The Washington herald., 1908-01-12
AT THE HOTELS.

at the Raleigh last night.
With the possible exception of the
Chinese. there is no race on earth which
is smoother than the japanese race when
/ it comes to a question Of eludlng the
vigilance Of inspectors and immigration
officers. Take the ordinary Chnaman or
the ordinary japanese. you can't tell him
from few million Of his brethren, and
he knows that perfectly we'll
! Australia furnishes a good instance Of
the way in which the japanese can elude
the immigration laws. Several years ago
Australia decided she did not care for
any further numbers Of japanese. She
passed laws restricting immigration Of
this race 10 her shores. All was well and
good, apparently. but under the surface
the japanese still continued TO get in.
This is one way through which they
worked their game: The pearl fisheries,
| near certain islands about Australia, which
belong to that land, had been exhausted
several years before the time of which I
am speaking. The pearl fishers had been
compelled TO go without the three-mile
limit-the three-mile limit, by interna-
tional law everywhere recognized. is the
limit beyond which the jurisdiction Of the
country in question does not extend in
matters Of law.
The japanese used TO take steamships
from their home towns down 10 the set
Elements in the Straits From the Straits
they would ship aboard Dutch luggers
which were bound for some Australian
port. in reality. but which We're, never
theless, willing to take a few hundred OF
these japanese into the prohibited land
II the latter wished 20 go. Down of the
pearl fisheries, beyond the three-mile iim-
ii, the Dutch luggeT. under cover Of dark
ness, for the most part, would unload
scores Of immigrants onto the pearl fish
ing boats. Only few japanese would be
unloaded onto each fishing boat, and.
among the crew at least partly composed
Of japanese, the new ones would never be
noticed. The shippers Of these boats. as
an additional precaution, used 20 take
out only half crew, or. perhaps, three
quarters Of the full complement Of men.
We'll, the japanese, who are the best
divers in the world, especially pearl div
ers-wOrked about on the fishing boats
until their shippers were ready 10 return
port, the japanese. waiting his chance,
and having paid the skipper Of his boat
something, IN addition 10 the work he
had done, would slip ashore and be safe.
This has been done extensively in Aus
tralia, and, consequently. there are large
numbers Of japanese there who are rap
Idly assuming good positions and beCom-
ing influential men in the communities,
at least so far as the influence Of wealth
may go.
The japanese are still coming into
Canada and into the United States. too.
and l do not believe that you can ever
entirely stop them if they want TO come
/ in"
Missouri will go Democratic at the
next Presidential election and Bryan viii
! receive the entire Democratic vote" said
Representative Thomas Hackney. Of
| Carthage, No. at La Normandle last
night
1T was because Of the Democratic stay.
at-hoEnes who did not approve Of the last
! Democratic candidate that the State went
/ Republican. That won't occur this time.
however. The whole Democratic party Is
a unit IN their demand for Bryan TO head
the ticket. He is known TO everybody.
De is honest and sincere. and is not
trickster. He has been before the people
FOR many years and they are thoroughly
/ familiar with the man, as well as with
/ the principles he stands for He has
| Travelled all over the world, and is better
I fitted for the high position Of President Of
/ the United States than any one that 1 can
I think OF. His private life Is Unsuliied.
/ and he is an American to the heart.
/ When I went home in December 7
I talked with my Republican friends on
/ conditions in their party with regard
/ 10 the political situation. and from what
/ l can gather Il seems that Taft Will re-
ceivs the vote Of the Missouri deIega ton.
At any rate, his chances to-day are bet
ter than those Of the other candidates.
Hughes has considerable strength. too.
and there are quite number of Cannon
admirers.
Business in the mining districts. par
ticularly in the zinc mines. is very dull:
il is little better in the lead mines.
I believe IN giving the people the right
to settle their own local affairs. And
believe that the people Of Washington ara
Well qualified TO settle this question Of
introducing prohibition in the District
Let them vote on il. Outside OF that I
am Of the opinion that this city is well
conducted and that drunkenness is not
one Of the things for which Washington
I is famous"
st Paul and Minneapolis are the larg-
est frog markets in the world" This 10
gourmets and Testaurateurs no doubt
highly interesting bit Of information was
given 20 an expectant world by William
]. Jamison, Of Chicago, at the MetropoH-
tan, last night. Mr. Jamison is a whole
sale game and sea food dealer. and frogs
seemed 10 be on his mind last night
Il believe there were about five million
frogs slaughtered the past year About
seven or eight years ago no frogs were
shipped out Of Minnesota. Now the busI-
ness amounts to more than 500. 060 a year.
A wonderful industry has grown I'D In
ST. Paul and Minneapolis in supplying the
United States with frogs legs. Frogs are
found in other States, OF course. In the
South the supply will probably never be-
come exhausted, but there are no frogs
like the Minnesota product for the epi-
cure This is attributed to the clear. cool
water which is found In Mlnnesota's $ 1000
lakes. IN which the frogs live and have
their nests.
The frogs breed very fast. and as it
only requires a couple Ct months for
them to attain full size it is easy 10 un-
derstand how almost impossible it will be
to exhaust the supply to be found in and
around the various lakes and ponds OF
the State. which probably number 100000
breeding places. Unlike that for oysters.
there is a good demand for frogs legs
all year round. and il is necessary TO
hunt them in the winter time, when the
ground is frozen TO the depth Of two or