Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-19
FEWER ALIENS GONE
Annual Report Of Commissioner
OF immigration Shows De-
crease in Foreigners
oNE-FouRTH ARE lLLITERATE
oNE-FovRTH ARE ILLlTERATE
Many Thousand Less Come to Our
Shores Than in 1907 = Emigration
Shows Remarkable Increase - Ma
jority of Aliens Come from Countries
of Eastern Europe, Russia Leading.

AS shown by the annual report of thu
commissioner general of immigration
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908
the work of the bureau was in many
respects the most comprehensive ant
interesting ever performed by 1t. De.
spite decrease of 80 per cent In i'm
migration, the report shows that the
work Of the bureau increased nearly "a
per cent during the fiscal year
The report OF f. II. Larned, deputy
commissioner of immigration. under
pared owing to the death of Commits
sioner General Frank p. Sargent, the
year was remarkable for a reduction OF
the number of aliens entering the
United States The total immigration
for the year was s7O--502,479 less
than for the year 1907 During the fis-
cal year of 1907, 1864 aliens were re-
jected; during the past year. 10000
were rejected.
One Fourth illiterate.
BY reason of an amendment to the
law, the report for the first time fur
nishes figures which show approxi-
mately the net increase in population
by immigration. The figures indicate
that the net increase was 209,867. OF
the aliens admitted, 630,671 were be-
tween the ages of IA and "A years. OF
those admitted, 1928 could neither
read nor write, and 2,310 could read
but not write Therefore, about 26 per
cent were illterate. decrease of 4
per cent in comparison with 1907. The
total amount of money brought into the
country by arriving. immigrants was
s17,794,226, an average OF almost $23 a
person. During the year there were
turned back at the ports, 10.902 aliens
about $40 per cent of the total
number applying for admission.
Emigration Also Increases.
It is pointed out that the past year
was abnormal concerning emigration
as well as concerning immigration, the
same reasons which reduced the latter
having operated with perhaps greater
force to increase the former
The bulk of the aliens come from
southern or eastern Europe-1taly,
Austria Hungary, Greece, Turkey and
the small principalities surrounding
them. Russia furnished "a per cent
of the total. The report says that the
change in the law extending the filming
provisions to cover the bringing OF
as well as physical diseased
aliens to the United States, and plac-
ing tuberculosis under the same ban.
is of great benefit. During the year.
2,906 aliens were rejected on account
of physical, $40 on account OF mental,
and 81 on account Of moral, defects;
to which should be added $40 rejected
for minor physical or mental defects
sufficiently grave to affect ability to
earn living. The number Of GRIM
mails apprehended and deported In
creased from eleven in 1907 to forty
one in 1908. Two alien anarchists were
refused admission. There was great
activity in the suppression of the i'm
portation Of alien women for immoral
purposes. OF there women, 124 were
rejected; 40 procurers were denied adj
mission; while "A alien immoral wo-
men and two procurers were deported
from the country; IA procurers were
convicted and sentenced to terms OF
and fines. A systematic
campaign was inaugurated during the
year against the importation of I'M
moral women and the results have
been gratifying While Investigations
r1o 80 <,.of or diff.
cult, the success attendant upon them
has been satisfactory.
Contract Labor Law Enforced.
The report shows that the enforce
ment of the law relating to alien con-
tract labor was unprecedentedly sue
cessful. In the year, 1882 contract
laborers were rejected and 240 were
arrested and expelled from the country.
The report expresses qualification
with what has been accomplished In
enforcing the presidents proclamation
directing the exclusion of Japanese
and Korean laborers, who, after Sc
curing from their own governments
passports to Hawaii, Canada or Mex
leo. used such passports contrary to
the wishes of their own governments
to obtain entry to the mainland of the
United States. In the course of the
year 1907, 31,79S Japanese aliens ap-
piled for admission to the United
States. In the year 1908, 1924 Japan
csc aliens applied for admission. OF
those applying for admission in the
last year, 1928 were admitted.
The total increase in population by
Japanese immigration was 1896.
Can't Prevent Chinese Smuggling.
The report indicates inadequacy Of
the law to accomplish without cause
for complaint the exclusion Of Chin
csc who are barred by the statute. The
smuggling of Chinese into the United
States goes on, altho many are appre-
hended in the vicinity of the land
boundaries and deported. OF the Chin
csc arrested SO per cent We're taken
into custody in the districts immediate
ly connected with the land boundaries.
Every effort has been made by the
bureau to prevent the smuggling into
the country of Chinese and an i'm
proyement is shown in this work over
previous years.
To Overcome Congestion.
The report urges the government 70
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