Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-24
One MILLION ALIENS ARRIVE
Figures Taken From Report Of Com.
missioner Of immigration.
NEARLY HALF OF THEM LEAVE
official Says Methods of sAdminis-
tration Of Chinese Exclusion
Laws sheuid Re +Im-
proved.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-Many Chinese
laborers have foiled the United States Inn
migration authorities within the last year,
gaining admission to the country in the
guise Of merchants. students or teachers,
according to the annual report OF Daniel
]. Keefe. commissioner general Of immi-
grafton.
Mr. Keefe calls attention to the un
satisfactory condition OF the so-eslIed
Chinese exclusion laws, and the necessity
for extensive changes In the system under
which II is sought TO prevent the intro.
duction Of Chinese isborers into the coun.
try, and to make easy the coming and
going Of classes which the law does not
intend to exclude"
The report shoes that during the last
fiscal year .ososDo aiiens OF. various ma
tionalitiss entered the country. or these.
i5i.bss came For temporary purposes ,onis !,
During the same period Sis2ib aliens left
the United states. of whom 2s2.5,a were
temporary departures The net gain In
population by immigration therefore was
ns.ss5. I't''-,'fr
The commissioner general suggests that
there be appliedSto aliens cohiing to per-
form labor physical standard similar to
that required of recruits for the army and
navy. ea
II also is suggested that the law be
made much more rigid with respect TO
Induced immigration. and that the penal
provisions be strengthened.
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A phase of induced immigration which
has been rapidly increasing consists OF
the practice OF certain corporations In the
middle and far west to employ Mexican
laborers. Thousands Of these lsborers are
annually induced TO come into the United
States, says the report, not by direct
means which can be made the basis Of a
prosecution, but indirection and subter-
fuge-by disseminating in Mexico general
information to the effect that work can
be secured by crossing the border and
applying to labor agencies located on the
American side who are engaged In secur-
ing laborers for the RAILROAD companies.
mine operators and others. the cost OF
their procurements being deducted from
the first wages earned BY this cheap class
Of unskilled laborers. Every possible ef-
fort has been exerted TO control this sit
ustion, but with only fair success.
II is shown that during the year 4,2s2
Japanese were admitted TO the mainland
and 2ie to Hawaii. Compared with the
preceding year there was an increase Of
es per cent for the mainland and Il per
Ia. ~
the Iaboring classes, TO whom the most
interest attaches. only 20 were admitted
10 the mainland and i,Tp to Hawaii.
while ass1 departed from the mainland
and l.5ss from Hawaii
How Chinese Evade Law.
The methods adopted by Chinese to
evade the exclusion law are so compli-
Gated as to beggar description. They ex-
tend all the way from crossing the land
boundaries in sealed freight cars or be-
ing packed away Up the holds of vessels
and landing under cover Of darkness.
Two favorite devices for introducing
young coolies consist of the claim that
the applicant is the minor son Of mer-
chant. or was born in this country, or is
the son born abroad OF a chinaman in
this country and therefore a citizen;
and although the officers may be morally
certain these claims are false. IL Is dif-
ficult to disprove them. OF minor sons
is entered during the year. and of ma
tiyes" i.5ss. Most of these are ordinary
coolies. Regarding those who have en-