The Portland daily press., 1890-11-28
A VALUABLE PAPER.
The Commissioners OF immigration
Report for the Past Year.

The Board Of immigration, through its
secretary. Mr.. c. 81. Baker, has forwarded
this report to Washington and it Is now made
public for the first time:
PORTLAND, Me, July 81. 1890
Hon. William Window, Secretary of the
treasury, Washington. D. c.:
Dear sir-Hereby submit to you the an
n ,an report for the year ending June 30th,
loSu, OF the Commissioners of Immigration
az LUIS port, the statistics OF which are as
follows: Number of steamers bringing pas
sengers from European ports, 81; NUMBER OF
sailing vessels bringing passengers from
other foreign countries. 2.
Their arrival here has been as follows: In
october, 1889. one sailing vessel from South
American port. bringing one passenger. In
November. 1889, two steamers from Liver
Dnol. bringing 55 passengers. In December,
1889. four steamers from Liverpool and one
ir m Bristol. England, bringing 104 passen-
gers. In January, 1890. five steamers from
Liverpool and two from Bristol, bringing W
passengers. In February, 1890. four steam
ers from Liverpool and TWO from Bristol,
bringing 1876 passengers. In Marcn, 1890.
four steamers from Liverpool and one from
Bristol, bringing 1872 passengers. In April,
1890, four steamers from Liverpool, two from
Bristol and one from Dunkirk, bringing 43O
passengers. In June, 1890. one sailing YES
sci from Barbados, bringing three passen-
gers; making In all, one sailing vessel from
South America. % steamers from Liverpool,
8 from Bristol and from Dunkirk, and one
sailing vessel from Barbados, bringing 1919
passengers.
Number Of steamers Of the Allan line 16;
Dominion line, 10. OF the .1o19 passengers
there were males, 1856; females, 2S3 Number
Of tourists In transit to Canada, 4SS; males,
1886; females, 102. Number who intend TO
r-~'de In the United States, b61; males, 400
females, 181.
The amount collected at this pert for the
year has been S509.60. The expenses for the
year all Of which was for visiting and in
specting steamers and their passengers max
ing reports and general supervision of affairs
Of immigration has been STA, leaving an I'M
expended balance of $395.50,
1t has not been necessary to notify the col
iector OF the port of any persons who should
not be allowed to land but the agent of the
Allan line requested me to care for three
persons at the expense of the steamer from
the day Of her arrival until the day of hel
sailing which was done at the city alms
house aud the bills therefor were paid by
the steamship company.
The 581 who intend to make the United
States their future home came from the fol
lowing countries: England go, Ireland 147
Sweden II. Norway SO, Germany 10. Poland
l. Scotland IA. Denmark SO, Russia 20, Wales
2. Hungary all other countries 10 Their
ages are as follows: Under fifteen AZ fifteen
and under forty 474; forty and over IS The
states In which they intended tn reside were
as follows: Colorado 10. Dakota 25. Georgia
l, Illinois 81, Connecticut 10, Iowa 16, Ken.
lucky 2. Kansas /, Maine il5, Maryland 8
Michi an IL, Missouri 1, Minnesota 81, Ma,
sachusetts Ill, New Har pshire s, Nrbra ka
10. New York 62. Ohio II. Pennsylvania IA
Rhode Island %. Texas 1, Vermont &c, Wash
ingtOn l.
Their occupation was as follows: Brewer1
butchers 2, blacksmitns 2. bar tenders 8, car
penters IL. c0nfectioners 2. cooks 16, farmers
| 43. gardeners 5. laborers 204, laundry man /
masons 6. miner !, machinists IL. painters 2
peddlers 8, pla>terer /, pOrters 2. sho.'
uakrrs 8. talors 5, weavers 8, walters "a
all other occupations 81, no occupations 152
In concluding this repcrt we can only say
In substance what we have said In former
reports that our present laws for the regu.a-
lion OF immigration will Largely fail of &C.
complishing any benefcent results so long as
railroads from contiguous foreign territory
are allowed to bring paupers into this
country without being subject to any re.
strictive measures whatever.
All the steamers landing at this port bring
but small proportion of their ! assengers
here. The greater part land at the port of
Halifax In the Dominion of Canada and fol
SIX months in the year they land
At Quebec and Montreal and the
most OF these come into the United
| states by railroad without any examination
and without paying the capitation tax i'm
| posed upon steam and sailing vessels, and
our paupers are annually increased by this
course, and no legislation is enacted to pre-
vent it. The longer continuance of the
present state of affairs of immigration only
adds to the great thrOng of paupers which
has, 10 many of our lerger towns and cities,
become burden too heavy to be borne by
the temperate and industrious classes upon
whom fiually the weight of the burden falls.
1t Is most earnestly hoped that Congress
will some time see the necessity of doing
something to prevent the evils now existing
from the very mildly restrictive measures
for the regulation of immigration to this
country, and that some time something shall
be done to prevent our shores from being
nails from the OldWOrld and that part of the
Nv contiguous to US. With our mild re
strictions upon immigration and our liberal
naturalization laws, we are In danger of ser.
| ing the time when the native born citizen OF
| this country, descending from noble and
honorable ancestry shall have no influence
in the preservation of those principles upon
which our government was founded AL
ready our large cities are controlled in great
measure by those who never should have
been allowed any great measure of influ.
ence In shaping either municipal or national
affairs, and the better elements of society
are nearly pOwerless to prevt mt the evils
which the baser elements, mostly the pro-
duct of Europe, would inhict upon US. We
have great reason to hope, if Congress will
not do something practical for the benefit III
our country that God, who has ever had this
nation under His care will interfere for us
BY sending confusion into all councils tina,
have anything else than the best good of tue
| nation as result for which they seek.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES III. BAKER, Sec'y