Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-12-10

use, to which attention must be d.
rected. Commercial success which
is based solely upon the proper uss
of commercial power upon the Civ
ing Of better service or lower prices
than any competitor, is a success
that justifies itself, is a proper bus
ine5s development, and works bene-
fit 10th to the public and the cor
poratiOn. On the other hand, success
that is based not on service to the
public, but on the destruction of
competition by unfair methods, is an
evil to be prevented.
at is believed, and the belief is
based on experience, that publicity
is the best deterrent against such
unfair methods, and that few, if any,
corporate managers have the cour-
age to continue openly evil practices
when the exact details thereof have
been or may at any time be made
specifically public. by name, date,
amount or place.
at is believed that the work OF
the bureau of corporations, as car
ried on now and in the past, con-
stitutes the best means yet created
for accomplishing this object and for
establishing that efficient publicity
which will, of itself, most effectually
and unfair competition, and it is
further believed that the extension
Of its work in the form of some gen.
reral plan of federal supervision
would be the logical and proper
outcome of it's past experience"
immigration Facts
On the subject of immigration,
Secretary Straus says:
"The total number of aliens ad-
mitted during the year was 1885,
349, which exceeded that for the fls-
cal year 1906 by 1854, and that
for the fiscal year 1905 by 25S,S5O.
being an increase of II and rs per
cent respectively.
OF the aliens admitted, 1,1Oo.-
I'll ranged in age from IA to "A
years, and 1884 were less than
IA years of age, leaving only 46,234
who had reached or passed the age
of As. AS to literacy, it is shown
that '34S,4O2 or 80 per cent of the
total number of aliens admitted were
illiterate. Concerning the financial
condition of immigrants, S73,,923
exhibited less than $50 each-how
much more they had it is Impossible
to state--while 107,502 showed
amounts in excess of that sum, and
the total amount of money which
was exhibited by arriving aliens, and
brought into the country, was $780,
599,S93, an average Of almost 500
per person. There has been a con-
siderable increase in the number Of
persons rejected because of insanity,
contagious diseases and convictions
for crime"
To Relieve Congestion
AS a measure of relief for "the
congestion and the consequent evils
caused thereby in our larger Allan
tic seaport Cities" Secretary Straus
recommends the direction OF immi-
grants to those sections of our coun-
try-the South, the Southwest and
the West-wl1ich have need for the
right kind of immigration, especial
ly in agricultural and manufactur-
ing pursuits" He adds: THE ap-
preparations made by the last con-
gress authorized the construction of
stations for the accommodations of
arriving aliens at New Orleans, Gal
weston and Charleston, which, when
completed, will have considerable eff
! feet in inducing steamship COM
! panies carrying aliens to land their
passengers at these stations and aid
generally in promoting distribution. >
The project of stationing immi.
grafton officers at the principal sea.
ports of foreign countries, where i'm.
migrants could be examined and
their acceptance or rejection finally
passed upon, is rejected by Secretary
Straus as regarding an abandonment
of the national policy in regard tt
the right of expatriation. Such &C
ton, the secretary points out
would be vesting in one or more of
ficials stationed in foreign countries
5000 miles or more distant, the ab
solute power Of determining wht
shall or who shall not be permitted
to come to our shores" and woul,
afford ga wide open door OF corrup
tion."
Chinese Immigration