Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-24
CHINESE EXCLUSION
Law BADLY NEEDS
MUCH REVISION
Commissioner General of I'm.
migration Says Many ORR.
entails Sneak Into United
States to Work as Laborers.


tBy EveninE usraIa a =. Leased wtrei
Washington. Jan ga Many CHIT
uCac laborers have foilod the United
statea immigration authorities within
the past year. gaining admission TO
the country In the guisc OF merchants,
students or teachers according 90
the annual report OF Daniel J kecic,
commissioner general of immigration
Mr. Kecfo calls attention TO "the
unsatisfactory condition oi She 80.
called Chinese exclusion laws, and
the necessity Tor extensive changes
IN thc systcm under which It Is sought
90 prevent the Introduction OF Chi
pose la10rers isto the country, and
to make easy the coming and going
LOT classes which the law does not in
tend 70 exclude
/ The report shows tb9t during the
I last hscal year l.03O3u0 aliens, OF
various nailonalties entered the
country Of these i1i,J13 came for
Temporary purposes only During the
same period 51S.2i5 aliens lef, the
/ United States. OF whom 222.5t9 we're
, Temporary departures The net gain
IN population by immigration, there
fore, was 5i2.OS5
/ The commissioner general suggests
that there be applied 10 aliens con-
ing 20 perform labor physical stand
ard similar TO that required Of re-
Cruiis for the navy.
u also rs suggested that the law
be made much more neid with respect
90 induced immigration. and that the
ia
4 phase OF induced immigration
which has been rapidly increasing con-
sists OF the practice of certain cor
porations IN the middle and ,ar Ncst
10 EMPLOY Mexican l8lurcr1. 1hOns-
ands at these iahorers are annually
induced 10 come into the United
states, says the report, not by direct
means which can be made the basis
OF a prosecution, but by indlrcction
and subtcriuge- disseminaiing in
Mexico general information TO tn cf-
feet that work can be secured by
crossing the border and applying ia
labor agencies located on the Amer
lean side who are engaged In securing
lahOrers for the railroad companies
uine operators and others, the cost
of their procurement being deducted
from the first wages earned by thi,
cheap class OF unskilled laborers
Every possible effort has been exert
ed TO control this situation, but viii
only fair success. AZ
II is shown thatgdurlng the yea
4,2S2 Japanese were admitted TO tn'
mainland and 2,l59 TO Hawaii. Com
pared with the preceding year there
was an Increase of G5 per cent fol
the mainland and n per cent TO-
Hawaii, Regarding japanese o. the
, laboring classes to whom the most in
terest attaches, only 732 we're admit
ted TO the mainland and lao e
Hawaii. while 1881 - departed from
the mainland and 1,5S9 from Hawaii
The methods adopted bg Chinese 4
, eyade the exclusion law are so OK
. ,ensita aad cuuN1N'ated .s H Hogse
dcFcrip ion TiDf send 4 .HD vn
tu0m crossing the land boundaries q
, sealed freight cars or being packC,
away IN the holds of vessels ana land
, ing under the coyes OF darkness.
Two favorite devices for introduce
, ing young coolies consist OF the claiI
4 that the applicant is the minor son o
III Nifltudtlts of WIS NblH ll lhiN 'Nuu
+ try, or is the son born abroad OF
+ Chlnaman In this country and there
% fore citizen; and although the OH
GERS may be morally certain thes
claims are false, C Is difficult to dis
n prove them OF minor sons" 423 on
!. tered during the year, and OF natives
u 1883. Most OF these are ordlnar
coolies Rcgordng those who hav
entered on claims of citizenship it
shown that the average for HE pas
J, three years has been Lag per veal
4 Using these figures as a basis. O. !
!. calculated that, Unless the Law
j strengthened In some manner. or pres
ent conditions materially chauLC. %
next decade viii witness the cnu
90 the United states on citizenshi
= Claimg alone of over 80 600 Chimes,