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Show 1 m m tiiKATi i frauds are still practiced prac-ticed at a great many ports, but the authorities seem to be on the alert to check them. Heretofore the steamship companies have brought any and all people to this couutry for whose passage pas-sage they were paid, and they do not readily give up the practice, but it is probable that the collection of heavy fines in a few cases will cause them to abandon old methods. The country is thoroughly stirred up on this subject of uudesiralile immigration and the people peo-ple are determined that it shall be stopped. |