The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-24
Jour new CITIZENS.
Nearly a Quarter of a Million
immigrants.
A FALLING OFF FROM LAST YEAR.
Suggests Record Of All Newcomers So
a. to Prevent naturalization Frauds
Admission From Canada.

Washington. commissioned eneral
T. V. Powderly OF the immigration
Bureau in its annual report to the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, gives the total
number OF immigrants who arrived in
the United States during the last fiscal
year as 229, 299, decrease as CON-
pared with the fiscal year 1897 of 1853
OF the whole number l35,T75 were
males and 80, 534 females; l0,037 came
into the United States through Canada.
During the year 5000 were debarred,
and OF this number there were l in
sane, idiot, 226l paupers or persons
likely to become public charge, 257
diseased persons, 2 convicts. 20 assisted
immigrants and Az contract laborers
One hundred and ninety-nine were re-
turned within one year after landing.
OF the whole number over 4 years Of
age, l4l6 could not write, AZ, 057 could
neither read nor write; 27,608 over 90
years Of age had $50 or over, and &c.
203 had less than $50. The total amount
of money shown by immigrants during
the year was S., s72, or, but the actual
amount brought over was probably
greatly in excess OF this amount.
OF the whole number OF arrivals S.
6l3 came from Italy, %, 22l from Rus
STA proper, %, l2S from Ireland, IL,
Ill from Germany, Is, $50 from Hun
gary, IL, APO from Galicia and Burko-
wilma, in Austria Hungary; 1888
from Sweden, and 1887 from England.
The Commissioner suggests an
amendment to the laws excepting i'm
migrants shown to be afflicted with a
loathsome or dangerous contagious
disease from the right of appeal or OF
a hearing before the Board OF Special
Inquiry. He also recommends that the
head tax be increased from 81 to 50,
so as to furnish fund sufficient tC
enlarge the bureau 5 operations. II
is also recommended that the act which
prohibits the expenditure OF greater
sum for immigration purposes thar
shall be collected at the port be re-
pealed.
Mr.. Powderly states that the ma
turalization laws of the United State,
have been repeatedly violated, and il
his opinion each arriving immigrant
when admitted to the United States
should be provided with landin,
certificate. A record of the fact,
stated in the said circular as to eacl
immigrant, to be known as an immi
grant directory, should be kept for eacl
fiscal year by the Bureau of Immigra
ton.
An act of Congress authorizing sucl
} course of procedure and requiring o
the alien presenting himself for ma
} turalization to produce such certifi
cate or duplicate from the immigran
directory would facilitate the work o
the courts and 60 far toward prevent
ing the issuance of fraudulent natural
! ization papers.
The Commissioner General express
the belief that the figures given of tn
arrival Of immigrants through Canad;
represent only part Of the actual i'm
migration through that country, ant
suggests as a remedy the enactment O
law authorizing the Secretary of tn
Treasury to designate certain point
along the border separating the Unite
States from the Dominion of Canad
to be the sole ports of entry to thi
country OF transatlantic and trans
pacific immigrants, and of all Cana
dams who shall not have resided il
Canada for at least five years prior. t
their emigration to this country.