Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-06

in few days In Washington, for the
purpose Of influencing Congress In IA
yor OF suitable legislation. The Presi-
dent has directed the attention Of Con-
gress pointedly, to this important sub
| ieot
II must be admitted that the imml-
grafton problem has become one Of the
utmost Importance. Aliens are now
coming to the United States at the rate
Of over a million year, and the num-
Der will probably Increase, as long as
! prosperous conditions prevail here and
revolution famine, and poverty render
life In many foreign countries n bur-
den
To what enormous proportions imml-
grafton has grown may be seen
from the following data gathered by the
Boston Herald From the time our re-
public was founded and recognized, up
to the year 1890. II was estimated that
the immigration did not amount TO
more than 250, 0OO-that Is, for 80 years
the Incoming was not In excess Of
5000 per annum-and as late as 1913
the annual incoming, although It had
previously exceeded that figure, did not
amount to much over 10000 Again, In
the years 1851 and 1862 when we might
be said to have been in need Of men to
fight out battles, the number Of incom-
ing aliens was about $4,000 for each OF
these years, while IN 1854 the volume OF
immigration had swelled TO the figure
Of $4,000 More recently, IN the fiscal
years Of 1897 and 1898 the number OF
immigrants for each 12 months was
about 10000, or less than a quarter OF
what # was In the fiscal year that has
just passed.
A great many laborors now come TO
this country only for the purpose Of
earning enough TO live I'm comparative
comfort at home. They never intend to
become bona ade American citizens.
This Is clearly proved by the large
number Of steerage passengers who
every year leave this country for Med
iterranean ports.
Some are very much exercised about
the immigration from Asia, but that
was, last year, very Insignificant as
compared 10 the influx from other
countries. The number who came from
China last year was only a little over
5000. 10000 came from Japan, 5000 from
Turkey in Asia and 5000 from all other
parts Of the continent Of Asia. This
represented a marked falling off both
in the Chinese and Japanese immlgrt-
ton. The former fell off more than
quarter as compared with the previous
year, and the latter nearly third.
The facts embodied in the figures pro-
duccd, prove the necessity OF dealing
with the immigration problem in
patriotic spirit, II is one of the most
difficult to settle right. on the one
hand, our own laborers and Industrial
interests must be protected against
killing competition; on the other hand
full opportunity should be given for
those willing and able to help deyel-
oplng the country, TO do so Immigra-
ton from all parts of the world has
been rendered easy, through the modern
means Of communication and the low
steerage rates. In former times the
long, tedious Journey across oceans and
continents. The inevitable hardships and
the large expenses deferred all but the
most enterprislng and ambitious, from
leaving their native countries for Amer
lea. Conditions are changed and legis-
lators must take cognizqnce Of that
fact.