Show next congress will tackle passports fiand HAn hannings DINGS IN GS rt at P B 9 tempt to put an end to the pass port vise nuisance und in ciden talty to terminate the adventure in eco economy by b which tray traveling americans are spending a year tear to enable their government to collect in vise fees from eilens arriving in this country failed in the final hours of the sixty seventh congress ondress on eress but will be pressed with de termination when the next congress convenes it ID december since 1021 americans have not needed to leave their own counti try which has hag not greatly altered the situation mare they ure still hlll required to have thein in order to enter nearly till nil countries in 1021 1921 also the ancyl uin can vase requirement lequla ement was w aed lit in the cose case of all outgoing but continued tor for all incoming allens aliens the hie hod had been over nearly neaily two years when congress ron gress raised from 2 to 10 the beep fee for foi issuing passports to americans and the pasi passports ports 0 ol 01 ellenb aliens the plan succeeded in bringing in to the treasury during 1921 a bout about in passport pa fees paid by americans to their government for laports pa ports and approximately paid by aliens but it kept no americans at how hom and it did not ock immigration then congress passed the 8 3 per cent law the effect of which was to limit to the number of the aliens permitted to enter the united states in any one year and by so BO doing cut down the revenues from vise fees to about annually Ale meantime antime other governments promptly followed loll owed the lead of the united states by charging american citizens the same fees for vissing their passports that the american diplomatic and consular officers abroad under the act of june 1020 were vere obliged to charge for vissing the passports ot of their nationals A few countries exceeded the american rate the effect of course has been that nn an american abroad Is obliged to pay from five to ten times as much for lilt his aises vises in any european country as an european making the ilie same journey again since an american haveling abroad visits on oil it 0 conservative average five countries he pays 50 in vise fees where an european visiting the united states pays 10 for his american vise lach plus plug the cost coat of passport brings his expenditure to 11 or 12 as ag against the initial 10 paid by the american for his passport and 50 to foreign governments for vise fees a total of 60 which can be b and Is by another 10 for ch cb additional dit ional country visited |