Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-01-04
REPORT TALKS
ON IMMIGRATION
Secretary of Commerce and
Labor Discusses Oriental
Problems.

IHdHStS anu improvements III In'
various bureaus and branches of thu
Department of Commerce and Labor
Great popular interest attaches t.
the immigration and naturalization
Of aliens, and much of the secretary
report is devoted to that subject.
One Of the hardships Of the pres
ent immigration laws Secretary
Mabel believes, is the separation O
families.
Stricter regulation of steamship
companies in the immigrant traffic is
urged in the report, and a 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 it 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 1,19S,037 immigrants to
| the United States, the prediction is
made that the coming year will APP
proach the banner year, 1907, when
more than 1,2S5,000 aliens came in.
or all those who came this year, more
than PA 900 admitted they had been
assisted by friends. All the immi-
grants 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 3D.
270 in all, as against 0,411 in 1909.
Though no increase in attempts to
import contract labor is apparent, l.,
700 aliens were deported as such
during the year. Stricter legislation
to govern that class of immigration
is recommended
Secretary Nagel refers briefly to
violations of the white slave law and
declares that immigration officials are
able to cope with only fraction of
the violations. If the traffic is to
be stamped out, he says, the States
and municipalities must take a more
active interest.
The work of the bureau of cOrpor-
ations has been highly important dur
ing the year, and probably this month
n
tigation of the lumber industry will
be completed. The bureau now has
under way Investigations of the In
teInational Harvester Company, the
steel and tobacco industries, concen-
tration of water power ownership,
and corporate taxation.
Secretary Nagel believes the value
of corporation publicity has been
proved.
JaDanese and Korean Laborers. !
The statistics furnished by the
Commissioned General regarding the
enforcement of the Presidents proc
lamation of March IA, 1907, issued
in pursuance of section | of the act
of February 20, 1907, show satisfac-
tory results. During the year 1851
japanese applied for admission to
United States, 1888 of
whom were admitted and SO de-
barred. Of those applying, Pap were
and 245 were not in possession of
proper passports. OF those holding
such passports, 1898 We're found on
examination to belong to classes en-
titled under the proclamation and UNI
lerstanding with Japan to receive
such credentials and only 40 were
found not to be entitled thereto. The
said 1898 entitled to passports con-
sisted of 1922 former residents. 1853
parents, wives, or children of resi-
tents, 512 new arrivals who were
lOnlaborers, and one settled agricul-
urist The 40 not entitled to pass
)orts were laborers who We're neither
'ormer residents nor the parents,
wives or children of such residents.
During the same period 1861 Japan
,se applied for admission to Hawaii,
1927 of whom were admitted and "a
lebarred. OF those applying, 1916
lad and 1G had not proper passports.
If those holding such passports 1454
we're found to be entitled and 81 not
untitled to them. OF the 1454, 257 :
we're former residents, and 1897 the
wives or children of such !
jhinese immigration.
The Commissioner General again {
levotes considerable space to dis :
ussion of the difficulties which at c
end the enforcement of the Chinese {
Xclusion laws, which difficulties, de- {
pite the most untiring efforts upon
he part of the administrative offi-1 q
ers, seem to be on the increase. He I
gain emphasizes the necessity for {
o amending these laws as to bring t
hem into general agreement with |
he more systematic provisions gov t
rning aliens of other races, and to b
i've the executive branch control Il
administration so distinctly exec =
tive in character as the arrest and 4
operation of unlawfully entered 6
ersOns. At the same time his re- C
Ort shows that there has been great f
3tivity in the apprehension of snug i
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