Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-12
PROSPECTIVE crr.zENs.
comm,s.loner rowd.riy submits Reports
81 IN. Immigration iiureau.

Washington. nov IL ,,..5
General n. V. Puwderly VI ihc lini'li-
s-.ttiou bureau. IN his annual fep1r 81
fbe sccrciary OF the treasury, gives
the totai number 0f immigrants who
arrived In the United sHtCs durIng ihe
ilat nseai year aH 2li,2lt. "a deeitAae,
as compared with The nfcal year OF
of Inc whole number 1915 were
MAILS ana 1851 females. io.0Ji came
mo the United S,lrcs through Cautda'
purinF The year $3.50 'wcrc dcbafrcd'
and Of this number there were u NJ
rs.ns. 4 IDIOT, g.2Gi plupUrH, ~ pernlis.
fikciy % become a public clmrgc, 90
diaeasod persons. conv.ctH, 10 aaalf'ed
immigrants una ~ contract lhnltytt'
one hundrcd and fnciy-nino were re-
turned within one year after lnfihE.
of fhn whole number over n years
Of age. .ti6 could not write, t3,Qa1 couli
neither rrad Uor wrsc; 2i,sls' over ~
yetrn ~ age, had so Vr over. and v''-
sOl had les than $50 The total amount
n money shown by immigrants durirg
the year was t3Si2.0'I bW the actual
amount brought over was proJaby
grossly In excess " this amount.
OF he gh1le number 81 arrivals bs-
Gil came from Italy, 2i2si from Nufrih
proper, 2bi2s from Ireland, KIN irvm
Germany. 1859 nom Hungary, 1880
from gnllcin and liurk1wlna, IN Aus.
tria Hungary, i2,1ss from sweden, ail
1881 from England
The commissioner suggests M
amendment to she laws excepting im-
mlEfau.H ThsNn o. be afflicted with a
ioaihiUme or dangerous contagious
disease from the rlght 81 appeal or W
a hearing before the board OF Hpeciil
INJURY. lie aiao recommends that the
head TX be- Increased from " g. -. -
a. 20 furnish" he says, "a fund SUM
Client 90 ouhrRc the bureaus nperrlona
20 their full capacity Tor usefulness IN
protecting American cltlgcus frum dls-
ease. taxpayers from the imposition ~
unjus: burdens; the horpitala, charta-
ole ard penal Institutions from an Va
nuN " aliens. untive producers RON
uuiurs competition. and the social and
political institutions VI the country
cklzsuH Of other countries"
10 D. also recommended that the act
which prohibits the expenditure u a
greater sum FOR immigration purplaes
than shall De collected at the port b.
repealed.
Mr. Powderiy suites sh1t the pitur-
alizatNu laws VI the unted States
have been repeatedly violated, ana To-
his opinion each arriving immigrant.
when admitted 60 the tniied StatrH.
sr1uld be provided with LANDING
certificate. setting nlrth the name. age.
sex. birthplace. government % which
allegiance il due. tho port from which
the vessel sillud. che name Of the vcs-
sel. the lin Il belongs %. the port IL
arrives NJ. ana the date or landing.
The immigrant should De instructed.
by means Of a circular, 60 retain the
certificate FOR prcacusnilon when APP
plying for naturalization papers.
A record % the facts stated in the
said circular a. 90 each immigrNrs, %
be known AZ an immigrant directory.
should be kept Tor each fiscal ytur BY
thc bureau % immigration, An act
" Congress authorizing such course
or procedure ana requiring % the allen
progeutlng himself Cor naturalization ~
produce such certificate or a dupil-
cate from the Immigrant directory,
would facilitate the work % sho courts
ana 10 far toward preventing the issu-
ance u fraudulcut fraudulent natural
izatl0n Inperr.
she belief thag the figures given 81 the
arrival " immigrants through Canida
represent only a part " the actual i'm
migration through that COUNTRY. and
suggests a. a remedy she enactment ~
a law authorizing the secretary Of the
treasury 20 designate certain points
along the border arpiutInF she United
states from the Dominion. o. hs the
sole iortH Of entry O. sh.s country Of
Nhna-AtAnllc ana tiauH-pac.n6 lmml- |
gr1nis and Of all Canadians who shall |
llt have resided In Canada Tor 40 least |
I'VE years prior 90 che immigration TO |
ihH country. n would be- possible un- /
n,t such provision, he sIys, 90 abll- !
l.h she present onlcAl stations oG |
canadian soil and % transfer ths dm- |
slis 10 placed ~ this side 0f the b1un- /
uuily' locating them ut such points as |
,he secretary shall des.gtutr. whrrg .
huldinga could be erected for ,he ace |
o1mm1dlt'on ~ Immigrants pending .
United states.