The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-12-20
Tide of immigration Decreases
From Some Countries.
laps Land in Mexico and Steal
Quickly Over the Line.
Once Here 1t Was impossible
To Locate Brownies.

Washington, Dec. lS.-Tmmigration
to America during the year ended
June 80, 1907, was vastly greater than
in any previous year of the history of
the United States. This fact, with all
it's interesting and important details,
is placed in strong light in the an
nual report of Frank p. Sargent, COM
missioner general of immigration and
naturalization, which was made pub
lie today. OF this great flood of i'm
migrants Commissioner Sargent says:
"An army of $l,2S5,349 souls, drawn
hither by the free institutions and the
marvellous prosperity of our country
the chance here afforded every honest
toiler to gain livelihood by the
sweat of his brow or the exercise of
his ntelligence-surpasses in numbers
the record of all preceding years.
"The immigration for the year 1907
exceeded that for 1906 by lS4,6l4, and
that for the year 1905 by 25s,S50, or
an increase over the year 1906 of more
than II per cent, and over the year
1905 of more than % per cent. Dur
ing the fiscal year 1906 l2,432 aliens
were rejected at our ports; during the
past year 1864, an increase of 632;
hence the total number of those who
have sought admission in 1907, viz,
piled in 1906, viz, l,ll3,l67, by 1885,
246
Of peculiar significance is the table
which shows the number OF immf-
grants from each foreign country, to-
oether with the increases or decreases,
as compared with the previous year.
Twenty seven countries showed in
creases and eleven decreases. The TIDE
of immigration from some of the coun-
tries is indicated by the following fig
ures:
Austria Hungary, 33S,452, increase
1884; Bulgaria, Servia and Monte
negro 1859, increase 6,693; France
9,73l, increase 345; German Empire
81 ,SO7, increase 243; Greece 36,5SO, in
crease 1901; Italy, including Sicily
and Sardinia, 2S5,73l, increase 1851;
Russian Empire and Finland 25S,943,
increase 1929; Turkey 20,767, in
crease ll,257; England 56,637, increase
7,l4G; Ireland 34,530, decrease 4Go;
Scotland 1910, increase 1874; China
96l, decrease 5S3; Japan 30,226, in
crease l6,39l; British North America
ls9,9lS, increase 1855; West Indies
1869, increase 3,033.
Interest naturally attaches to the
proportionately large immigration from
japan. While the exclusion laws have
rendered practically nil the immigra-
ton from China, the immigration from
Japan, while relatively not great, has
trebIed in the past year. This increase
is significant, too, because it comes
in the face of the regulations adopted
bv the American government, with the
assent of Japan, which, it was sup
posed would curtail the immigration
of Japanese to. this country very ma
terially.
Commissioner Sargent presents ex-
cerpts from official reports made to his
bureau by inspectors sent to Mexico
and Canada to study the situation
with special reference to the coming
of japanese to America through those
countries. The reports show that
thousands of japanese landed in Mex
leo during the past year and ulti-
mately gained admission, surreptitious-
". into this country. Once in the
United States, it was impossible to
locate them, except in the rarest in
stances. While the regulations con-
corning japanese immigration have
tended to reduce the number of regu-
larly admitted immigrants, hundreds If
not thousands of japanese are still
..:, ;,4o Tho country hv stealth