens who habitually cross and recross
with said subdivision
The blank form of card uecd in connection notation being
may be adapted to this purpose, an appropriate temporarily admitted to
placed thereon to show that the holder is
circular to engage in
the United States under the terms of this card shall be given the
agricultural labor. The original of betheproperly filed and indexed.
admitted alien; the duplicate shall
hereof are allowed
Aliens admitted under the provisions
they will engange
to enter temporarily upon the understanding that who fail to accept
in no other than agricultural labor; and any
of that kind and engage in
or after acceptance abandon employment with other industries shall
the performance of labor in connection
to the country whence they came.
be promptly arrested and deported
aliens involved
In cases arising under this circular, the
without the payment of head tax.
shall be admitted
orders, only to
The foregoing shall apply, until further
agricultural laborers from Mexico.

AWP/HAIA
: Commi- ioner-General.

APPROVED:

Secretary.
 L.ay 21, 1917.
No. 54201/129.

JAICORANDUi for THE SECRETARY:

(Through The Assistant Secretary)
been accumula-
For the pest six weeks or more there has
in the Bureau's files a number of letters from practically
ting are made
'' all sections of the country in which various statements with
generally, and
with respect to the dearth of common labor directly inter-
respect to the apprehension of farmers and others
ested in agricultural pursuits that the shortage of agricultural
if not disastrous. Complaints
laborers is likely to be embarrassing, help come
with regard. to shortage or prospective shortage of orfarm
immediately
particularly from the sections of the country near due to the
is doubtless
contiguous to Canada and Mexico. This heretofore boon
fact that the farmers in those localities haveand in some instances
in the habit of drawing their emergency help
even their regular help from Canada. or Lexico; and the going into
apprehension that
effect of the illiteracy test has raised the
invostiga-
this supply will hereafter be shut off. The Bureau hashas found that
ted some of these allegations and in some instances extent. How-
or to some
the apprehension is unjustified altogether along the Mexican
ever, it may be safely assumed that, especially out a great
boundary, the illiteracy test will operate to keep
for seasonal employment.
many people that heretofore have come in
the
In view of the absolute necessity that, during
and products
continuance of the war, the agricultural resources highest
of the country shall-be brought up to and kept at the
possible standard of a t-', it behoves the Bureau and Depart-
and fully
ment to find some way, if possible, to supply promptly
-' every bona fide demand for agricultural laborers. Fortunately,
discretion
the new Immigration Act contains a provision conferring
be invoked to meet this
upon the Bureau and Department thatto can
Section 3, reading: "Provided
- situation, to wit, ye ca~dde
with the
further, That the Commissioner-Ueneral of Imm igration
approval of the Secretary of Labor shall issue rules and prescribe
t conditions, including exaction of such bonds as may be necessary,
of otherwise in-
to control and regulate the admission and return
The Bureau
admissible aliens applying for temporary admission." manner,
recommends that this- provision be used in the following to the
at once
and that the widest possible publicity be given and bona fide
reasonable
Department's intention thus to meet every
to be pursued with the
request for farm help, this latter course of the farmers
object of allaying at this time all apprehensions
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as
that might otherwise prevent their entering as extensively
they will
they should into farming enterprises for fearandthat
harvest their
not bo able to obtain the help to cultivate
of Immigra-
crops. Issue a circular addressed to Commissioners reading as
tion, Inspectors in Charge, and others concerned,
follows:

The ninth proviso to Section 3 of the Immigra-

tion Act of February 5, 1917, roads: "Provided
Immigration
further, That the Commissioner-General of shall
with the approval of the Secretary of Labor exac-
issue rules and prescribe conditions, including
tion of such bonds as may be necessary, to control
and regulate the admission and return of otherwise
admission."
inadmissible aliens applying for temporary general
While, obviously, this special exception to
and
provisions of law should be construed strictly of
should not be resorted to except with the object it can
meeting extraordinary situations or conditions, con-
be and should be availed of whenever an emergent
such a
dition arises. With agricultural pursuits
condition now exists in.certain sections of the country
the
and is likely to arise in other sections during
continuance of the war. The Department therefore
for the information
issues the following instructions
and guidance of all concerned:
of
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3
being
the Immigration Act excluding aliens who, (a)
of reading,
over 16 years of age and physically capable other
"cannot read the English language, or some
test,") or (b)
language or dialect," (the "illiteracy or
"who have boon induced, assisted, encouraged, or
solicited to migrate to this country by offers
. , or in
promises of employment,
consequence of agreements, oral, written or printed,
in this country
express or implied, to perform labor (the'bontract
of any kind, skilled or unskilled,"
labor clause"), aliens who in all other respects are
admissible under said law and who are shown to be
coming to the United States for the purpose of
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accepting employment in agricultural pursuits, shall

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be admitted upon the conditions hereinafter specified. m

The alien applying for admission or someone

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in his behalf shall furnish two uncounted photographs
of the applicant, and a complete personal description m
of such applicant shall be taken; these shall be
used in preparing, in duplicate, an identification a'
m
card corresponding in a general way to the identifica-
tion card prescribed by Subdivision 9 of lSule 12 of
the immigration regulations for the use of aliens who .,
habitually cross and recrosa the land boundaries. The o
blank form of card used in connection with said sub-
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division may be adapted to this purpose, an appropriate
tation beingplaced thereon to show that the holder .d
ei to the United States under the terms of 3
this circular to engage in agricultural labor. The M
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original of the card shall be given the admitted alien;
the duplicate shall be properly filed and indexed.
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Aliens adm te un - r the provisions hereof are

allowed to enter u n th understanding that they will
engage in no other than agricultural labor; and any
,

who fail to accept or after acceptance abandon employ- ,

ment of that kind and engage in the performance of 0
labor in connection with other industries shall be o
promptly arrested and deported to the country whence
y
they came.
In cases arising under this circular, the aliens in-
It is 4 that for the purposes of administration he fore-
rae2"%-
going shall apply,uitil further ordersno,agricultural laborers from
exico' sdJ.P.e --- leaving its application to Canada to wait
until~'after some cooperative arrangement with the Canadian authorities
is made.

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