Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-02-07

TO adjust matters satisfactorily b.
treaty 20 that there will Do 40 Jap
anese exclusion act passed shutting
out the Japs from this country on
the same basis as Cinnamon are nsiw
excluded.
Much has been made OF the re-
ported activity Of the Japanese 10
Hawaii. where it was declared they
had already perfected ! military or
ganization, and were ready 10 cap
ture the island as soon as the signal
should be given By their home gov
ernment Commissioned Immigra-
ton Sargent has recently returaed
from Hawaii. and prominent
Hawaiian planter. Lorin Thurston.
is now 10 Washington on business
with one Of the Departments Both
OF these gentlemen have given out
statements fully covering the silua
ton 10 Hawaii, and agreeing IA al
essential details They say there
is population Of about 90. 600 Ia the
Hawaiian islands and that.the plant.
ers there wish there were more.
They are necessary as field hands
and laborers and are heonly source
Of labor supply. as Hawai- is entire
ly cut on from European immigra-
ton. Nevertheless these Japanese
are not allowed to remain 10 peace
10 Hawaii where they are wanted,
but are being continually enficed to
the Pacific coast by immigration
agents who thrive by hiring them
out to the railroads aud big ranch
men Of California, Washington and
Oregon. There IS a scarcity OF labor
on the coast as there Is over much
ofthis country just now and while the
Californians do not want The Japan
ese 10 their schools AMI donnw want
TO allow them social equality. they
are glad enough 70 have them as b.
borera The disturbance over The
Japanese school question 10 sac
Francisco has inflamed the minds
OF the Japanese at home and there
Is, IL Is true. considerable anti
American feeling In Japan, but II IS
the wish and would BE- 10 tbe adyan
tage Of both countries ID allay this
irritation and II the matter could
be dropped by the newspapers lhe
State Department aud the Japanese
foreign Office would have lItiie lrou
bic iu adjusting their differences
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Orders have been given by the
Panama Canal Commission for the
collection Of samples 81 sand. dirt
and gravel, from along the line 81
the big ditch and Of other points III
the Canal Zone with view 10 having
them analysed in this country 10 SEQ
whether there may mol be coasid.
cradle amount ofgolda other yan.
able minerals dug out 10 tue con
struction Of the canal, An effort IS
being made te secure an appropria
tion Of $1,000 TO have these analysis
made at the jamestown Exposition
whore the government Is nov put
ting up It's apparatus Tor the auaiy
sis OF black sand" This black sand
work has been carried on Tor two
years past at Portland. Greg and
has proved OF immense value. aliow
ing the separation AZ very small
cost OF gold, platinum, iron ore, zir.
con and a number Of the raref min
erals from ground hitherto consider
cd worthless. Ii has always been
known that there was gold on the
Isthmus of Panama. There are good
paying placers that have been work
ed for fifty yearsin Nicaragua, north
Of the Canal Zone and thereare almost
equally good gold fields to the south.
Old records show thai there were
once profitable placer workings 81
the very summit Of the great Cule-
bra and II the government finds ii
possible TO recover this gold ~ small
expense ii may 90 far toward defray
ing the cost Of the canal The COM
mission is not saying much about
the investigation. but it is being
carried on nevertheless and should
1t prove that there is a bonanza 10
valuable Minerals along the line Of
the proposed canal. out she Rspub
lie Of Panama and tho old French
Construction Company will have
every reason 10 b. very sorry that
they eyer sold out TO the Uni.ed
States.
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II Is understood that the bassoou
playing Mayor Of San Francisco and
the board Of Education are coming
to Washington by invitation of tbe