The Globe-republican., 1907-01-10
BROKE THE RECORD
Number Of Aliens Who Entered This
Country in the Past Year Great
er Than Ever Before. +
I,l66,353 WERE ADMITTED
Those Coming Are Oh An Inferior
Ciass--Japanese Evade Laws
BY Coming To Hawaii Then
Reshipping.

Washington, Jan. S.-The fiscal
year ended June 30, 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 1,1O0,735 immigrant
aliens, and G5,61S nondmndgrant
aliens entered at its ports, making
the total admission 1,166,352. The in
crease over last years record of L.
059,75 was 106,59S.
During the fiscal year 1905 the de-
partment rejected 11,480 aliens and
during the past year 12,452 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 Austria-Hun-
gary amounted to 265,138; Italy, in
Guiding Sicily and SARDINIA 27S,l2O;
Russia and Finland 215,665; China
1,544; Japan 1885, and the West In
dies 1866. The immigration from
southern and eastern Europe. the
commissioner says. is result or
general unrest existing among the
laboring classes. The commissioners
say more drastic measures are re-
quired to effect discontinuancc' 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 80 per
cent of the entire immigration OF
1906. the south 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 i'm
porting numbers of japanese labor
ers to work on the railroads Of the
northwest These Japanese come to
Hawaii destined to "hotels" kept by
the labor agents and claim that they
are merely seeking labor that may be
secured in the islands. They are adj
mitted to the islands and after re-
naming 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 inni-
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 Ia
borers have been imported under this
evasion of the law is not doubted
Accommodation ut Ellis Island, ac-
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 stationfng 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
1o,,,,4,,,. e.1.,, MaxioC
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 right to
citizenship by marrying Chinese born
in this country.
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