Evening journal., 1907-01-08
l,ll6,S5S ALIENS
ENTER COUNTRY
Southern Europe Leads as a
Result OF Its UnreStful
Condition
ELLIS ISLAND INADEQUATE

WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-The fiscal
year ended June 80 1906, produced 5
record eclipsing all former figures on
the subject OF immigration. according
TO the annual report OF Frank p. Sar-
gent the commissioner general OF Inn
migration. During that period. the re-
port says. the population of the United
States WAS increased by the admission
OF 1100.735 immigrant aliens. and 65,
61S non-immigrant aliens entered at its
ports. making the total admissions l.
1866 1853. The increase over last years
record Of 1,O59755 O026499 aliens plus
1926 transients) was 106.59s. During
the fiscal year 1905 II $50 aliens were re-
jected and during the past year 1882 OF
the immigrant aliens. that Is, those who
intended settling I'm the United states.
There were 764, 1853 males and 336,272 fe-
males The tendency OF immigration
during the past few years to gather it's
steady increase principally from the
countries Of Southern Europe is re-
ferred to. without exception" the
report says. "the countries from which
we formerly obtained the greater part
OF our foreign population. and which
our own, have supplied us with smaller
numbers during the past year than
during 1905-Ireland. 1850; England,
l15.21S; Sweden. 1881; Germany, SOLO;
Denmark, 1929; and Scotland, LII less.
OF Inferior Quality
On the other hand the four most con-
siderable gains are: Italy. 5i,6ii; Rus
STA. s076S; Greece, S.9S4; and Turkey,
Gin Europe and Asia). 5i65."
The immigration from Austria Hun
gary amounted TO 265. 13S; Italy. includ-
ing Sicily and Sardinia. 273.665i Rus
sian Empire and Finland. 2i5,665; China
1.544; 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 OF those sec
tions which is encouraged or even To-
lmented by the agents securing the
country for passengers, and the COM
missioner says more drastic measures
are required to effect discontinued
OF these steamship practices.
That the physical and mental quality
Of the aliens we are now receiving IL
much below that OF those who have
come in fomer years, he says is evil
dent.
The North Atlantic and North Contra
states together received so per cent. o
the entire immigration Of 1906. tn
South 4 per cent. AS in previous years
the bulk OF the immigrants were des
tined avowedly to a few Of the iarg
centers Of population, S14,70S claiming
New York State. 19S6Sl asserted the
were going TO Pennsylvania, $3.50 I
Illinois and 7s.s6S TO Massachusetts.
Smuggling in Japs
The report refers to what the com
missioner believes TO have been exten
4 sive schemes TO secure foreign labo
brought 20 light IN the past year an
now being investigated. The evidenC
4 is already at hand. the report says
show that some individual or corpora
ton is engaged in importing numbers {
!. Japanese laborers 10 work on the rail
6 roads Of the Northwest. These Japan
csc come, TO Hawaii destined 10 ''ho
tells" kept by labor agents and claiI
e that they are merely seeking labor tha
/ may be secured an the islands. The
are admitted to the islands, and. afte
s remaining a few days or weeks therl
t they ship for Northwestern mainlan
d ports. Having been admitted at II
70 Hawaiian ponts. their voyage thens
e Is "coastwise," and they cannot be eS
4 amined on arrival at the mainland POI
- under the alien labor contract or an
: other provision OF the immigratio
IS laws.