New-York tribune., 1910-12-28
TO KEEP FAMILY UNITED
Nauel Believes This Is Purpose
of immigration Law.
SECRETARY WANTS CHANGES
improvements in Various Bu-
reaus and Branches Of De-
partment Favored.

dev, contains many important recommends
.ions for changes and Improvements in the
various bureaus and branches Of the De-
pertraent OF Commerce and Labor Greal
popular interest attaches to the inarnigra-
ton and naturalization OF aliens and much
OF the Secretary's report il devoted to that
subject
One OF the hardships OF the present i'm
migration laws. Secretary Nagel believes. Is
the separation Of families. In many IN
stances a father Is admitted and his wife
and children are barred out after the
pioneer has made a home The Secretary
believes that more equitable system could
be found. and says he assumes it is the
purpose of the law TO keep families to-
sether and not TO separate them The Sec
retery suggests that some system by which
inquiry should be made about the fam,-
lies before fathers and sons are admitted
should be put into practice
Unless immigration can be diverted from
Ellis Island or reduced there is need Tor
additions 70 the facilities there At nc
port IS there any adequate provision for
handling immigrants. declares the Secre-
tary. although at most places sites have
already been bought by the government for
buildings to be used for these purposes.
MES in the Immigrant traffic is urged in
the report and system OF fines for COM
paries which bring insane immigrants OF
those afflicted with contagious diseases is
proposed. The Secretary declares that the
immigration officials even find it unwise to
allow alien employees OF steamships to land
on American soil without applying the
usual examination to them
May Be Banner Year in immigration.
While the fiscal year 1910 brought a total
If l.1es.o immigrants 70 the United States
the prediction is made that the coming
year viii approach the banner year 1907.
when more than l.2s5.0l9 aliens came in.
Of all those who came this year more than
e7a.0eo admitted thev had been assisted by
friends. All the immigrants brought a total
Of s2S 1875 with them. a per capita OF
about $27- The bulk Of the immigration
continues 10 be drawn from Southern and
Eastern Europe Two per cent Of all who
applied for admission were turned back
They numbered 24,a7e il all. as against
al in 1905. Though no increase in at
renpts TO import contract labor is appar-
eut / 20 aliens were deported such dur
sng the wear Stricter legislation to gov
ern that class of immigration is recon-
-nended.
Secretary Nagel refers briefly to viola
1ions Of the white slave law and declares
that immigration officials are able 10 cope
Hith only q. fraction OF the violations II
-Fe traffic is TO be stamped out, he says,
he state ana municipalities must take g
more active interest
Promotion of employees by merit ana nol
entirely by scholastic examination is treat
sd at length by Secretary Nagel. who be-
1ieves scholastic examination may be proper
when an applicant enters the government
service The conditions within the service
however. he thinks call for an entirely
different test for promotion
--Fmrloyes work under the direction anc
observation of chiefs Of bureaus and di-
visions and their capacity, efficiency and
resou-cefuIness are judged by them" says
nc Secretary In the final analysis thelr
rights 10 advancement should be wholly
determined by the opinions of these super
-ising officials, provided such opinions are
we'll Informed iudicious and conscientious
y reached
Favors Retirement of Clerks.
Secretary NaeeI puts himself on record
s- favor of some sort of approximation or
retirement for clerks. He believes COM
pylso-v retirement for age or disability
would he an economical measure Tor the
government, and expresses the opinion that
Il salaries Of clerks are to remain as they
are the government can afford TO provide
2 straight pension without contribution
from employees
The WORK, Of the Bureau Of Corporations
has been highly important during the
year, and probably this month g conlpre-
hensive report on its investigation Of the
lumber industry viii be completed The
bureau now has under way investigations
of the International Harvester Company,
the steel and tobacco Industries. concen-
rratio,a OF water power ownership and cor
porate taxation.
Secretary NageI believes the value Of
corporation publicity has been proved
There should be- he says, "an active
srad permanent system OF publicity under
the federal government, by which all i'm
-,crtant industrial corporations engaged in
interstate commerce shall report to one
federal agency the essential facts Of their
business Federal acton Of this sort is
necessary because no state system can
con.prehensively cover the subject Thus,
with q central agency OF business infornla-
rior in continuous operation the country
would have reliable information on the
anagement Of our commercial forces.
public opinion would be afforded a basis
Of intelligent action. unjust prejudice would
pe removed and business interests would
have a source Of information on corporate
facts covering the entire country. There
would De q permanent and recognized
point OF contact between the government
and the managers of corporations The
relations OF corporate action 10 public in
-erest would be considered. cooperation
-ould he increased and uniformity Of cor
rora.e accounting could be secured"
Bureau of Fisheries.
In reviewing the work Of the Bureau OF
Fisheries Secretary Nagel proposed q pro-
-ecteS zone for all fur bearing animals. and
---orid have il on the Alsurian Islands Fox
end other fur hearing animals have been
generally slaughtered there. the Bureau Of
Fisheries has found. and many o. the ami
mails have been poisoned by aliens who
wanted their skins. The Secretary recon-
1rends that some part OF the islands be
made a reservation and that a wireless
station be installed at Dutch Harbor or
Revenue cutters would be able 20 operate
TO greater advantage against pelagfc seal
ers II they had wireless equipment, the Sec
re;ary says
Other portions of the report review at
length the years work In the Census Eu-
reau. Bureau OF Labor. Bureau Of Manu-
factures. Bureau Of Statistics. Bureau Of