The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-02
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EpubEc today.
Our age, !. ssltts Ssets tary 8 trans
has been very prop 1llet an
era of cunne ere deve ent and
expElstuH, and the 5TIttsd ties; IS:
reason of It's many exceptional adj
lvantages, rs boundless natural ne
SOURCES, and pOssessiI q gToyFitgs
Intel gent. energetic enterprisina
ling a greater share OF Industrial
ana commercial prosperity than any
+Eof the other nations of the world
has been my constant aim So. to adj
ministeh its various branches as TO
E8fIoEd the, greatest amount Of assIsts
IAnee Information and guidance to
the various indus rEaI and CONNER
cial activities that come Under us
ladnfuts4fatiEe scope.
!, Secretary Strauss points out that
labor and the Industries and COM
merce ares ihter-depend That
commerce which Is developed and
lexpmded to the detriment, either to
the health or OF the wage standard
LOT the laborers engaged therein,
however profitable 1t might be In the
material sense, is harmful to ma
tons welfare and should be dis
lcouraged.'
Particular attention is devoted by
the secretary in, his report to the
bureaux OF Immigration and natural
lfzation, corporations and labor.
While other bu9eau3 of the depart
ment are important. the three mem
| toned bear the more directly upon
the material interests of the people
than do any of The Others. The re-
port, as 1t relates TO them scarcely
can be considered as an ordinary de-
detrimental report. as it is rep1ete
with information. suggestion and
human interest, Concerning the Bu-
reau of Immig grafton, Secretary
Straus points out 6hat up to the
close of the Civil war all our laws
were framed to encourage immtgFa-
ton and that since then American
Legislation, while not hostile to Inn
| migration, has been directed toward
the elimination OF undesirable class
es. AS result of this legislation the
percentage of foreign born persons
In our population has remained
practically stationary for forty years.
IConcretely. the percentage of foreign
born in 1S60awas 1872, while in 1900
Ii was 13.7..
During a portion OF the past hs-I
cal year" says Secretary Stratus.
'..and extending into the present, this
country has suffered an Industrial
depression due to a number of causes,
among Others to overproductfon,
which wereEworId wide, but perhaps
for the time being more accentuated
On this than In the other commercial
The eject of this de-
preston upon immigration was inn
mediate, the fiscal year OF 1908
Showing a falling on In immigration
of about 80 per cent. Deducting the
total departures Of aliens from the
total arrivals during the fiscal year,
the net increase of alien population
was 2O9, S67. About 90 per cent. OIL
those admitted were 1lliterate. The
total amount of money actually
.brou ght into the country by arriving
aliens was $17,794.226, an average
of almost $23 per capita. Warrants
of deportation were issued in the
cases of 1895 aliens and 10000 |
aliens were rejected at the port of I
arrival. In the last ten years the
accepted figures of immigration are
actually S per cent. in excess OF the
net immigration.
Considerable space is devoted to
the incoming of Japanese, which
shows a gradual but sure reduction
in the number. During the year the
net Increase in Japanese population