New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
IMMIGRATION REPORT.
1907 Il BANNER YEAR.
Iufur of 1906 Exceeded by 1891
-Japdnese Pour In.

sr-fng the year ended June so. 1ee7. was vastly
rresfer than in any previous year of the history
oe the United States. This fact. with all its in
resting and important details is placed in strong
,gbt in the annual report OF Frank P. Sargent
commissioner General OF Immigration. which was
made public to-day OF this great flood Of inni-
Grants Commissioner Sargent says:
An army Of 1.2s5.S4e souls they have come
SI1s nrosrerity Of our countrv~the chance here
afforded every honest toiler to gain livelihood by
eence-surpassing in numbers the record of all pre-
csding years.
The report contains in tabulated form many
rbases of information bearing the question of
immigration, and in submitting this carefully COM
piled data, Mr. Sargent says:
The immigration for the year 1907 exceeded that
for 1906 by 1s4,6l4, and that for the year 1905 by
more than IL per cent and over the year 1905 Of
more than 2s per cent During the fiscal year 1906
last year 1So64. increase of $50 hence the total
M ass aIs Sceeds the n1ber Who ennIie6 NJ in
1906, viz. 1-113,167, by GS5.246-
Commissioner Sargent says It is of particular
significance that many immigrants landed ports
In the South during the last year. and he refers
especially TO party of z7S Belgians-excellent
types Of imraigrants-received at Charleston, S. c.
having been induced to so there by the state
authorities The increase Of immigration TO the
South. the commissioner says ''is directly con-
nected with the growing desire OF the Southern
states draw within their boundaries number
Of the better class Of Immigrants IT being consd-
cred by practically all Of the leading men of that
section that the future development and welfare Of
the South Gepend its ability 10 receive and
absorb q reliable laboring and farming element
Striking increases are also shown at New Orleans,
Galveston anC Honolulu
OF peculiar significance is the table which shows
TIE number OF immigrants from each foreign coun
fTy, together with the increases or decreases as
compared with the previous year. Iwenty-seven
countries showed increases and eleven decreases
The rioe Of immigration from Of the countries
is indicated by the following figures: Austria
Hungary, 35szS2; increase, 1894: Bulgaria, Servia
and Montenegro, 1889; increase 6ea3; France
e1Sl: increase. 3sS: German Empire 57so7; increase
33 Greece, 1850. increase, 17og1: Italy including
Sicily and Sardinia, 2S.7s1: increase 1851; Russian
Empire and Finland. 25s e4S; increase 43o1s; Tur-
key, 27s7: increase 1257: England eS7; increase
49, Ireland, $3.50, decrease, 465; Scotland, 1970
increase. s,s74; China, ss1; decrease. $50; Japan
So22s; increase. 1881 British North America 1885,
increase 14s55; West Indies. 1seSs: increase 1893
Interest naturally attaches TO the proportion
sfely large immigration from Japan. While the
exclusion laws have rendered practically Nil the
immigration from China, the immigration from
Japan, although relatively not great. has trebIed
in the last year. This increase is significant too
because il comes in the face of regulations adopt
ed by the American government, with the assent of
Japan, which. il supposed, would curtadl the
immigration or japanese this country very ma
seriaIy.
Commissioner Sargent presents excerpts from
official reports made to his bureau by inspectors
to Mexico and Canada to study the situation
with special reference 10 the coming Of japanese
America through those countries The reports
show that thousands OF japanese landed in Mexico
during the last year and ultimately gained sdmis-
surreptttiously into this country Once in the
United States IL impossible 10 find them e1-
cept in the rsrest instances While the regua-
fions concerning Japanese immigration have tend
ed reduce the number Of regularly admitted i'm
migrants, hundreds If not thousands Of japanese
stil are coming into the country by stealth
Referring the immigration figures from the
various countries, Commissioner Sargent says the
table furnishes striking Illustration Of the fact
.hat the time has arrived when people are dis
satisfied with existing political economic and social
conditions Tn country, they VIII find the means
by which 70 desert their former homes and settle
where a fair chance is afforded them It's chief
interest 10 the people OF the United states con-
sists in the question that must arise In the nnd
Of any person examining the figures as TO whether
or not our ability race 10 absorb foreign eie-
reuts is not On the verge al least, OF being over
taxed
The financial condition of admitted aliens is a.
ways interesting subject OF those admitted
ss had less than so each in their possession
while lo7 SO were able 10 show amounts In excess
Of that sum. The total amount Of money brought
into the country by arriving aliens was s1lo>9eSS
or an average Of almost 800 q person
Of the I3oe4 aliens who were turned back nur-
inz the wear z34 were contract laborers but the
number Of contract laborers deported during the
last wear vas IS per cent less than in the preced-
ing year.
4 table showing the outward passenger move
rnent during the last year develops the fact that
that movement was greater than in any preceding
year for which statistics available The total
number OF cabin passengers was 224 s93 and other
than cabin 34ses9. The aggregate number OF out
ward bound passengers-Jse, ,ss2-T-as 1S'l0 larger
than in 1866
In 2 discussion of the new immigration act Com
missioner Sargent strongly urges that advantage
lie taken OF provision contains for calling an
international conference immigration and en1i-
grafton. In his opinion, now is the time TO act
lie says:
There never has been period when all the prin-
ested in the subject Several the leading Euro
pesn countries have recently either passed or in
some Of which are modelled practically after our
Some Of the governments are taking notice
the emigration of their ctizens or to induce their
turn others solicitous lest their subjects shoud
ersi Interest with the object Of accomplishing some
International arrangement and understanding That
will work for the general gooc
Tie Commissioner points out further that either
through such international conference or
through amendments 10 this countrys laws ade-
oaate provisions should be made for the issuance
Of proper passports 10 persons who are coming to
America BY this means such organizations as
the Black Hand Society could not gain foothold
here, because the passport would have 10 bear the
record Of the alien. 1t would do much too. the
Commissioner believes, 10 put an end 70 the white
slave traffic" although that even now is under
seasonsby good control by the immigration Of
trsls
The financial statement OF the bureau OF irlmi-
grafton shows that. efter the payment or all ex-
penses. including nearly $4,000 for new constr'c-