Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-02
SUBMITS HIS REPORT
Secretary of Commerce and
Labor Tells of Work.
DETAILS OF Department
Discusses immigration, Emigration
and Other Topics.
DIVISION OF INFORMATION
Prosecutions Instituted by the Blu
reau of Corporations At
fecting Workmen.
DETAILS OF Department

Secretary Straus of the Depa rtpent Of
! Commerce and Labor has submitted to he
/ President the sixth annual report of that
! bureau and the second of his incunbency.
| He refers to several important phases oc
! commercial and industrial life. on immi-
| grafton and emigration the white slave
traffic. Chinese and Japanese exclusion,
| the work of the census bureau and the
| bureau OF statistics and the development
Of the very important work being carried
! on by the bureau of manufactures in
putting American manufacturers in touch
| with foreign markets and foreign buyers.
Secretary Straus mentions the PROPOSE
! ton of making two departments OF the
Department of Commerce and Labor. He
says that for number of years in his
opinion. the best interests OF labor would
not he served by putting that branch in
/ separate eSta blishment.
AZ to immigra ton. the Secretary says
! there has been a decided falling off in
| the past year owing to industrial dcpres-
| sion in the United States.
Percentage CT Foreign Population.
! While the native-born population of the
! United States in 1860 was a little less
than 81 10000 and the foreign born popu-
lation was 100000 it is set forth, the
percentage of foreign born has continued
almost stationary with the advance in
the general population. The total popula-
! ton. according to the census Of 1900 was
i6.:0O.'eO OF that number the foreign
born population was 1OjOOONO. making a
| 'ittle more than L.; per cent OF the popu-
latiOn foreign born. Since 1860 the ratio
! has never risen above IA and has never
! gone lower than 1:2.
| The Secretary calls attention to an
| other fact i'm connection with immigration
| and emigration He says that while il Is
! true that number of immigrants an
| nual1y depart. taking with them the &C
| cumulated savings during their stay here.
| they also take with them taste for
! American goods and American ways of
| living. and either consciously. uncon-
! sciously spread the same among their
! neighbors at home Thus they are in .
way commercial missionaries and their
| return home. while it takes ready money
out of the country, is not wholly disad-
vantage.
| Exclusion of Laborers.
The understanding between this govern
| ment and that of Japan regarding the ex-
clusion Of Japanese and Korean ,aborers
has worked satisfactorily. according to the
| Secretary. He is in favor of putting the
management of the Chinese on the same
| basis as that of any other nation He
! says that the excluded class could he
dealt with more economically and just AS
effectively by the general service of the
immigration bureau and would not offend
the sensiblitfes Of the Chinese nation as
a whole.
| Regarding the white slave traffic and
the exclusion generally of morally unfit
aliens. the Secretary says that the con-
vention between this country and the
other powers or the subject has wrought
a great amount OF good but that the law
needs to be strengthened and broadened.
The Secretary says the division of in
formation under the bureau of immigra-
ton has done excellent and much needed
work. and he extends thanks to the Sec
rotary of Agriculture and the Postmaster
General for their cooperation along that
line
Prosecution of Cornorations