Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-12

| cNtactS ol llv ROOFS on hullNc, American
medicinal forest plauts They ure both
sold by dealers in medicine. You can't
| AFFORD 10 accept AS a substitute for one OF
| these medicines OF known composition,
| any secret nostrum.
Dr. Piorcc's Pellets small sugnrCn0ted,
| easy To take aS cand regulate and in
Vigorate stomach. liver and bowels
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that efficient publicity winch will. OF
itself, most eneemally end unfair com
petition. ana it is further believed that
the extension of its work in the form
of some general plan of federal super.
vision would be the logical and proper
outcome of It's past experience"
immigration Facts.
on the subject OF immigration, Sec
| rotary Strauss says
The total number OF aliens admit.
ted during the year was l,2s5,3f9.
which exceeded that for the fiscal
year 1906 by 1854 and ttat for the
fiscal year 1905 by 5s.S5o. being In.
creases of II ana 25 per cent respect
lively"
"Of the aliens admitted 1.100.T7I
ranged in age from II to a years. and
13s,3s4 We're less than "A years of
age, leaving only 1924 who had
reached or passed the age OF i5. As
to literacy It is shown that 343 .f02 or
so per cent. of the total number OF al
lens admitted, were illiterate. Con
corning the financial condition of im-
migrants. S73.923 exhibited less than
$50 each-how much more they had it
H. impossible to state-while l07, ,512
showed amounts in excess Of that sum
and the total amount Of money which
was exhibited by arriving aliens aad
brough into the country. was s25 59g,
S93. an average of almost $50 per per
son. There has been considerable
increase in the number OF persons ra-
iected because of insanity, contagious
diseases and convictions fos crime
To Relieve Congestion.
As a measure OF relief for the con
gestion and the consequent evils caus,
ei thereby in our larger Atlantic csa-
pert cities Secretary Strans recon-
mcnds the directing OF immigrants 70
those sections of the country-the
south, the southwest md the west
which have need for the right kind or
immigration. especially in agricultural
and manufacturing pursuits" lie
adds: THE appropriations made by
the last congress authorized the con
struction OF stations for the accommo.
dation OF arriving aliens at New or
leans, Galveston and Charleston, which
when completed. VIII have consider
able effect in inducing steamship conl-
panies carrying aliens to land their
passengers at these stations and aid
generally in promoting distribution"
The project of stationlng lmmigra-
ton officers at the principal seaports
O: foreign countries. where immigrants
could be examined and their accept
ance or rejection finally passed upon,
Il rejected by Secretary Straus, as in
yolving an abandonment of the nation
al policy in regard 10 the right Of ex-
patriation. Such action, the secretary
points ont. would be vesting IN one
, or moro officials stationed In foreign
countries, 1000 miles or more distant,
the absolute power of determining wuo
shall or who shall not be permitted
to come to our shores" and would
afford "a wide open door of corrup-
| ton"
| Chinese immigration.
While upholding the government mol.
icy OF excluding Chinese laborers. Sec
rotary straus believes that the present
laws are "fraught with Irritating con.
sequences" and that the racial dis.
| elimination against the Chinese, as
| such is the cause OF the great falling
OFF in the trade with China. He points
out that "the exports OF the United
States to China. according TO our own
statistics. fell from SO millions in the
fiscal year 1905 to "a millions IN 1906
and to 26 millions In 1907" The sec
retary believes that the present imiui-
grafton laws. in regard to Chinese, "1n-
necessarily humiliate whole people
when only particular class Is to be
1 lthiHfhs so'iiNAhA9 s'N'fAA' anu BCAAAH
ont that immigration Legislation which
Is wholesome for the mainland OF The
United States is not desirable for some
o; our insular possessions. and thai
changes should be made TO adopt the
laws to local conditions.
= Labor Investigations.
Secretary straus is hopeful Of goot
+ results from the work OF the hurear
of labor in the Investigation OF woman
2 and child labor "The best equipped
! men on the staff of the bureau" n'
e says. have given months to a care
+ ful study of the subject. and the worl
! Is now fully under way and win en-