The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-12-28
Only Two Per Cent Of ALI Who
Sought Admission Last Fis-
cal Year Not Permitted
to Land
STRICTfR REGULATIONS URGED
Secretary NaseI, In Annual Report,
Advises Stern Steamship Rules
Big immigration Expected
the Coming Year.

Washington. Dec 2s.-Secretary Ma
gels annual report, sent To the Presi-
dent today, contains many Important
recommendation for changes and inn
provements i'm the various bureaus and
branches of the Department OF Cem-
merce and Labor.
Great popular interest attaches to
the immigration and naturalization OF
aliens. and much of the secretary's re-
port is devoted to that subject.
One of the hardships of the pres
ent immigration laws, Secretary Ma
gel believes, is the separation of FAM
lilies. In many instances a father is
admitted and his wife and children are
barred out after the pioneer has made
home. The Secretary believes that
more equitable system could be
found, and says he assumes il is the
purpose Of the law TO keep families to-
gether and not to separate them. The
Secretary suggests that some system
by which inquiry should be made
about the families immigrants before
fathers and sons are admitted, should
be put into practice.
Strioter Regulation Urged.
Stricter regulation of steamship
companies I'm the immigrant traffic is
urged in the report and a system OF
fines for companies which bring insane
immigrants or those afflicted with CON
tagious diseases is proposed. The sec
retary declares that the immigration
officials even find 1t unwise to allow
alien employees of steamships to land
on American soil without applying the
usual examination to them.
While the fiscal year 1910 brought a
total of 1,19S.037 immigrants to the
United States, the prediction is made
that the coming year will approach
the banner year 1908 when more than
1,2S5,0 aliens came in. or all those
who came this year more than 274,O0O
admitted they. had been assisted by
friends. All the immigrants brought a
total of $2S.197,745 with them, a per
capita Of about $27. The bulk of the
immigration continues to be drawn
from southern and eastern Europe
Two per cent of all who applied for
admission were turned back. They
numbered 24,270 in all as against 10,-
All In 1909. Though no increase in at
tempts to import contract labor is APP
parent, LOO aliens were deported as
such during the year. Strcter legisla-
tion to govern that class of immigra-
ton is recommended.
White Slave Law.
Secretary Nagel refers briefly to
violations of the white slave law and
declares that immigration officials are
able to cope with only a fraction of
the violation. If the traffic is to be
stamped out he says, the state and
municipalities must take a more active
interest.
Promotion of employees by merit
and not entirely by scholastic examin-
alton is treated at length by Secretary
Nagel who believes scholastic examin-
alton may be proper when an appli-
cant enters the government service.
| The conditions within the service,
however, he thinks. calls for an entire
| ly different test for promotion.
employees work under the direc-
tion and observation of chiefs of bur-
eaus and divisions and their capacity,
efficiency and resourcefulness are
judged by them" says the Secretary.
"In the final analysis their rights to
advancement should be wholly deter
mined by the opinions of these super
vising officials. provided such opin-
ions are well informed. judicious and
conscientiously reached"