EXAMINE EMIGRANTS MICROSCOPICALLY 249 



no weight; and straight to the Government 

 Quarantine Yards they go to be watched 

 and inspected by our Government veterin- 

 aries. 



If our Government passes laws to insure 

 only pure blooded dogs coming into this 

 country, why do they open the gates wide 

 and invite in all the human curs of Europe, 

 the Orient, and the rest of the world, 

 to pollute and disease the standardized 

 blood of the Plymouth Eock Colony? 



Some years ago, one morning, we found 

 the Jersey Coast strewn with thousands of 

 bimdles of grapevines, perfectly packed and 

 in fine condition, washed ashore, as we 

 thought, from a shipwreck. I took pains to 

 investigate, and found that some recog- 

 nized Grape Growers ' Association had dis- 

 covered that some microbic disease had 

 broken out in the vineyards of France or 

 Italy, from which these young vines were 

 coming, and had communicated with the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. The United 

 States Government had sent to all Custom 

 Houses a contraband order on all ships 

 importing such grape vines; the con- 



