The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-05

have passed in between eight a,4 -
millions. At present We are adnjfr.rs
more Italians than any of the otba~E
In 1900 we had over 100000 of ~
Next came the Poles. who num5.-al
IFS. e0e. and then the Jews. Germ.r.
English and Irish.
You must remember. howeve-. tt..
a great many Of these imml--An.s
STAY only a few ear and that t1--.
is a steady flow back TO the old ca.r-
try. / believe that some OF them com,
here with the idea Of making a for
tune in a few years and then going
back home. Some such send Their
savings back from month To month.
and this is one reason for the hun
dreds Of millions of dollars worth ,c
none orders which are annually for
warded to Europe
Keeping Out the Scrap.
DO we get many bad Immigrants
l asked.
Not if this department. can help il.
We have q force of about 1000 men
who are engaged in guarding the ports
and our boundaries, to keep out those
whom the law forbids landing. These
are. as you know, all those who have
contagious diseases, all who are men
tally weak, all who have been Grim
inaIS i'll the countries from where
they came, and all who are paupers
G111o A1SAo ~ NA4s
We turn about 100000 such immi-
grants back every year, IN although
at times it seems almost cruel To DO
so, we are forced to protect the peo-
pie at home from such invasion from
abroad.
What causes the immigrant II
come to the United States"
The umb increases or decreases
with good or bad times. Just now the
country is prosperous, and foreigners
come here to get the high wages and
better conditions of living. The I'M
migration is also largely a matter
of freight. 1t is drummed up by thu
ocean steamship companies and thu
railroads in order that they may re
ceive h passage money for carrying
the immigrants here"
Can you keep out the AsiaticS ."
The law forbids us to admit the
Chinese, and the same Is true to some
extent Of the Japanese. During the
past year We have passed in twenty-sIX
hundred japanese, ami during the
same time something like fifteen nun
dred came into Hawaii. California
has also had something of an i'm
migration of
What are GU doing along labor
Iines?"
W are gathering information of
all sorts not only for the government
and the scientist, but for the laborinG
man himself and those n employ
him. We are getting information as
to child La bor and woman labor. az
to wage and strikes and as to acct
dents and how the laborer may be
protected from them"
Investigating the Corporations.
Il suppose hat a great part OF your
work is connected with the corpora
tions?"
Yes, that was one Of the main rea-
sons for founding this department. 1t
was to promote the best business in
terests Of the country ard to give in
formation which would lead to the
maintenance of the honesty and sta
bility Of the vast machinery Of our
industry and commerce. The bureau
of corporations gathers information
for the use OF the administration and
others as to corporations OF all kinds
So far, we have been dealing chiefly
with the great corporations or trusts,
and we lay investigated a number Of
them. such as the beef trust and the
steel trust. We have about completed
our work on the steel tru=t."
Il should think such a report would
be very extensive?"
1T is so. 1t would take several
volumes to contain it
"WiH it haze IS many words as a big
family Bible
Il o say 80
How do you go about Investigating
a trust Of that kind
w have to begin at the bottom
We want first to know the purpose
Of the organization. to learn hat ls
charter gives it the right to do ana
then find out whether il carries on ita
business in accordance with that
charter. We want to know all about
the methods of the organization, its
Droats and losseA the age and
prices. the cost Of materials and every
thing concerning 1T. We want I"
know whether it has combinations
with the railroads by which IL gets
unfair advantages over its cOmpeu-
tors, and to know whether it is in 4
conspiracy 10 control or make prices.
In the steel trust we have had great