Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-07
Other Investigations.

ssT,he other Investigations now IN progress
deal with sugar, tobacco. coal and lumber
In all of these subjects the inquiry extenos
from the production of the raw material
to the finished product. covering the ques-
lions of transportation and Distribution as
well as manufacture"
Continuing, the Secretary says;
.erhe agitation of the subject of Chinese
exclusion during the past year suggests eiie
necessity of critical consideration OF our
laws We cannot expect to estaoilsh close
commercial relations with country asaihsl
whose people alone We nave an e4ciusion
law unless that law is SO framed as "
do no more than Is necessary Tor the pro-.
lection of the United States. 1t Is assumed
that the exclusion of those Chinese persons
whose coming both China and the Unfted
States avowedly desire TO preVenI Is
SETTLED poIcy. but such policy should be so
enforced as to endanger neither the COM
mercial intercourse of the two countries nor
the reputation of this government for act
ing justly and in good latin.
Chinese Exclusion.
"China offers a fertile field for American
products and American manufacturers, but
If the price to be paid for trade with CHINA
Is the unrestricted immigration or Cnlnese
of all classes, then, In the interest OF
American labor and American citizenship,
we had better forego entirely that TRACE.
I believe that there are amendments Whlch
can and properly should ne maze IN tue
present laws-amendment which will IN no
wise weaken them but will remove the IN
justice and hardship, apparent or actual IN
cident to their adninistra one or the
chief sources of such injustice has been the
rejection. after arrival at our ports, OF those
Chinese persons possessed or certlflcatloh
of their right to enter, both from their own
and our government
1.-THE denials were necessarily made De-
statements had imposed upon the two gov
ernments and secured certificates by mis-
representation None the less it was hard
ship, after SO much expenditure and sucn
a long tourney, to be returned. To obviate
this difficulty l have to urge, as mas been
recommended by the commissioner general
also, that suitable provision be made FOR the
issuance of certificates to persons OF the
exempt classes In China by agents of the
Department Of Commerce and Labor, and
that the action of these agents ne based
solely upon the permission of the Chinese
government to each member OF an exempt
class desiring to go to the United States,
leaving the agents to ascertain whether the
person thus permitted is entitled TO come
to this country. Every Chinese person FUR
nished with a certificate In the manner de-
scr.bed above should be admitted at once
upon his arrival at a port OF the United
States simply upon being identified as the
person to whom such certificate was issued.
OF the exempt classes of Chinese applying
for admission for the first time. 500 out of
i .OS4 were admitted and 2S4 deported during
the year; while Of CHS applying for read
mission as domiciled merchants 54S were
allowed to land and 10 were deported. Dur
ing the same period all but 81 Of $50 return
ing laborers were allowed to enter There
were also allowed to enter the United
States during the year 634 chinese persons
who were found to be citizens of this coun-
try having been born here. Thus the num-
Der of Chinese persons who entered the
United States for the first time during the
past year was 500 the total number OF
Chinese admitted to the United states dur
ing the past year was 100
Growth Of Trade.
During the fiscal year ended June 80, 1905.
the bureau of labor issued its nineteenth
annual report-that for 1904. This report
presents the results of an extensive investi-
CATION into the wages and hours of labor
In the leading manufacturing and mechani-
cal industries of the United States during
the period from 1890 to 1903, Inclusive
ut Is believed that the data embodied in
the report are more comprehensive and rep
resentatdve. SO far as the manufacturing
and mocha meal industries concerned,
than any that have been published hereto
fore.
During the year the bureau Of the census
na ,r WORK before X and nnnher of I'M In
teresting reports have been published or are
on the eve of publication. The field work
OF the qulguennial census OF manufactures,
begun early In the present calendar year,
has been completed in all save few iso-
lated localities. and the publication OF the
results by states. by municipalities and by
industries will now follow with celebrity.
These results will show an industrial prog
ress in many important Branches of manu-
featuring which far exceeds public expec-
tation. #
1.-THE bureau of statistics which Is charged
with the duty Of recording our foreign COM
merce, reports gratifying condition in our
trade and trade relations during the year
Just ended.
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