The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24

Americans, but who almost invariably land on top.
 At Stockton. Cal. recently, a clever Jap, Kinya Shima by name, taught the wiseacre businessmen a thing or two about finance. Secretly, silently, unobtrusively, he went about his business, until sudden ly California awakened to the fact that he had cornered the potato market for the season.
 Californians who wish to buy pota- toes this winter must pay tribute to this Jap. He will personally clear $250. 900 on the deal. The entire crop which he has cornered is valued at S1.- l 100000.
 Now this Kinya Shlma admits that he is in control of a number of Jap anese companies. It is men Of his large ability that are said to be represent l ing the Mikado in his race for Ameri- can gold. Indeed, the statement has been made that the Mikado is inter- ested in practically every Japanese col Ony in this country. Japs in Texas. Almost daily a new flock of Jaapnese immigrants assail the Rio Grande bor- der attempting to get into the United States, in violation of the immigration laws.
 Tn one day recently fifty-four were refused admission at El Paso. Some of them were smuggled over at Fort Han cock, Tex, that night. but were re- captured by immigration officials who patrol the entire Texas border con- stantly.
 Yet it is known that hundreds have recently eluded the vigilance of the officials and are now safe in the rice fields.
 A single steamship recently deposit ed 1900 Japanese immigrants at Mex gTn .fu nd O 1of 300. The assumption was that they would be employed in the cane fields of Mexico, but they are gradually drift ing northward.
 At one time 1000 to 1900 Japanese immigrants arrived a month at San Francisco. coming from Honolulu and from Canadian ports at which places they had gathered from their far-away island homes.
 It has been generally understood in the United States that the Japanese invasion of America, which has been going on for years. has been conducted by a syndicate in the island empire.
 It was not intended that the Mi- kado's hand should appear. but it did recently. through his special agent, Kio Shamuri the Tokio banker, who, in closing deal for 10000 acres of land in the Rio Grande Valley. admitted that the Mikado was financially interested in 1000. 900 or more acres of land in the United States
 There are eight of ten colonies oi Japanese in Texas. and they are doing very we'll financially. Kinzabura Gada, Japanese graduate of European schools has been the industrial direct or of the colonization scheme
 His first purchase of 10000 acres of land in Bee County. Texas followed by q rice growing campaign, proved so successful from every point of view that more land was immediately pur- chased.
 Conditions similar to those in theii own country make Texas an idea place for the Japanese who are foster ing the rice industry in America.
 The most thriving of their colonies is at Deepwater; another very prosper ous one is at Webster. Both are ii the coast country bordering the Gul of Mexico. especially adapted to ric growing.
 At first Japanese men took up theI stations there and industrously man aged affairs alone until no doubt Q the feasibility of the enterprise re
 mained.
 Then gradually, women from Japa
 came to share their lot, and now tn settlements are in many respects Jap anese communities transnlantAh