The Ordway new era., 1907-01-11
BIC IMMIGRATION
ADDS MORE THAN A MILLION TO
OUR POPULATION.
ITALY LEADS IN NUMBERS
Austria-Hungary Sends Quarter Nil.
lion-Fewer Coming From England,
Ireland, Scotland, Sweden and Ger.
many-Many From japan,


Washington. d. C.-The fiscal year
ended June 30. 1906. produced a record
eclipsing all former figures on the sub
ject of immigration, according to the
annual report of Frank Sargent, COM
missioner general of immigration. Dur
ing that period. the report says, the
population of the United States was
Increased by the admission of 1.100.735
immigrant aliens, and G5,GlS non-im-
migrant aliens entered at its ports,
making the total admissions 1.166,353.
The increase over last years record
of l,059.755 was 106.59S.
During the fiscal year 1905 the de-
partment rejected IL ,4S0 aliens, and
during the past year IL, ,432 OF the i'm
migrant aliens. that is those who in
tend settling in the United States.
Without exception" the report
says. the countries from which we for.
merly obtained the greater part OF our
foreign population, and which are In
habited by races nearly akin to our
own, have supplied us with smaller
numbers during the past year than
during l905-Ireland, 1850: England,
1928: Sweden, 3.2S1: Germany. 81
010; Denmark, 1,229, and Scotland, l.
Ill less. On the other hand, the four
most considerable gains are: Italy, 51.'
GAL: Russia. 30,7GS; Greece, S.974. and
| Turkey, 5.165.
The immigration from Austria-Hun.
| gary amounted to 265, ,13S: Italy, in
Guiding Sicily and Sardinia, 271,120;
Russia and Finland, 2l5,G65: China, l..
| 54i; Japan, 1855, and the West In
dies, 1866. The immigration from
southern and eastern Europe, the COM
missioner says. is a result of general
unrest existing among the laboring
classes. The commissioner says that
drastic measures are required to effect
a discontinuance of these 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 evil
dent.
The North Atlantic and North Gen.
trail states. together received ninety
per cent OF the entire immigration OF
1906. the South four per cent.
The report refers to what the COM
missioner believes to have been exten.
sive schemes to secure foreign labor
brought to light in the past year and
now being investigated. The evidence
is already at hand. the report says. to
show that some individual or corpor-
alton is engaged in importing numbers
of Japanese laborers to work on the
railroads OF the Northwest. These Jap
anese come to Hawaii destined to "ho-
tells" kept by labor agents and claim
they are merely seeking labor that
may be secured in the islands. They
are admitted to the islands, and after
remaining a few days or weeks there,
they ship for the southwestern main
land ports.
Complete and detailed registration
of all Chinese in the United States is
again recommended. Any Chinese la
borer found in the United States
year after the registration act, who
mas not residence certificate, and is
found to be unlawfully here, should.
the report says, be deported.
The commissioner reports that on
the Mexican border Chinese coolies are
constantly being smuggled into this
country from Mexico.
The commissioner again recommends
increasing the penalties on steamship
companies for bringing aliens afflicted
with dangerous or loathsome diseases.
The Presidents suggestion for closing
the Mexican border to all aliens except
citizens of Mexico, is also urged.
During the early part of the year,
the report says, the white slave" traf-
fic was extensively revived. Many OF
the girls and women imported for I'M
moral purposes were brought through
Mexico and secured right to citizen
ship by marrying Chinese born in this
| country.