The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-02-07
lBy Winfield Jonesl

nesc 10 The Pacific coast and fearful
that unless it is checked this immi
grafton will mean gradual and
peaceful conquest of the Western
slope California congressman intend
| To ask the house to ascertain how
| many Japanese laborers are quietly
| slipping into the United States from
across the Canadian and Mexican Dor
ders.
There is nothing startling itself in
| the resolution which will be intrOduc-
! ed in the house. 1t seems to be mat
! 1er.ot.fact request for information
| but the real Significance of the reso-
lutions is this:
Representative Rakcr and other
| Western representatives know that
I .Iapanes labor is already encroaching
upon the white mans domains in Cal
ifornia and other states. They simply
the public generally to know the
same thing
The Japanese will not conquer the
| Pacific coast b. war" says Mr. Raker
AT the present rate of immigration
/ they will simply come in and get pos
session of our farms, work for starNa-
/ ton wages, run the competing white
/ lahorer out of his own country, and
! then proceed TO take orr section
peacefully and without firing a gun. It
! will all be done because the Japanese
/ laborer can live on a few cents a day
and the white man cannot meet the
Jap's wages
The resolution will ask congress TO
ascertain from the president the fol
lowing things;
The number OF Japanese VINO are en-
tering the United States surrepiious-
| " over the Mexican border and the
| Canadian border.
The number who are entering in
through regular immigration channels.
The number who are entering lia-
waii and The Philippines either Sc.
cretly or through the regular immi-
/ grafton channels.
The American people, declare Cali
fornia congressman, will awake to the
seriousness of the situation when
these figures are ascertained
A similar resolution was introduced
in the last congress by Representative
Raker of California after he had con
ferred with various members of the
house from the Pacific coast and the
! Northwest.
There are some Western senator's
and representatives who prefer the
| Chinese cooie to the more astute and
sChemng Japanese. The Chinese
| coolie it is pointed out, eats little
and works for a few cents a day, but
| his brain is not filled with the ideas
of conquest and he does lot turn in
vestor and take over the American $
land The Japanese, on the other
hand. say those members of the house
who have come in close contact with
him, not only can live as cheaply as
the Chinese laborer, but the more willy
jap has ambitions to become an Amer
ican farmer, and he is here to stay.
The claim is made that the Philip
pines and Hawaii is now oyer-run with
Japanese and there are enough of
them now in these islands to take
armed possession of both countries
if they so desired.
II am not trying to bring on another
war scare" says Representative Ra-
licr in discussing his resolution, at is
a different kind of yellow peril" that
| fear"
Representative Rafferty,, of Oregon,
emphasizes the fact that the Califor-
mans anxiety is well grounded and
that there is a growing belief on the
Pacific coast and in the Northwest
that the subject of Japanese immi-
| grafton is one OF the most serious
confronting this country today
Il am not fearful that the Japanese
will sail over with ships and take Cali
fornia by force Of arms" says Mr..
Raker.
The problem out west is one of
labor and eating American farm
hands are paid good wages and they
eat heartily. The Japanese are flock
ing into our section. They don't asl;
the same wages wanted by the Ameri-
can and they live on six to ten cents
per day. How can able-boded Amer.
leans meet such competition as that
The japanese laborers come in and
quietly take their places in the labor
ing ranks in the orchards, vineyards
and farms of California and other