Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-14
S05,223 IMMIGRANTS
CAME HERE LAST YEAR
More chinsss and Fewer Japan
80 Among Newcomers; ital-
ians in tho Lead.
~ Associated rr... to Ever, Evening.

~ A0oociated Frees TO EVERY rVehink'
Washington, Dec. 14.-The tide OF
immigration which was approaching
ita iood when the restriction law
went into effect brought So5,22s aliens
into the United States In the hscnl
year ended last June 80, according TO
the annual report today OF Secretary
Davis OF the Department OF Labor.
This number compared with 43o,ool
In the previous fiscal year and Is more
than twice the estimate OF 100000
which Mr.. Davis makes for this fiscal
year under the operation of the re-
atriction act.
More than one-fourth OF the aliens
admitted last year We're Italians, the
number being 222,260 as compared
with ss.i>s in the fiscal year OF 1920.
Numbered Ny race. apart from nation
ality. the report says. the Jews arriv-
ing numbered 9,036.
Chinese admitted numbered 4,017, an
increase over the preceding year. but
the admissions of Japanese decreased
from i2.Ses In 1920 to 1865 in 1921.
In Hawaii the japanese arrivals show
ed n slight increase, with a total OF
3.bap.
The number OF aliens in general
deportcd. the report says, showed a
considerable increase. with a total of
..si5 as against 2.762 for 1920.
II cost nearly S4.ooo.ooo to pass upon
and admit the immigrant tide for the
last fiscal year. Mr.. Davis says. To
enforce the laws against alien anarch-
lrts cost AN additional $500. 900. while
the deportation OF undesirables added
tl2T .ooo to the total.
The Bureau of Immigration" says
tho report. raises complaint as TO
smugsling and surreptitous entry OF
aliens. The 'scamen route il favor
ite device. That In they arrive IA sail
or- and manage TO disappear in the
depths OF the country. Many others
arrive NJ Mexican ports and sneak
scruss the border. Several hundred
of those were arrested and dcported
during the year number las,530, while
ton 20 tho country OF origin has been
thought tho only effective means OF
twe~kins this practice"
Aliens nlinE petitions for citizenship
driins tho year number les.bso, while
the number Of declaration of intention
wrr sos.sSi, an increase Of t.a75 over
the number In the previous year.
Citizenship training activities of the
department have been extended to
s,h2s communities over the country.
Nj, Davis says, but Industrial un-
r~"t resulted I'm reduction in the
number who awaited themselves Of
these benefits. the total this year be-
ina iiT.oTa."
Despite tho cost of handling the
aliens. Mr.. Davis says his department,
was more than self sustaining
during tho year. The total expenses
covering appropriations by Congress
amounted to ss.6e0.sss. while halanc,s,
nswinst this vor~ receipts as follows
lmmisration head tax. s5,7l2.7ss
naturalization fess sei2,sos; fines for
attempted evasion Of the immiyra-
tion laws. tas2.sii and forfeiture o.
honds ttl 900.
hcvis~ing tho sctivitie. of tn,
Division ~ Cancellation. the labo,
secretary notes that durinN the yeal
department ccnciliators were asked Z,
sdinst az Industrial disputes. rang
ihs from the strikes in the packin,
ana shipping industries 20 minor az
f"r~nc~s. involving only score O
men. Thc-. disputes. it 4, stated
ancctcd s7o.T+b workers directly an,
l7s.ssi workers indirectly and IN onl,