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Best general references: J. F. Hudson, The Railways and the Republic 194-250; International Commerce Rep't, 1879, p. 167; Interstate Commerce Rep...
...cope with any but third rate powers. Rep Sec. Navy...
...Cost of such a navy mere insurance at nominal rates of our cities endangered. Rep. Sec, Navy...
...would make impossible the sending of; - (1) paupers, - (2) convicts, (3) contract laborers, - (4) shiftless and ignorant persons whom agents of steamship companies induce to come: Yale Rev. (Aug. '92). - (b) The Italians and Slavs can barely raise the passage money; they could not raise the tax: Ford Com. Rep. pt. 2, pp. 112, - (c) Tax would not keep out the desirable immigrants such as, - (1) Germany, - (2) Sweds, - (3) Irish, for they bring enough money to pay the tax; Schmoller's Jahrbucher...
...simplest effective restriction, - (a) It cannot be evaded. (b) It is the surest practical guarantee of the qualities desired, Yale Rev. I, 141 (Aug. '92), - (c) It is just, immigrant is worth, to the country, $225; Ford Com. Rep, III, - (2) per capita wealth of the U. S. is $1000. Smith, immigration and Immigration. 101, - (3) The immigrant should pay to be admitted to the wealth and priveleges of this country...