The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-08
JAPS SMUCGLEO
IN BY THOUSANDS
THE IMMIGRATION COMMISSION
TELLS HOW ALIEN LABOR
LAW rs EvADEp.
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
For Number Of Foreigners Admitted
Influx From Southern Part of
Eufcpe increases But the
Standard Decreases.

/ Wa h,ngt0n, Jan. 7.--Th usands of
japanese are beine smuggled Tnt0ths
teountry annually In violation Of the
foreign labor laws. according to the
annual report Of Frank Sargent. com.
missioner general Or immigration, Ia
sued today. Evidence Is already at
thand, he de lares, TO show that some
corporation or individual is importing
in large numbers Japanese iaborers
TO work on the railroads to work on
the railroads In the northwest.
The manner in which the laws are
evaded BY the Japanese is detailed in
the report. The Japanese come ID
| Hawaii, destined to hotels" kept hy
! by labor agents and claim that they
ate merely seeking work that may ha
secured in the islands After remain.
ing few days on the islands they
ship for San Francisco or other Pacl-
| dc port farther north As they have
| been admitted to Hawaiian ports
their voyage thence Is "coastwisA. Z
and they cannot be examined 90 ar
riayal at the main land ports under
The alien labor contract OF any other
provision Of the immigration laws
Evidence Of this evasion of the law
is seen In the numbers of JaDanese
entering San Francisco. During the
past year Japanese direct immigfa
ton to San Francisco dropped to a
very small figure. but the Japanese
arriving there soastw 81 numbered
from 1000 to 1000 per month
Chinese Exclusion Evaded.
chinese are being smugglea in'n
the country in large numbers also. 50
great Is their evasion OF the laws that
| the renort recommends complete and
| detailed registration Of all the Chi
nese in the country aud urge e-tra
ordinary mecaution for registering
hose coming here IN the future
The commissioner proposes that
officers be stationed in China 70 In
vestlgate ana approve the certificates
issued by the Chinese government 70
exempt classes. In this manner Chi
nesc not exempt he says. would not
gain admittance as domiciled mer
chants or men of professional stand
ing
Chinese coolies are constantly
being smuggled into the country over
the Mexican border and to prevent
this the commissioner urges the adop-
tion of the presidents reCommenda.
ticn that the Mexican border be
closed to all EXCEPT Mexican citizens
In this connection the report de
clares that the white slave" traffic
has been largely revived In the rast
year. Many Of the girls and women
imported for immoral purposes were
brought through Mexico and secured
a right to citizenship by marrying
Chinese born in this country.
immigration Records Broken.
All former records for immigrn ton
were shattered during the fiscal wear
ending June 30. 1906, Commissioner
Sargent reports Dpr.ng that perloi
the population of the United Sta es
was increased by the admission o'
! l,1o0735 immigrant aliens. and 65CiS
nonimmigrant aliens entered az its
p1tts. making the total aimissian l.
leg, Sc. The increase over last years
record Of 1859 755 O02G 400 aliens
plus 3S.25G transientsl was l0G.59s
During the fs-aI year 1905 l1.4S0
aliens were rejected and Curing the
past year 12 1872 OF the immigrant
aliens. that is. those who intended
settling In the United States There
were 7Gi 4G3 males and 3362T2 f.
males.
The tendency Of immigration dur
Ing the past few years 70 gather is
steady increase principally from the
,ountr cs Of Southern Europe Is re-
'e,red to- without exception" the
report SAYS. 'the countries from
which We formerly obtained ;he
greater par OF our foreign population
md which are inhabited by races
,eafly akin 10 our own, have sunslsd
Is with smaller numbers during the
last year than during i9a5-Ireland.
q $50. England 152is Sweden.
.2sl. Germany. 30l0. Denmark.
.229. and Scotland III. less On the
,ther hand the four mot consider
i5le gainus are; Tt4lv. 5l64l: Russia.
% .7GS. Greece. s.974. and Turkey Gin
Europe and Asial. 5I65."
Southern EUrope Sends Most.
The immigration from Aust, ia-H1n-
.ary amounted to 265I3s. I'alv. in.
.iuding Sicily ard SARDINIA 27312a;
lnss'an empire and Finland. 2l5.655.
'hina l.544. Japan. 1885. and the
Vest Indies 1856. The immigration
-om southern and eastern Europe
he commissioner says l. a result Of
-eneral unrest existing among the
8borinE classes q those sections.