Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-10-05
JAPANESE Immigration
Regulation to America Thus Far
Has Been a Farce.
MANY COME TO THIS COUNTRY
immigration Of Japanese Laborers Is
Practically unrestrained-Th
From Other Countries.

From Other Countries.
/ Washington D. c.. October s.
Thus far the regulations of Japanese
Immigration to America are farce.
They are regulations which do not
regulate and the sooner the a.minis.
tration realizes that fact Che better
Il will Be for all concerned"
This statement was made by one OF
the most important officers in the i'm
migration servfcea man OF years OF
experience in the handling of all
classes OF immigrants, but more par.
ticnlarly, perhaps. Chinese. His study
of Chinese Immigrants and. incident.
ally, of the Japanese, has taught him
a. few things. He has pre-conceived
prejudices against either the Japanese
or Chinese who may come to America
but he understands them and their
methods.
Under the law continued the Off
cial, Japanese coolies, or laborers.
cannot come into the United States.
As matter of tact. they are coming
and practically without restraint or
course, they do not have passports
| from the Japanese government and
i | thiak the Mikados government Is
doing all 1t can do. In reason, to dis.
courage that sort Of immigration from
Japan to America. Nevertheless. IL Is
coming, and the regulations issued By
the secretary OF the department OF
commerce and labor cut practically
no figure in the matter.
while the records do not show ii,
there are as n0ny Japanese laborers
arriving in the United States right
now as at any time In the past ten
vars. Never at any tine was there
such a flood of immigrants from ia
pan to America, as from Russia or
Italy. but the pace is being kept up
so far as Japan Is concerned, de-
spite the law enacted by congress.
They come over the Mexican and
Canadian frontiers, substaati TALLY with.
out hinderance. and from either Mex.
leo or Canada, they take trains across
the United States and leave the train
at any point they may select. After
that Il Is next to impossible to appre-
bend them. In the immigration fig
nres the Japanese who come into the
country In that way are not included.
Among the people who thus get
into the United States are many dis
reputable Japanese women who are
smugge ed into America for immoral
purposes. Already the Pacific coast
states are alive with such people and
they are beginning to spread all over
the country. Hundreds OF them have
reached al the big cities and the
whole business Is becoming stencil
IN the nostrils OF decent AMERICANS.
incidentally | may sav that the
has been called~-is increasing at an
alarming rate. 1t by 40 means Is
confined to the Japanese women.
Hundreds OF girls are being brought
annually to this country from I'aly,
France Austria and Russia and. on
arrival here. are he'd In practical
slavery.
Secretary Straus. | am glad to say.
has recognized this enormous evil and
proposes to do all In his power to
stamp it out He learned much OF II
on his recent western trip OF inspec-
ton and returned to Washington de-
termined to eradicate the eY' If pos
sible. Already Is ructions have been
issued to immigration officers to is
stitute Investigations OF the white
Save traffic in their distric, 8 and
some sensational developments may
be expected II Is the purpose OF Sec
rotary Straus not only to deport such
women who may have been brought
to America for bad purposes, but to
punish those who are responsible for
their coming. He has mapped out
difficult task not only for himself.
but for the officers Of his department
but he will have behind him The sup.
port of the~whole American people,"