Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-08

MANY UNDESIRABLE CLASSES
Russia, Austria and Italy Contributed
So Per Cent of TotaI-ExcIusion of
Chinese curtaiIcd Total From the
Orient - Recommendations Made in
the Matter.

washington. Dec. s.-The annual re-
port Of Secretary of Commerce and
Labor Victor H. Nfetcalf was submit
ted to congress today. That portion
Of the report dealing with foreign i'm
migration and the Chinese question at
tracted much attention. On these ques-
tions the reports says:
During the year ended June 80, 1906,
there applied for admission at ports OF
the United States 1,17S,7S5 aliens, 12,-
432 Of whom were refused admission.
for causes which will appear in detail.
OF those admitted 1,1O0,735 were new
arrivals and 65,61s returned to this
country after temporary absence or
were reported as aliens in transit, or
tourists This total of 1,17s,7S5 rep
resents an excess over the arriXals for
the next preceding years Of 1925.
'It is interesting to note the sources
from which this large immigration
comes. It has followed somewhat along
the lines Of increase during recent
years, which has been derived princt-
pally from southern and eastern Eu-
rope To the total of 1,100,735 aliens
admitted to the United States during
the past fiscal year three countries
have contributed. approximately, SO per
ceEs Thus, Russia, furnished 215,66o,
Austria Hungary 2e5,13s, and Italy
(including Sicily and Sardinia) 273,12o.
Those composing tho remaining 81 per
cent were distributed among the vari-
GUS other foreign countries, ranging
from 49,4s1 from England to 81 from
the Pacific Islands.
Z s.Notw outstanding the large numbers
from Italy and Russia shown last year,
the increase from these two countries
for the year under consideration was
51,641 and 30,76s, respectively. On the
other hand, those countries whose peo-
pie are shown more nearly allied In
race and social standards to the peo-
pie OF the United States have furnished
fewer immigrants. Thus rduring the
year 1905, as compared with the next
preceding year. the number of aliens
applying for admission from Ireland
decreased 1850; England, 1928; Swe-
den, 1921: Germany, 3,010; Del mark,
1929, and Scotland, ILL.
There were excluded from admis-
sion during the year total of 12,432
aliens. The. principal grounds of ex-
clusion and the numbers, respectively,
were: Paupers 1868; contract labor
ers, 2,314, diseased aliens, 2,273; in
sane persons and iditos. 231, convicts
205, and the remaining $40, including
122 Chinese, were rejected for minor
causes. The significant feature of this
statement is that Notwithstanding the
penal provisions of the law in regard
to bringing diseased aliens to ports OF
the United States and the responsibility
for the return of all inadmissible
aliens, the steamship companies en-
gagged in this business have brought a
large number of those who manifestly
could not be permitted to land. The
natural conclusion as suggested by the
commission general o.. immigration is
that more severe penalties should be
imposed, or that medical inspection
should be made at the foreign ports Of
embarkation. It is not inconsistent
part of such carriers that in the enor-
nous number of those. seeking trans
portation to the United States some,
who are obviously of the excluded
classes, should succeed in escaping OBJ
servation. The more efficacious means
of preventing violations of the law, es-
pecially with reference to the diseased
classes would be the location of medi-
cal officers at foreign ports for the
purpose of making examination in adj
vance of the purchase by aliens of their
transportation as recommended a year
ago.
For the above reasons, as we'll as for
those stated in my last annual report,
] again desire to urge upon congress
the Importance of making provision for
an inspection both by physicians and
immigrant inspectors at foreign ports
of embarkation. Such a measure can
not fail to accomplish important results
in the way of preventing the embarka-
tion of inadmissible aliens, as well as in
avoiding the distressing, incidents con-
nected with the deportation of members
of families who have expended their
means to reach this country.
"a marked improvement as COM
pared with the conditions existing in
previous years has been apparent as
the result of efforts made to exclude
aaborers from admission to the United
States This is due to the steps taken
to secure such an effective wise of the
certificates of the members of the ex-
e,npt classes as would prevent laborers
from impersonating those who are en-
titled under the laws and treaties to
admission.
with respect to the classes of ap-
plicants, it appears that there has been
a large increase in those claiming to be
natives of the United States and of
professed minor children of domiciled
merchants while considerable re-
duct.on has been noted in the number
Of returning laborers and merchants.
The total number of the exempt classes
who sought admission is less than one
half the number OF such classes who