The Detroit times., 1908-12-02
STAMP OUT WHITE
SLAVE TRAFFIC,
SAYS STRAUs
HI SUBMITS ANNUAL REPORT TO
pREsIp T-IMMloRATioN
FELL OFF % PER CENT FOR
YEAR.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-Secretar,
etraus, OF the department or commerce
and labor. has submitted his annua
report 10 the president There was
falling on In immigration OF 80 pei
cent during the fiscal year 1908. du'
a 20 the Industrial depression. There
NJ were $40 aliens rejected in 1908 owing
R TO mental defects. and there were l.
81 $50 contract laborers deported durina
v the same period.
Nj Fourteen convictions OF procurers
Il and keepers OF houses of ill-fame have
been secured" says Mr.. Straus. II
IL highly necessary that this diaboi
( ical trafic should be suppressed by
the rigid enforcement of laws"
Mr.. Straus' report follows:
During a portion OF the past nsca'
year. and extending into the present
this country has suffered an industrial
& cepressiop~ due. to a nnmher of rcanse =
a among others to overproductlon. whlcn
" were world wide hut perhaps for the
time being more accentuated In this
than In the other commercial countries
The effect upon immigration 10 this
country and emigration theretrom was
almost Immediate. While the immigra-
" tton, 10 this country FOR 10 years and
siderabiy over the preceding year. the
Y 4scal year 1905. as compared with the
\ nscal year 1907. shows a falling on Of
the Tnscai years 1906 and 1905 there
81 were approximate decreases OF 20 and
- per cent. respectively. The total
sStsrsd the country sFA in The las, fiscal
year was sS2.s.0. being sO2.47s less
than In the fiscal year 1907,
For the past rscal year FOR the nrst
Law
B migration act OF Feb. 20, 1907. TO aseer-
snc raesr q Oh. a net
crease TO our population by immigra-
\ tion. The new statistical table given In
the report Of the commissioner-genera
Il OF Immigration shows that In addition
n 40 7s2s10 immigrant aliens admitted TO
this country there were admitted H.
Z 92s chased as non immigrants, making
N total OF e14,69s; and Also mat there
v departed from the United states 3s5.o.3
emigrant aliens, together with 3l9.1b6
n nom emigrant aliens. making total OF
f14,&2o. Deducting these total depar-
n lures OF aliens from the total arrivals
y during the fiscal year, the net increase
n Of alien population has been eos.ss7.
Even this net increase 10 rurther re-
duccd BY the departure from the United
States OF naturalized American citizens,
coneernins which latter class no
;ns data. While the humber perhaps is
y not large. II Is still appreciable.
IL n worthy Of note that OF the 7s2 $40
9liens admitted. sso;s.i were between
s under the O. az. Ao q Il: or. only 1905, had
reached OF passed the age OF as. OF
those admitted. exclusive OF aliens un,
& neither read nor write, and l,sIo could
Is read but not write. About 2s per cent
\ of those admitted. IL years of age and
80 per cent for the year 1897. The total
4 amount or money actually shown to i'm
4 migretian oflcers by arriving aliens
5ss psr' rspita. But Il Is we'll known
that tbs amount actually brought over
was considerably larger. AZ under the
& law aliens are not asked the amount OF
money In their possession In excess
Rejection Of Aliens.
There has been considerable In
Il ereane IN the number or aliens rejected
sis n e o s 70 SO a & n. TSss:
crease In the number of contract labor
N ere rejected. from 1.ts< in 1907 to 1852
# IN 1908, an increase of about "a per
cent. These increases are all the more
3 9lgu1acant when IL n remembered that
there has been decrease OF about SO
4 Der cent In the total immigration.
:2 The fAcility and cheapness OF COM
II munecatton, especially in ocean travel.
3 during the. last two decades. which has
;, contributed 80 materially IL immigra-
n &ion to this country, has. az the figures
Tk1 have referred to indicate. likewise
" contributvd to emigration from .his
& cOuntry to other lands. II mas influ-
4 enced also. In, much lesser degree the
4 fniGrntion from this country OF native
/: born citfsens.
In = commercial sense. this emigra-
1ion ID not without Significance. The
y Immigrant who comes to this country.
Hives here Tor a number OF years. and
& 4eturns either TO his own country or to
. come other naturally takes with him.
\ not only the money that he has. through
4 thrift and industry. accumulated. but
san ide. az tastes es's snd A Amer
Can requirements These he conscious
~ or unconsciously transpiants. The
1nnuencc Of this emigration upon our
5 ports, u not inappreclabie. The emil
grant y commercial missionary. His
ss:,re Tor many 81 orr ma rn S etures
\ accustomed. hos doubtless. TO some ex-
tent contributed to the cxnort Of snch
< products. both directly and indirectly
70 the country to which he has emil
The Statistics show that In Juno. 1907
\ total OF 2.2es Japanese were admitted
NJ (1.iS4 TO the continent and 1.074 to Ia
X vail, and that In June, 1908, only Isl
I Japanese were admitted f446 TO tho
< mainland and s35 TO Hawaii) or the
+ 1<e admitted TO the mainland. 2ss wer,
ENGAGED IN non tailoring pursuits and
& only 1s3 In laborihg occupations.
The. greatest vioiators OF the contract
81 turerp who. as a rule. do not act direct
III but Indirectly through agents ant
sub -aGents. II IL very difficult to Sc
s. cure evidence In such form az Will b,
6uf1cirnt In detail TO enable suit to bs
E broughs under the penal provisions oi
4 The act. though from All administrative
Doint OF view the circumstances are
4 0ften sufficiently convincing that IN,
law has bern surreptitiousiy evaded. liz
practice II Is less diffcult to secure the
evidence upon which deportation pro.
& oeedlngs can be Instituted against the
H Iabofers who have been imported Labor
& unfoua themselves have at times beer
r FOUND among the violators OF the law.
white slave Trafuc.
y Under the law aliens who have beer
IA guilsy OF crimes or misdemeanors. who
q are believers In anarchy, or who ar,
Droatftntes. procurers OF prostitutes, OF
DerD0nB otherwise similar, immoral
3 Are fnadmissible to this country. Nu.
merous prosecutions have been brought
against procurers and keepers OF houses
81 i1f<fame. and convictions nave beer
& had In ~ cases. four of which resulted
= IN Imprisonment for one year. -four
&. years. four and one -haif years. and
S. Ave Years, respectively. ano 10 In i'm
Df<s0nment ranging In duration from
~ nIx months to is months, and fines
a fnnefng from $50 10 s1.eo0
IL would be highly advantageous IN
+ an endsavor TO break w the white