Several officials and ex-officials of the immigration service commented on the Geddes report. Eight months have passed since the inspection was made and conditions are now somewhat altered. There is a new Commissioner at Ellis Island; some of the reviewing of cases which was formerly done at Washington is now done on the spot, and plans are under way for examining immigrants abroad.
Secretary of Labor Davis declared that Ambassador Geddes had got to the root of the matter when he said that the chief difficulty lies in the immigrants themselves, and added that $100,000 is...
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