Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-01-11
REPORT OF
IMMhRATION
DURING LAST HSAl YEAR
over A MILLION ALIENS
CAME TO THE us.
One Hundred Thousand More Than
Previous Year-About 10000 Were
Sent Back-ltaIy Sent over the
Most, While Scotland Sent the Least
Atlantic States Receive Most.


ended June 80, 1906, produced a rec III
ord eclipsing all former figures on the le
subject of immigration, according to m
the annual report of Frank Sargent, d,
general OF immigration.
During that period, the report says ty
the population of the United States re-
was increased by the admission of ri
l ,100,7S5 immigrant aliens and 65,61S d
nonimmigrant aliens entered at it's Il
ports, making the total admission l. Ii
166,353. The increase over last years I,
record of 1,O59,755 was 106,59S. h
During the fiscal year 1905, the de- lr
partment rejected 11,4S0 aliens and d
during the past year, 12,432 of the i'm t
migrant aliens, that, is those who in [
tended 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
number during the past year than
during 19O5-lreland, 1880; England,
| 1910, DWtucu, oAO1b 0Ci MANY oV1Nt
Denmark, 1929, and Scotland I'LL less. |
On the other hand, the four most con-
siderable gains are: Italy, 51,641;
Russia, SO,76S Greece, 1914, and Tur-
key, 5165.
Italians, Huns and Slavs Lead.
The immigration from Austria-Hun-
gary amounted to 265,138; Italy, in
Guiding Sicily and Sardinia, 273, 12O;
Russia and Finland, 215,665; China,
1914; Japan. 1885, and the West In
dies, 1856.
Lower Grade of Citizenship.
The immigration from southern and
eastern Europe, the commissioner
says, is a result Of general unrest ex-
listing among the laboring classes. The
commissioner says that drastic meas
ures are required to effect a discon
tinuance of these steamship practices
That the physical and mental quail
ity of the aliens we are now receiving
is much below that of those who have
. come in former years, he says, is evi
I dent.
IL
S central states, together received 8
S per cent of the entire immigration o
n 1906, the south four per cent.
l. Schemes to Secure Foreign Labor.
The report refers to what the con
missioner believes to have been e.
. tensive schemes to secure foreign !;
. Dor brought to light in the past yea
and now being investigated. The ev
= dence is already at hand, the repol
Il SAYS. to show that some individual {
= corporation is engaged in importin
= numbers of Japanese laborers to wor
20 on the railroads of the northwes
ie These Japanese come to Hawaii d
. stined to hotels" kept by labor agen
who claim they are merely seeking l
~ Dor that may be secured in the island
They are admitted to the islands al
10 after remaining a few days or weel
ie there. they ship for the northwestel
H. main land ports. Having been a
mitted at the Hawaiian ports the
u VOYAGE thence is "coastwise" and thu
nc can not be examined on arrival at Il
n- main land ports under the alien lab
"a, contract or any other provision OF &
III immigration laws. Japanese immigI
lis ton direct to San Francisco from ia
IL an dropped during the year to We
d. small figures, doubtless, the repc
III says, from causes similar to those ju
referred to. The immigration co
as missioner at San Francisco repol
III that Japanese have been arriving the
'h- coastwise from Honolulu and fro
I'm Canadian ports at the rate of 1000
~ 5000 per month. The report says tn
81 several thousand laborers have be
all imported under this evasion OF
ca law is not doubted"
Accommodations at Ellis island,
ng- cording to the report, are entirely
ria adequate for the inspection work.
all
as Chinese Exclusion Law.
cry The Chinese exclusion law and
am main difficulties attending its
he forcement are discussed. The comm
an sioner recommends stationing offic
in China to investigate and imprC
certificates issued by the Chinese g
eminent TO members OF the exen
& classes, such plan to supersede Z
,m- of having the investigation made
ap- United States consular officers. Gre
tric ly improved conditions resulted IF
ing the presidents order Of last spring
'ue- structing consular officers as to tn
duties concerning these certifca
700. Various methods are pointed out in
he renort by which the Chinese seek
enter the country in violation OF