The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-11
They Make a Net Increase in
the Population of
2oe, ,s67.
MOST FROM RUSSIA
Government is Urged TO Pre-
vent Congestion of
Aliens in Cities.

WASHINGTON D. c.. Jan. Ill
AS shown by the annual report of the
Commissioner General Of Immlgra-
tlon for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1905. just Issued. the work of the
bureau was in many RESPECTS the most
comprehensive and interesting ever
performed by 1t. Despite an increase
of 80 per cent in immigration, the
report shows that the work Of the
Bureau increased nearly 20 per cent
during the fsca! year.
The report of L. II. Larned. Depu-
IS Commissioner Of immigration,
under whose direction the report was
prepared owing to the death Of Com
missioner General Frank p. Sargent,
the year was remarkable for a re-
duction of the number OF aliens en-
tering the United States. The total
immigration for the year was 1872
so. 5O2.479 less than for the year
1907. During the fiscal year of 1909
13,064 aliens were rejected: duringl
the last year 1O,sOs were rejected.
! BY reason of an amendment TO the
law. the report for the first time /
furnishes figures which show app
proximately the net Increase in pop
ulatlon by immigration. The figures
indicate that the net increase was
2O9,S67. OF the aliens admitted.
630,671 were between the ages of
fourteen and forty-four years. OIL
those admitted, 172.2s3 could neither
read nor write, and 1913 could read
but not write Therefore. about &c
per cent. were illiterate. decrease
of four Der cent, In comparison with
1907. The total amount OF money
brought into the Sddntry by arriSlngi
immigrants was SIT 7,Ts4.226. an av-
erage OF almost s23 person. Dur
ing the year there were turned back
at the ports 1O.9O2 allens-about / !
$40 per cent OF the total number
applying for admission,
1t was pointed out that the past
yearwas abnormal concerning emi-
grafton; the same reasons which re-
duccd the latter having operated
with perhaps greater force to In
crease the former.
The bulk of the aliens came froml
southern or eastern Europe-ItaIy. |
Austria, Hungary-Hungary. Greece,
Turkey and the small prlncipalities
surrounding them. Russia furnished
64 per cent. of the total. The report
says that the change In the law ex-
tending the lining provisions to cover
the bringing of mentally. as well as
physically diseased aliens 10 the Uni
ted States. and placing tuberculosis
under the same ban, Is of great bon
eiit. During the year 2.sO6 aliens
We're rejected on account OF physical. |
3O7 on account of mental. and 311 |
on account OF moral defects: 90
which should be added $40 rejected
for minor physical mental defects
sufficiently grave to effect ability to
earn living. Number of criminals
apprchended and deported Increased !
from II in 1907 to II in 1908. Two
alien anarchists were refused admis-
sion. There was great activity IN the
suppression OF alien women for i'm
moral purposes. OF these women 124i
were rejected: 43 precurers were de-
MED admission: while ~ alien i'm
moral women and two procurcrsE
were deported from the country; |
fourteen procurers were convicted
and sentenced to Imprisonment and
fines. \ systematic campaign wasi
lnaugurated during the year against
the importation Of immoral women
and the results have been gratifying.
While Investigations into the white
slave traffic are difficult. the sue
cess attendant upon them has beeul
satisfactory.
( Tho report shows that the enforce
mcnt OF the law relating to alien
contract labor was unpreccdcnted,yI
successful. In the year, 1882 con-
tract laborcrs were rejected and 240i
were arrested and expelled from the!
country.
The report Expresses qualification
with what has been accomplished M
enforcing the Presidents proclama-
tion directing the exclusion OF Jap
/ anesc and Korean laborers. who. al
ter securing from their own govern
mcnts passports 10 Hawaii. Canada
Or Mexico. used such passports. cou-I
trary to the wishes OF their own gov-i
crnments to obtain entry to the
mainland Of the United States. In
the course of the year 1907. 3l.79s.
Japanese aliens applied for admis-
sion 70 the United States. In the
year 1908. 1891 Japanese aliens ap-I
piled for admission. or those ap-
plying FOR admission in the last year.
ls,2as we're admitted.
The total Increase in population by
j Japanese Immigration was a.s26
I The report indicates the made
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