Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-12-28
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Secre-
tary Nagels annual report, sent 70
the president today, contains many
important recommendations for var
ious changes and Improvements in
the different bureaus and branches
of the department of commerce and
labor
Great popular interest attaches to
the immigration and naturalization
of aliens, and much of the secre-
tary's report is devoted to that sub
ject.
One of the hardships of the pres
ent immigration laws, Secretary Ma
gel believes, is the separation of
| families. In many instances a faith
er is admitted and his wife and
children are barred out after the
pioneer has made a home. The
secretary believes that a more equit-
able system could be found, 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 system
by which inquiry should be made
about the families of immigrants
before the fathers and sons are ad-
mitted, should be put into practice.
Unless immigration can be divert
ed from Ellis Island, or reduced,
there is need for additions to the
facilities there. At no port is there
any adequate provision for handling
immigrants declares the secretary,
although at most places sites have
already been bought by the govern
ment for buildings to be used for
these purposes.
Stricter regulation of steamship
companies in the immigrant traffic
is urged in the report and system
OF fines for companies which bring
: insane immigrants or those afflicted
with contagious diseases, is pro-
posed. The secretary declares that
the immigration officials even find
; it unwise to allow alien employees
of steamships to land on American
sol! without applying the usual eX.
animation to them.
While the fiscal year 1910
brought a total of 1,19S,037 immi
grants to the United States, the pre-
diction is made that the coming
year will approach the banner veal
1907, when more than 1,2S5,0O(
aliens came in. OF all those who
! came this year more than 274,00(
admitted they had been assisted b,
friends All the immigrants car
= ried a total of $2S,197,745 will
= them, a per capita of about $27
= The bulk of the immigration con
tinues to be drawn from southern
e and eastern Europe. Two per cen
y of all who applied for admission
= We're turned back. They numberet
: 24,210 in all as against 10,411 il
/ 1909. Though no increase in at
i tempts to import contract labor /
apparent, 100 aliens were deporte
as such during the year. Stricte
legislation to govern that class 0
G immigration is recommended.
Secretary Nagel refers briefly t
;, violations of the white slave lay
!, = and declares that immigration offit
~ ials are able to cope with only
"a fraction of the violations. If tn
traffic is to be stamped out, he say.
q the states and municipalities mus
take a more active interest.
=, Promotion of employees by mer
" and not entirely by scholastic exam
;, ination may be proper when an al
plicant enters the government sci
vice. The conditions within the SCI
, vice, however, he thinks, call fC
an entirely different test for prt
motion.
. Employees work under the dire
le ton and observation of chiefs
re bureaus and divisions and their CT
Of pacity, efficiency and resourcefulne,
al are judged by them" says the Sc
" retary. In the final analysis the
is rights to advancement should !
IL wholly determined by the opinion
t. of these supervising officials, pr
vided such opinions are well i
formed, judicious and consideration
lg ly reached"
Secretary Nagel puts himself {
record in favor of some sort of S
he perannuation or retirement f
clerks. He believes compulsory |