The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-07
SWARHIhG OVER
BOTH BIG OCEANS
P,pui2Ho7 Of United States In
creased by 1,100.735 Du-
rin1 Year Ended June 30.
MANY ARE NOT WANTED
VIOLATIONS c. CONTRACT IA.
cot LAW.

cNCet Jc"s IN. 1905. produced a record
ctl'pei0s ~ 70. ~,c~ figures on the Sub
.ie"' e., i,'~s'~~s t,c,,. according to the
a@~sr' rn9o-. % r'-2nk Sargent. COM
lri~y'o,'s~ rerF~ai ~ Immigration. Dur
ne thar period TIC report says. the
Dopua on O. r-e United states was
Increased b. 80 adrul,sio7 OF LOO 81
immigran aliens. and 6&GlS non-immi-
grant aliens entered at IT'S ports, max
iEV tho ,otll admission 1.166.s5s. The
increase Owe las years record OF 1,a5S
755 wn7 10G 59s
During the fscal year 1905 the depart
men rejected Il $50 aliens. and during
the y yea u ,4c2 Of the Immigrant
aiie1A III. ig ihcse who Intended set
ting f. thc C~'tsd States.
Fewe- Desirable immigrants.
"Vi;tout exceptioa." the report says.
'the countries frJ.l which we formerly
ontoi-ed tae e"ea,er past Of our foreign
population. and which c~e inha bited by
races nearly akin TO our own. have sup
piled Us with smaller numbers during
the past year than during 1905--I~eland
1889; England. 1928: Sweden, g,2Si
Germany. 3.0l0: Denmark. 1929. and
Scotland, LII less. on the other hand.
The four most considerable gains are;
Italy. 5l.641; Russia, 30,76s Greece, s.
ga. and Turkey. 5.16j.
The immigration from Austria Hun
gary amounted 10 265.13S Italy. iuclud-
ing Sicily and Sardinia. 279. 120 Russia
and Finland. 215.665: China. L544: ia
pan 1885. and the West Indies. 10, CSC %
Result of Unrest.
The immigration from southern and
eastern Europe. the commissioner says.
10 q -,a.4t.,
among the laboring classes. The COM
missioner says that drastic measures
are required 10 effect a discontinuance
Of 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 evil
dent.
The north Atlantic and north central
states, together, received 90 per cent
OF the entire immigration OF 1906: the
south. per cent.
Contract Law Violated.
The report refers to what the COM
missioner believes to have been extern
sive schemes TO secure foreign labor
brought 10 light I'm the past year and
now being investigated The evidence
is already at hand, the report says. to
show that some individual or corpora
ton is engaged i'm importing numbers
Of Japanese laborers to work on the
railroads Of the northwest These Jap
anese come 20 Hawaii destined Ii no
tells" kept by labor agents, and claim
that they are merely seeking labor that
may be secured i'm the islands. They
are admitted 10 the islands and. after
remaining n few days OF weeks there,
they ship for northwestern mainland
ports. Having been admitted at the
Hawaiian ports. their voyage thence is
coastwise, and they cannot be exam
ined on Arrival at the mainland ports
under the alien labor contract or any
other provision of the immigra ton
laws.
Influx of Japanese.
Japanese immigration direct to San
Francisco from Japan dropped during
the year 10 very small figures. doubt
less the report says from causes sim
liar to those just referred 10. The i'm
migration commissioner at San Fran
cisco reports that Japanese have been
arriving there coastwise from Honolulu
ard from Canadian ports at the rate of
900 to 5000 per month. The report
saws that several thousand labOrers
have been imported under this evasion
az the law is not doubted"
Accommodations at Ellis island, ac-
adequate for the inspection work.
Chinese Exclusion Law.
The Chinese exclusion law and the
main difficulties attending it's enforce
ment are discussed. The commissioner
recommends stationing officers in China
to investigate and approve certificates
Issued by the Chinese government to
members of the exempt classes, such
plan 20 supersede that Of having the In
vestigation made by United States
consular officers. Greatly improved
conditions resulted from the presidents
orders OF last spring instructing con-
sular officers as to their duties concern
ing these certificates. Various meth
DDS are pointed out i'm the report by
which the Chinese seek to enter the
country i'm violation of law under the
guise OF domiciled merchants. etc.
Complete and detailed registration of
all Chinese i'm the United States is
again recommended Any Chinese la
borer found i'm the United States year
after the registration act. who has not
"a residence certificate and is found to
he unla wfully here. should. the report
says, be deported.
Struggled from Mexico.
The commissioner reports that on the
Mexican border Chinese coolies are con-
stantly being smuggled into this coun-
try from Mexico.
Other recommendations are destined TO
prevent the admission OF Chinese minor
children: and attaching severe penal
ties for permitting Chinese seamen to
land.
The commissioner again recommends
increasing the penalties on steamship
companies for bringing aliens afflicted
with dangerous or lOathsome diseases.
The presidents suggestion fer closing
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