. Government and politics in Virginia . f the world enter into uniformagreements on certain important matters which ought to bethe subject of general regulation. These larger agreementsare commonly known as conventions. FOREIGN COMMERCE. No state has any power toregulate what goods shall be brought into the state fromforeign countries, or what goods shall be carried out of thestate. The control over foreign commerce is placed entirelyin the hands of the national government. The United Statesgovernment has entered into many treaties with foreign 138 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA governmen
. Government and politics in Virginia . f the world enter into uniformagreements on certain important matters which ought to bethe subject of general regulation. These larger agreementsare commonly known as conventions. FOREIGN COMMERCE. No state has any power toregulate what goods shall be brought into the state fromforeign countries, or what goods shall be carried out of thestate. The control over foreign commerce is placed entirelyin the hands of the national government. The United Statesgovernment has entered into many treaties with foreign 138 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA governments for the regulation of matters pertaining to com-merce. By law also duties have been imposed on manyarticles that are brought into this country from abroad. Weshall see in a later connection that certain restrictions areplaced on the power of the national government to levyduties on imports; and we shall also see how the governmentundertakes in many ways to promote the trade of Americancitizens with the citizens of foreign THE AMERICAN FLEETLeaving Hampton Roads, Virginia, in the autumn of 1907 on a famous cruise around the world IMMIGRATION. For many years the United Stateshas attracted large numbers of foreigners from the variousnations of Europe and Asia. These people, coming in manycases from lands of oppression and poverty, have looked uponthe United States as a land of opportunity and came over the seas by thousands every year. Indeed,more than a million of them have sometimes come to us in asingle year. FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE 139 The United States has the power, of course, to impose what-ever conditions it chooses upon the entrance of these foreignersinto our country. Indeed, the government may prohibitthem from landing at all. Needless to say the governmentdoes not permit criminals, paupers, diseased, and insanepersons to come into the country. Anarchists and personswho seek to overthrow the government by violence are alsoexcluded. The go
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