The Cairo bulletin., 1909-01-11
IMMIGRATION
Commissioner
SAYS PEOPLE FROM FOREIGN
COUNTRIES BROUGHT
S17,7e4,226.
THE YELLOW PERIL
Needs More Law--Urecs Changes IN
Law 80 South and West May
Get Fair Share of New
Settlers.

Washington, Jan 10.--As shown y
tbs annual report Of the comm y
stoner general Of immigration for
fiscal year ended June 30th. l9os, the
work az the bureau was in many re
spects the most comprehensive AM
Interesting ever performed BY It. De
spite decrease Of 80 per cent ~ e
, migration. the report shows that
Iwerk of the bureau increased nearly
70 per cent during the fiscal year
The total immigration for the year
was 1880 502s479 Kiss than for the
wear 1907. rurng the fiscal year ei
1907 IL oG4 aliens were rejected:
during the past year, 10,902 were Ie.
liected.
Whence They Came.
r~'a bulk Of the aliens came from
itbern or eastern Europe Italy
IArstriaHungary Greece, Turkey and
Itha principaIities surrounding then.
Russia furnished Ga per cent Of ths
total The report says that the
tchange in the law extending the fin.
ling ropvisions to cover the bringing
log mentally, as well as physically dls-
leased aliens to the United States, snd
placing tuberculosis under the s1Te
ban, is of great benefit.
The yellow Peril.
The report expresses gra1lFM 2
with what has been accomplished IN
Ienforcing the presidents prcc'aaa-
tt,n directing the exclusion cs jar.
Ianese and Koreon laborers, who. after
, securing from their own governmen
!, passports to Hawaii, Canada or Mex
lico used such passports, contrary %
1.-The wishes OF their own governments
Ito obtain entry to the mainland of
: the United States. In the corrse OF
the year 1907. 81 79S Japancse aliens
alplied for admission to the Tn "a
states. In the year 1908, 1891 Jap
anese aliens applied for admission
or those applying for admission ~
the last year, ls,23s were admitted.
, The total increase In population
by japanese immigration was 3,s2G.
, The report indicates inadequacy OF
the law to accomplish without carse
for complaint the eSe:usicn Of CHI
lnese who are barred by the stasute.
The smuggling of Chinese into tie
limited States goes on, although
many are apprehended In the vicinity
of the land boundaries and deported.
OF the Chinese arrested 80 per cnt
werc taken into custody In the dis
ltrictg Immediately connected with
lthe land boundaries. Every effort
has been made by the bureau to pre-
vent the smuggling into the country
OF Chinese and an Improvement is
shown in this work over previous
, years.
To Distribute immigrants.
The report urges the government
to take effective means to preyeat
% the congestion Of arriving aliens i'm
the great centers OF population. DIR
Ing the year 80 per cent OF the Aliens
! arriving at United States ports were
D destined to New York: over II Per
lcant TO Pennsylvania: over per cent
each TO Illinois and Massachusetts;
? and over per cent 10 New Jersey.
u ls pointed ont that some of the
states, particularly in the south and
west. are vitality intere sted In secrr'
j. ling settlers. ""Yet the new law" SAYS
7 the renort. does not. In terms and
according to the literal letter con.
template in the exception more than
that the said states should be allowed
to place IN foreign newspapers AMI
/ MAGAZINES Advertisements describing
- in general terms the opportunities for
settlers and wage earneTs within
Their limits" II Is recomms nded
. THAT congress authorize the eNte1-
I sion Of the work Of the Division OF
. Information so that arriving inui-
grants may have definite Information
g concerning various desirable localf
I Ites in the United States. TO the cad
D. that they may locate in such pisces
rs viii afford them PROMPT and r.
81 munerative employment