The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-02-16

xnti-Japanese agitation In California
several years ago.
There has been a material reduc-
tion In both the number of Japanese
admitted and deported. In 1908. 9,544
Japanese were admitted to continen-
tai United States and S,694 to Hawaii.
while for 1909 the corresponding fig
dres are 2,432 and 1,493. The number
admitted to the mainland and Hawaii
was only about 25 per cent and II
per cent respectively, of the numbers
for 1908.
Contrary to the general impression
the Chinese admitted to the United
States have increased during the past
four years and Mr.. keefe is pessianis-
tic regarding the operation of the
law. He concludes taat the system of
exclusion and expulsion afforded by it
is but lily adapted for either purpose.
He says:
Despite all that is said and all that
is done, the Bureau is always coEfid
ent at the close of any year that many
Chinese of the excluded classes have
evaded the border officers, however
vigilant they may have been, have
smuggled themselves or been SNUG
gled ashore in seaports as sailors or
stowaways, or have by fraud and per
jury managed to land in an apparent
ly regular manner. There are doubt
less now in this country at least as
7'any Chinese not entitled to residence
1ere as OF the lawfully resident class,
and they have entered in every way
that can be imagined
1t is urged that the exclusion laws
oe merged into the general inmigra-
ion law, so that the administrative
process of expulsion therein provided
may be used.
There are also a number of other
recommendations which the CoTmiss-
'oner says may be considered revolu-
ionary, but are regarded as necessary
4 the law is to be effective and salts
factory.
During 1909, 6,393 Chinese were reg
IIarly admitted against 1924 in
1908. 1886 In 1907 and 2.732 In 1906.
rhe worst feature the Commissioner
says is that the increase is almost
confined to classes the members of
which are or soon become laborers
md whose residence here violates the
spirit of toe law.
immigration, which during 1909, fell
off from the two previous years, the
Commissioner say, is reaSsuming nor
nal proportions. The months of jan
Tary to June 1909 however showed in
creases over the same months of 1908
which is attributed by the Comcniss
ioner principally to the fact that those
f0t in OF naSEanOar
wing have traded upon and nagnified
beyond all reasonable limits the i'm
prove:nent in Industrial conditions to
9ncourage emigration.
AS to occupations 174,S0O unskilled
aborers of the Immigrant class enter
ID and 1888 of the emigrant class
departed. OF the Isl, ,7S6 immigrant
Liens who entered the United States
Turing the year Ss,393 were under IA
md 3S,517 were As or over; of those
,ver 13 years of age 191.049 could
neither read nor write an increase in
he ratio of illiteracy to % per cent
as against &c per cent In 1908. For
various reasons 10.411 aliens were de-
ported
Reference is made again TO the in
terestins and important economic
problem arising from the fact that 2
very large proportion of immigration
- coming from southern and eastern
Europe, those countries furnishing CT
per cent of the immigrants. The con-
tinuance of this preponderance is de-
clared to be a question concerning ey
cry patriotic citizen, for it is stated
there can be little hornoge7ity be-
tween people of that section and the
real American.
A distribution of more than 5000
persons was effected during the Is
months ended June 1909 through the
operations of the Division Of Informa-
ton, of whom 1855 were sent to agri-
cultural communities. The Division Is
directing its efforts toward a practi-
cal solution OF the problem of the
scarcity of farm help.
Particular care has been taken to
street no men to work where they
might to be used to replace labor al
ready employed. The field of activity
comprised 40 states and one terrific
ry.
There were issued during the year
1887 certificates of naturalization.
an excess of 1880 over the preced-
ing year The four states IN which the
principal work of naturalization was
transacted being New York. Pennsyl-