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in addition that the forthcoming appropriation bills 
will amply provide for the work. The necessity for 
proper distribution of recent arrivals is as great as 
that of supplying employment to our own people, 
and this duty should ever be borne in mind. Suc 
cessful efforts in this direction will save many from 
liability of becoming public charges and avoid hard 
ships and other consequences resulting from neglect 
and idleness.