The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-12-21
INCREASE IN
IMMIGRATION
NEW COMERS AGGREGATE MORE
THAN ONE AND ONE
QUARTER MILLIONS
SOUTH SHOWS GAINS
COMMISSIONER SARGENT AOeO-
Gates AN INTERNATIONAL Im-
MIGRATION CONFERENCE.

Washineton.-Imm to Amer
ica during the year ended June 80,
1907, was vastly greater than in any
previous year of the history of the
United States, according to the an
nual report of Frank p. Sargent, com
missioner general OF immigration and
naturalization, which has been made
public OF this great flood of tmmt
grafton Mr.. Sargent says:
"An army of 1,25S,3i9 souls, that
have come. drawn hither by the free
institutions and the marvellous pros
perity of our country-the chance
here afforded every honest toiler to
gain a livlihood by the sweat of his
brow or the exercise Of his inteili-
gence surprising in number the rec
ord of all preceding years.
The immigration for 1907 exceeds
that for 1906 by 1SiGl4 and that for
1905 by 25S.S50, or an increase over
1906 of more than seventeen per cent.
and over 1905 of more than twenty
five per cent. During the fiscal year
1906 l2.432 aliens were rejected at
our ports; during the past year lS,-
lG4, an increase OF C32. hence the
total number of those who have sought
admission in 1907. viz: l,2"S, ol3, d Y
ceedS the number who applied IA 1906
viz: 1,113.lG7. by 1S5,24G.'
Commissioner sargent says 1t is OF
particular significance that many i'm
migrants landed al ports in the South
during the pas, year, and he refers
9GnaClllIV "A OF ~ ljDl2lln3
-cXcollD MT types of mmigrants-re-
CCiVed ut Charleston. South Carolina.
having been induced to 20 there by
the state authorities. The increase
of immigration TO the South, the com
missioner says, is directly connected
with the growing desire of the South
crn states to draw within their bound
aries a number of the better class OF
immigrants, it being considered by
practically all of the leading men OF
the section that the future develop
ment and welfare of the South de-
pends upon its ability to receive and
absorb a reliable lahOring and farming
element Striking increases are also
shown at New Orleans, Galveston and
Honolulu.
Twcnty-seven countries showed in
creases and eleven decreases. The tide
of immigration OF some Of the coHn-
tries is indicated by the following fig
ures:
Austria Hungary 3S8,452. increase
73.3l4; Bulgaria, Seryia and Monte
negro 1859, increase G,C93; France
9,73l, increase 3io; German Empire.
37,S01, increase 243; Greece sc, $50, in
crease 1901; Italy, including Sicily
and Sardinia 2S5,731 increase l2.6ll;
Russian Empire and Finland .9.3.
increase 4327S; Turkey 2A. .7G7, increase
l1,257; England 5G,C37, increase 7,146;
Ireland 1850, decrease 4t5; Scotland
1910. increase 3,S74; China 9Gl. in
crease $50; Japan 30,22G. iilc.ease 1G.-
391i British North America 1s9,9S1.
Increase 1856; West Indies lo,CS9,
increase 3.033
Interest nominaily attaches to the
prOportionately large Immigration
from Japan While the exclusion laws
have rendered practically nil the i'm
migra ton from China, the immtgra-
ton from Japan. while relatively not
great, has trebled in the past year
This increase is significant. too, be-
cause It comes in the face of the regu-
lations adopted by the American gov
ernment with the assent Of Japan
which it was supposed would eurtail
the immigration of Japanese to this
country very materially.
Of the 13,OG4 persons who were
turned back during the year. 1894
were contract labor. but the number
of contract laborers deported during
the past year was thirty weight per cent
less than in the proceeding year.
The aggregate number of outward
bound passengers, 5C9,SS2 was 70, l45
larger than in 1906
In a discussion of the new immisra-
ton act, Commissioner Sargent
strongly urges that advantage he ta-
ken OF a provision it contains for call
ing an international immigration con
ference on immigration and fmmi-
grants.
Among the recommendations made
by Commissioner Sargent are the fol-
lowing:
That legislation he enacted to check
violations of the law by professed sea
men.
I'll at marine hospital surgeons be
stat ,oned at the principal ports OF en-
bar alton abroad to examine aliens
before they start for America.
That surgeons and inspectors, male
and female. be placed on vessels OF
the principal steamship lines to ex-
anime incoming aliens.
That arrangcme be pcrfected for
the detention of members of criminal
classes who seek to come to the Cnit.
ed States.
That treaty be negotiated with
Mexico respecting immigration trusts
through that country. Or. IL that can
not be done, that the Mexican border
Re closed to all aliens except our own
citizens and bona fide residents OF
Mexico
~ hpr f,-9i,s y.
made with the Canadian g6yerument
resnecting the e.forct ment Of the i'm
migration laws Of that country, and
tho United States