The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-01-10

Washington, Jan. THE fiscal
year ended June 80, 1906, produced
record eclipsing all former figures
on the subject of immigration accord.
ing to the annual report of Frank
Sargent. commissioner general of i'm
migration. During that period, the
report says, the population of the
United States was increased by the
admission Of 1,l00,735 immigrant
aliens, and 65,6lS nonimmgrant
aliens entered at Its ports, making
the total admission 1,1G6.S52. The in.
crease over last years record of l.
059,755 was 106,59S.
During the fiscal year 1905 the de.
partment rejected 11,4S0 aliens and
during the past year l2,452 of the
immigrant aliens, that is those who
intended settling in the United States.
without exception" the report
says, "the countries from which we
formerly obtained the greater part
of our foreign population, and which
are inhabited by races nearly akin to
our own, have supplied us with
smaller numbers during the past
year than during 1905.
The immigration from Australian.
gary amounted to 265,l3S; Italy. in.
Guiding Sicily and SARDINIA 273.120;
Russia and Finland 2l5,GG5; China
1,54i; Japan 1885, and the West In
dies 1866. The immigration from
southern and eastern Europe, the
commissioner says, Is a result OF
general unrest existing among the
laboring classes. The commissioners
say more drastic measures are re.
quircd to effect q dscontinuance OF
these steamship practices. That the
physical and mental quality of the
aliens We are now receiving Is much
below that of those who have come in
former years, he says, is evident.
The north Atlantic and North Cen.
trail states, together received 90 per
cent of the entire immigration OF
1906, the south 4 per cent.
The report refers to what the COM
missioner believes to have been ex-
tensive schemes to secure foreign Ia
Dor brought to light in the past year
and now being investigated The
evidence Is already at hand, the re-
port says, to show that some individ-
ual or corporation is engaged In IN
porting numbers of japanese labor
ers to work on the railroads of the
northwest. These Japanese come to
Hawaii destined to "hotCls" kept by
the labor agents and claim that they
are merely seeking labor that may be
secured in the islands. They are ad.
mittcd to the Islands and after re-
naming a few days or weeks there,
they ship for Northwestern Mainland
ports. Having been admitted at the
Hawaiian ports their voyage thence
is "coastwise," and they cannot be
examined on arrival at the mainland
ports under the alien labor contract
or any other provision of the immi-
grafton laws. Japanese immigration
direct to San Francisco from Japan
dropped during the year to a very
small figure doubtless the reports
says, from causes similar to those
just referred to. The immigration
commissioner at San Francisco re-
ports that Japanese have been arriv-
ing there coastwise from Honolulu
and from Canadian ports at the rate
of 1000 to 5000 per month. The re-
port says THAT several thousand la
borers have been imported under this
evasion of the law is not doubted"
Accommodation at Ellis Island, &C.
cording to the report, are entirely in
adequate for the inspection work.
The Chinese exclusion law and the
many difficulties attending its en-
forcement are discussed. The COM
missioner recommends stationing Of.
ficers in China to investigate and ap-
prove certificates issued by the Chi
nese government to members of the
exempt classes. &.
The commissioner reports that on
the Mexican border Chinese coolies
are constantly being struggled into
this country from Mexico.
During the early part of the year.
the report says, the white slave"
| traffic was extensively revived. Many
Of the girls and women imported for
immoral purposes were brought
through Mexico and secured a right to
citizenship by marrying Chinese bern
in this country.