The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-11

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shan sugar 0zt o. s. 90 gss 0f ex-
ports a rear fs5 80 i frru the
cane Cheap ezczeuT labor IS the
basis Of cane groEsrg AZ first the
planters employed kaazkzs. buz that
race is ayizg and wish IL present
extended domain "a cane forms iess
than 2 seFenth of fAe iab0r4a neces
zaFE- Then cane n era of Chimes
They weFe cheap. and. Ike their sue
cess0Es. the japanese. rarely brought
families. This ieaseaed the oosr Of
transportation Alter = Ehile the
planters greH fearful u the single
race problem. iOr xith their secret
societies and family ties the Chinese.
united. threatened 70 raise wages
Then began Ghe real EFFORT ter Japz-
nese. A formal convention vas anally
entered into bet~een the Kingdom Of
Hawaii aad the empire OF Japan as to
immigration This vas 10 1886. and a
year later Chinese were excIuded
b. the Hawaiian King and his adyis-
crs.
japanese rushed 10 then b the tens
of thousands.
While one has no foundation. except
that vague. Intangible one Of suspi-
ciOn and probability. TO affirm that
the japanese var department Is send
Ing 10 American teryitory a body OF
soldiers. yet it is csrtzin that there
would be no hesitation On her part
in graspIng promptly whatever adyan
tages this situation offered her in
event Of the actual outbreak OF hos
tililies Moreover. il Is absolutely GER
tain that the intelligence once Of the
japanese war department aVails itself
Of the opportunity afforded to send It's
spies among the Immigrants when
ever It seems worth While and THAT
many soldiers or former soldiers
qualified By their special training as
well 2s ,ae:- racial cnaTsrses-.. -..sss;scs
for such work are engaged in a prac-
tical espionage. which in the aggre
gate must supply TO the Office data OF
vast Importance.
Al the suggestion Of Coy. Carter a
correspondent of the New York Her.
AID interviewed Mr. c. shiozawa. the
proprietor and editor Of the Hawaii
shimpo the most influential daily
newspaper printed In japanese here
lie has been in Hawaii l6 years. is a
gentleman by birth and has brother
a major on the general stan Of the
army. He said
The japanese IN Hawaii are here
solely because they can make more
money than at home. Plantation
hands now receive on IN average SIS
a month. Il i too little. but it is
more than they pay In japan. There
fore they come here Ia hopes Of say-
Ing enough to return home and Be.
come farmers on their own account.
Few intend 70 remain here. There
are no Inducements after the immi.
grant has amassed bis tiny compel.
ency You refuse us citizenship. con
ditlons on the plantation are humIli-
atine and disagreeabIe and the plant
er seeks only to grsnd all the energy
possible from our Deople Under the
new understanding between the Unit
ed States and Japan no passports are
70 be issued to Japanese laborers to
20 to the mainland og America. nor
are any to be permitted to 20 there
from Hawaii. Except for the few
who viii emlgrate from here 10 Cana
de- and Mexico In the endeayol to
smuggle themselves into the United
States the japanese population Of this
territory viii not decrease unless ex
lies return to their own country.
J calculate there are 10000 Jana.
nese here nov, of whom 10000 are
plantation la3orers This Is enough.
There Is hardiy work nov to 70
round. OF course. the planters viii
encourage an unnatnfal Immigration.
50 as n fiood the market With Iabor
and force and keep wages down. II
recommend that the Japanese govern.
ment refuse 10 allow more Japanese
TO come here.