Show A LAW restricting immigration tim THE foreign contract labor bill which or originated in the house of representatives has occasioned much debate both in and out of congress it was amen dedin the senate and sent back to the house somewhat t improved it is likely to become a law inquiries have arisen upon its pr probable 0 effect upon immigration in general and mormon immigration in particular hopes have been entertained by the anti antl A mormon formon fanatics that in some way the bill would cripple the labors of our elders in shipping their converts to this co country antry A re review altheir a of its provisions will effectually dissipate this idea and explode those hopes the first section forbids the importation or immigration of any alien or foreigner into the united states or ries or the district of columbia under contract private or special implied or ex expressed essed to perform labor or service of a any ny kind in this country the second section makes void and of no effect any contract of this kind ind entered into previous to the migration of the person of whom labor is required the third section imposes a penalty of 1090 against any person company or corporation violating this law the tile suit against them to include the alien or foreigner I 1 who wiio is a party to such con tract separ separate ate suits may be brought for each alien or foreigner who il is a party to such contract the fourth section provides that the master roaster of any vessel who ano mcball knowingly bring or permit to land in the united states aci persons sons who have entered into a contract tract such as is contemplated in the act axt shall be guilty of a misdemeanor lild bild and liable to a flue une of 00 and imprisonment for six months for each person so brought by him into this country the fifth section exempts from the pro provisions inions of theace the act servants domes tecsy tics bics private secretaries skilled artisans such as cannot be obtained in this country professional actors artists singers and lecturers and provides that nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting any individual from assisting any member of kis his family jamily or any relative ve or personal friend LO 10 ini ml gnile grate from any foreign country to the united states for the purpose of set allig here tile the last proviso settles the question of the applicability of the bill to mormon immigration it has no bearin bearing upon our question except to leave it unrestricted in the plainest language our emigrants if assisted by the P E fund are under no contract to perform labor of any kind they are simply cimpl y under obligation as soon as possible to refund the tile amount advanced so 0 o that it may be used again for the benefit of others in similar circumstances the object of the law is clear it is to prevent the importation of hordes of laborers pledged to work for low wages and thus virtually be the slaves of tile tiie corporations which make the contract it is in tile the labor interest of this coun try which demands relief the labor q question fuestion ue stion is one ono of the tile most serious that stares the country in the face and though this measure is but a trifle in P presence cresence of the magnitude of troubles now it is a step in the right bt direction and if it becomes a law will do no harm unless to the tile coolie and contract systems and may do a 4 little good in aidon aid ald of other measures that will have to be adopted in order to arrest the troubles which roust must arise from the agitations 1 resulting from the vast amount of labor unemployed |