Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-01-16

my Associated Press.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.--Asiatic
immigration, the Hindu propaganda"
and particularly immigration TO con
tinental United States from Hawaii
and the Philippines, are discussed at
length in the annual report of Anth-
ony Caminetti, commissioner general
of immigration, made public here.
Il believe it is quite generally con
ceded that immigration from the Far
EAST is detrimental to the welfare
Of the United States" says the re-
mort. mot because it has heretofore
been so extensive in numbers. but
because of its peculiar effect upon
tho economic conditions and the pos
sibllities OF an almost unlimited in
crease in volume II left unregulated
and unchecked Our oriental immi-
grafton problem, arising more than
a quarter of century ago. has never
been satisfactorily solved; the eX-
cusion laws need many amendments,
not in purpose. but in prescribed
method.
Immigration from the Near East
has not as yet attracted much atten-
tion, largely because it has merged
into European immigration and has
developed along somewhat similar
lines. 1t may reasonably be expect.
ed that western Asia will be deyel-
oped and exploited more and more
panies whose business profits are de-
pendent TO considerable extent
upon filling the steerage quarters of
their ships"
or immigration by way Of the in
sular possessions, the commissioner
says. 1T will be observed that
1852 aliens came to continental
from insular United States during
the last seven years-l0s4S from
Hawaii, 1850 from Porto Rico, and
GA from the Philippines-and that
of these, 1910 landed at San Fran
cisco. S,slo at New York. and Gel
at Seattle. Aliens coming from Porto
Rico have been handled with falr
degree of success, but those coming
from Hawaii and the Philippines
have given the service great deal
OF trouble.
III has been regarded as desirable
to encourage the settlement in Ia
wall of European aliens and CORE
spondingly to discourage the settle
ment there Of aliens from the orient,
the idea being that the former does
and the latter does not tend toward
the Americanization of the territory,
which already has a large Asiatic
population.
THE Philippines are too distant to
be used with the same facility and
frequency as Porto Rico and Hawaii
as stepping-stones to the United
States, nevertheless the Philippines
are open to be used (and the at
tempt has already been seriously
made so to use them) by aliens who
would be excluded at our home ports
as likely to become charges to gain
the advantage of being examined al
port where, on the assumption tha'
they entered-as they usually do moi
to remain In the Philippines, they
will not be so closely scrutinized o.
required to come up to 80 high
standard as would be the case wer'
they applying at mainland port.
AS both the Philippines and Port'
Rico are merely insular possession
OF the United States, and while thei
citizens are not citizens OF the Unit
ed States nor yet aliens within tn
meaning of our immigration laws
there can be no doubt of the const
tutiona right of the government I
prohibit the emigration thence to tn
mainland of aliens admitted thereto
aud Hawaii. although It is a territor
and its citizens are citizens OF tn
United States, has been regarded b
congress when passing the chines'
exclusion laws and the provision {
the immigration law regarding u
borers limited passports as in tn
same category as the Philippines an
Porto Rico.
OF the flow of immigration n
commissioner says: immigration
Judged from the results OF the yea
has apparently reached the millio
mark permanently. and unless son
affirmative action is taken by Il
federal government to restFict II.