Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-25
C0NTRABAND CHINESE
GREAT RUSH OF cHlN.AMEN INTO MEXICO CAUSING UNEAsiNEss.
ostensibly Imported to Work Mexieo's Industries, They Look with Longing Eyes on the Promised Land to North

The immigration authorities all along the border are likely to have considerable trouble for the next sev- eral months with contraband China men," said a gentleman formerly con nected with the immigration service, yesterday. The immense immigra tion into Mexican ports, and particu- larly the number being brought to Guaymas by each steamship from the Orient touching there is likely to cause department officials to be more vigi- lant than ever. I have a tip from the inside that steps are being taken in that direction already.
 These Chinamen. while they are osteRsibly brought to Mexican ports, are in many cases ,assengers on the ships in which they came, and uiti- mately expect to cross the border into the United States. which they all re gard as the land of promise, where they can make the coveted thousand dollars which is the ambition of a Chinaman's life, and return home and live at ease for the balance of their days.
 Tt will be remembered that when the steamship line between Chinese ports and Mexico was regularly estab- lished this phase of the question was introduced. but the company. which is, understand, composed largely of Chinese capitalists and patdrones. pooh-poohed the idea and declared that their passengers would find employ fnent on the railroads in Mexico. Old timers in the southwest remember that when the transcontinental lines of railroad were being built Chinamen were employed in large numbers on construction gangs, but owing to the constant robberies which were perpe- trated upon them by desperadoes they quit, and those who remained in the United States gradually drifted into the restaurant and laundry business. They proved fairly good and very profitable railroad construction hands in those days, and the large amount of railroad work, actual and prospective. in Mexico gave some color of truth tO the statements of the steamship com pany officials that their cargoes of coolies were intended for this purpose.
 Such may really be the case. but l have excellent reasons for believing that the immigration officials of Uncle Sam are gazing askance upon the large numbers that are being landed at Guaymas and other Mexican ports. Even admitting that the greater per centage of these coolies are sent into the grading and construction camps of the railroads. and into such mining camps as they can find employment in. there will be some of them who will make attempts to elude the vigilance of the immigration inspectors and cross the border into the United States. While the immigration ser vice has practically weeded out the underground railways which in earlier days drove a thriving trade in contra band Chinks. there are some of the old smugglers still in the business, and each Chinaman, with the United States as his objective point, will find no difficulty in locating them or their agents in the interior of Mexico.
 "The immigration officials fear this, and will redouble their vigilance in keeping watch for the would-be livers under the stars and stripes"