The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-19
HEAVY INFLUX
FROM ABROAD
Tide Of immigration to This
Country Rising.
sspcEDI'S ANNUAL REPORT
SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW CHI
NEsE COULD BE EXCLUDED

,.sHIvGTON. oct 1S.-The an
W sgsI report Of the commissioner
" NJ immigration was made public
..4sv II shows that Of the 64s,74S i'm
',i,rants who arrived in the United
s,sf4s during the last fiscal year
,ss 7sg were males and 1894 females
u, ,ss entire number Of arrivals. Italy
.,,oiie4 1885. an increase OF 42.a19
aver 1901 Austria-Hungary. l5l.sss, an
Increase of $3.50. and Russia 1OL3i7.
=, increase Of 22,0gO. Most European
.orsfrIas showed an increase, but
,..r- WAS falling on in tae arrivals
NOM ireland amounting 10 l,423, the
total from that country being 29l3S.
The henres concerning Asiatlc i'm
alteration show a decrease from China
of $40 the total being l.649. and an In
.rsas. from Japan OF 1901, the total
bslrs 14g7o. or an increase or 10 per
rsnt or the entire number arriving
ts2lsS were unable % read or white.
49,, -4aes we're under "a years OF age
commenting upon this circumstance,
commissioner sargent says:
I'M can be- roughly estimated from
the foregoing figure how effective in
eyrluding aliens would be a reading
test such as that proposed during the
,acent session Of congress. which
would not De applied 20 children under
ls and adults over 80.
Small Number Excluded.
The total number OF aliens refused
,srmisglon 10 land was 4.794. or about
,vo-thlrds Of / per cent OF the total
arriynls- OF these. 8.844 we're paupera
Ig had I0athsOme diseases. 9 were con-
victs and e15 contracted labOrers. Re
ferrlng 20 the rejection OF those COM
ing under contracts. the report says;
Although immigration has been
largely increased the number refused
admission during the year as allen
contract lab0rers has decreased. as
compared with those barred upon sim
Tar grounds last year, from 32l TO
z,5. The assumption which might
naturally arise from these figures that
the successful administration Of the
law has checked attempts to gain ac-
cess 10 the United States in disregard
81 its provisions IS inadmissabie, in
REV Of the frequency Of the complaints
which have reached the bureau upon
this subject during the year under con-
sidsration"
Reference Is made 10 the alien con-
tract labor bin pending In the SEN
ate. the commissioner expressing the
hope that Il may pass during the next
session. Mr. Sargent finds that the
sangune view expressed in the last
annual report Of the bureau as to the
effect OF the careful examination by
the United States marine hospital sur
geOn upon the transport lines bring
ing diseased aliens 20 American ports
has not been confirmed by the expert
euce OF the past year. He adds:
Diseased Aliens.
'The increase OF alien immigration
has been not quite one-third over that
o. 1901, but the comparative increase
Of diseased aliens for the same per
iod has been more than two a. one.
The same races which exhibited the
hrgest number Of diseased persons
asst year maintain their pre-eminence
n this respect for the year under con-
s.deTauon.
These figures show conciusiVely the
necessity FOR legislation which shall
inlet upon the transportation lines
which have the means OF protecting
themselves from the effect OF viola
ton Of the law by competent medical
inspection az the port OF foreign en-
parAauon, penalty prOpOrtionate TO
NE gravity or the risk TO the health
oi NE American people by bringing
diseased aliens 10 ports OF this coun-
ny The present penalty is the mere
return OF the diseased alien at the
eust Of the offending line. This, how
ever IS virtually no penalty"
ne sUonsly advocates the provision
OF tAe pending bill on this subject. pro-
n'uhcihg Il the most important item
speaking o. the enforcement OF the
SuiheSe exclusion laws, Mr.. Sargent
says many obstacles have been en-
eoan'ered and he thus enumerates some
OF them:
chinese Exclusion.
An additional year in the enforca-
ment Of the Chinese exclusion lev,S 10,
No. " Cohurm the opinions ex-
H. "a ne last annual report as TO
ia tsiavi'y on the difficulties Inherent
=, s character OF the Monaghan race
i,,., met and surmounted. IL is but
-. 70 say that other causes supple-
- Ar Steady resistance OF the Chi
~. 20 me requirements both OF the
r-,,-- aud or the treaty of 1894 The
po''atun lines whose financial in
-, are Affected are large and OF
s,s I' Importance. and in some cas-
s5,-i- .t iaek OF sympathy with the
"a 'i,..''IaFlOh o. the law which would
~ 10 ~ proper expression only before
-. Nh.s.4tilr branch OF the govern
:, - me chlec distractions. hoyeyar
0 einclent endorsement Of the Law,
sc - on me one hand from the nm
-lpulous character Of sor,s 49,.
a.. .'''-FAs and others who lind n
e'ess.iP ''At IN smuggling the excluded
b. r. ayIoas our land boundaries. and
fs.s w o,Aer from the constant inter-
a., ol those Jealous persons in our
thst. o-,lIy whose consciousness OF
tha ,,. gNa''-d purposes in relation 10
ra.- ..'.la. condition OF the Chinese an
In, ~ them ample Justification sone-
c. -.' disregard OF the law ana
y. .fl lor The snieavor To have ifs pre-
p9riS,. waived as unimportant i'm COM
' With thelr own designs"
Special Agents.
srs, recommends that authority be
air'ri,sg,I lhe appointment of agents 10
t,,t--s.' ester the Chinese exclusion laws
70 o,11' oI leaving their enforcement
ee-,.'l'S or customs. and also that
e, B,-l,JJ special officers De stationed
t,..o-sAong and Canton for the EN-
d, lss 49, or Tie laws in China. instead
To- Ar AM, loai duty in the hands OF
HsBy '- -..ean cousuls In China. In
Of Csi.--SeS, Bee says, The identlncation
UnH14i '' s persons returning to the
tss i,sl rs, states is left by the eonsulz 10
~ Chin-se servants '0 ''''N'' "
az. SaruaUr