Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-16
JAPANESE SCARE ON COAST
 REFUSES TO DOWN
lBr Roderick Cnnord.l

(By Roderick Clifford.)
 WASHINGTON. May l5.-AlarmeJ at the stealthy iminigration ot Jap anese to the Pacific coast. and fear full that unless 1t Is checked this ini- migration will mean a gradual ano peaceful conquest of the western siope. Representative Baker, of Cal ifornia, has asked the house to ascer- tan how many Japanese laoorers are quietly slipping into the united States from across the Canadian ana the Mexican borders.
 There is nothing startling in the Baker resolution itself. It seems to De a mere matter of request for in- formation, but the real significance of the resolution is this:
 Representative Baker and other western representatives know that Japanese labor is already encroachlng upon the white mau's domain in Csi- sfornia and other states. They simply want other members of the house and the public generally to kno" the same thing.
 'sThe Japanese will not cohoue' the Pacific Coast by war says nlr' Baker. At the present rate or ii.r migration they will simply come lu and get possession of our farms. work for starvation wages run tne competing white lahorer out or ms own country and then proceed to fake our section peacefully ana wltn- out the firing of gun. It Will all pe done because the Japanese laoorer ssn live on few cents a day, and the white man cannot meet Ihe Japs gages."
 Baker Asks Questions
 The Baker resolution asks con- xress to ascertain from the presiueh' the following: .r.
 The number of Japanese who are entering the United States surIsp fitiously over the Mexican uoiue' and the Canadian border.
 The number who come in tnI1usH she regular immigration ehan
 The number who are enterihs u.r.i; and the Philippines, either .acre,ly or through the regular hn- migration channels.
 "The American people, declares Nr. Baker, will awaken to the SC riousness of the situation when these figures are ascertalned.
 The Baker resolution was intro AnH00 sfter he had conferred with various n,her imenhers of the house from the Pacific coast and the northwest. II xiT have their support when Il comes before the house. and more than one of these members will be in possession of informatlon that v~ill aiarm the entire country over inc Japanese immigration
 Prefer the Chinese.
 There are western senators and representatives who prefer the Chi. nese coolie to the more astute and .chemlpe Japanese. The Chinese coolie. 1t is pointed out, eats little and works for but q few cents a day but his brain is not filled with ideas of conquest, and he does not turn Investor and take over the AmerF cans land. The Japanese on the oth- CT hand, say those members Of the Aouse who have come in close con tact with him, not only can live as cheaply as the Chinese laboTer, but has ambitions to become an Ameri can farmer, and he is here to stay
 The claim !s made that the Philip pines and Hawaii are now overrun with Japanese, and there are enough pf them in these islands to take pos session of it from the inside if they so desire.
 q am not trying to bring on an other war scare" said Representa- tive Baker. in discussing his reso tuition. 'lt is a different kind of vel low peril that l fear.
 Representative Leiferty, Of Oregon was in Representative Bakers ofhe' ae rbs. lime ann le eu1uhasiZpd tht fact that the Californians anxietl was well grounded. and that there Il A growing belief on the Pacific coas and in the northwest that the sub feet of Japanese immigration is on