The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-12-29
more Than
ONE MILLION
IMMIGRANTS
Come Yearly to the United
States Report Of Secre-
tary Nagel: Shows.
CLOSER INSPECTION
And Stricter Regulation Of
Steamships Are Recon- :
mended by Him.
CT OlsER INSPECTION

WASHINGTON. D. G., Dec. IS
Secretary Nagers annual report, sent
to the President. contains many i'm
portant recommendation for changes
and improvements in the various bu.
reaus and branches of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
Great popular interest attaches to
the immigration and naturalization
OF aliens. and much OF the secretarys
report is devoted to that subject.
Ono of the hardships OF the present
immigration laws. Secretary Nagel be-
lieves, is the separation of families.
In many instances father is admitted
and his wife and children are barred
out after the pioneer has made a
home. The secretary believes that q
more equitable system could be
founeh and says he assumes it is the
purpose of the law to keep families
together and not TO separate them.
The secretary suggests that some sys-
TEN by which inquiry should be made
about the families of immigrants be-
fore fathers and sons are admitted,
should he put into practice.
Unless immigration can be diverted
from Ellis Island or reduced. there is
need for additions to the Facilities
there. At no port is there any ade-
quate provision for handling imrni-
grants, declares the secretary, al
though at most places Sites have all
ready been bought by the government
for buildings to be used for these pur-
poses.
stricter regulation of; steamship
companies in the immigration traffic
Is urged in the report and system of
fines for companies which bring in
sane immigrants or those afflicted
with contagious diseases is proposed.
The secretary declares that the i'm
migration officials even find 1t unwise
to allow alien employees of steamships
to land on American soil without APP
plying the usual examination to them
While the fiscal year 1910 Brought
a total of 1885 immigrants. to the
United States, the prediction is made
that the coming year will approach
the banner year 1907. when more
than 1885, 900 aliens came in. OF all
those who came this year more than
274,O00 admitted they had been as
sisted by friends. All the immigrants
1,ro1gbE a +a.ai 80 600 4n7 5a- ,,,t.4,
them. a per capita Of about s27. The
bulk of the immigration continues to
be drawn from southern and eastern
Europe. Two per cent. OF all who APP
piled for admission were turned back.
They numbered 24.970 in all as
against 10,411 in 1909. Though no
increase in attempts to import con-
tract labor is apparent, 100 aliens
were deported as such during the
year. stricter legislation to govern
that class Of immigration is recon-
mepded.
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 violations. II the traffic is to be
stamped out, he says, the state and
municipalities must take more ac-
tive interest.
Promotion of employees by merit
and not entirely by scholastic exnmi-
nation is treated at length by secre-
tary Nagel who believes scholastic ex-
animation may be proper when an
applicant enters the government SER
vice. The conditions within the SER
vice, however, he thinks, call for an
entirely different test for promotion.
Employees work under the direc-
ton and observation of chiefs of bu-
reaus and divisions and their capaci-
ty. efficiency and resourcefulness are
/! judged by Them. says the secretary.
In the Anal analysis their rights to
Iadvancement should be wholly deter
mined by the opinions of these super
wishing officials, provided such opinions
are we'll informed, iudicious and con-
scientIously reached"
Secretary Nagel puts himself on
record in favor of some sort of SUI
pervision or retire ment for clerks He
believes compulsory retirement for
age or disability would be an eco.
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