Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-29

A few weeks ago the Country Cen
tleman, a high class periodical ae-
voted to agricultural advancement
was quoted by The Journal as saying
that Japanese have succeeded IN get
ting the cantaloupe business and lands
of the famous Rocky Ford district IN
colorado. The journal was predlctlns
that the Asiatics would eventually m
wade and dominate the best irrigated
sections of New Mexico If the tlde
from Asia were allowed to come into
the country.
Since then the Portales papers an
nounced that a japanese colonization
company had sent japanese TO set
lands there. The Portales journal
sounds a note of warning to land
holders
Now comes the Portales News with
this letter written from the captured
district in Colorado, where American
farmers have been overwhelmed oy
Asiatics:
Rocky Ford, Colo.
A. d. Ribble,
Chamber of Commerce,
Portales, n. NJ.
Dear Sr:--In answer to yours re-
garding the colonization of the Jap
anese in your sdistrict. / can truth
fully say that should such n thing
happen yonr people will never cease
to regret the allowing of IT, ana
| ONLY wish that were possible Tor me
| to talk to your people regarding the
| inadvisability of even allowing a Jap
to lease a piece OF property IN your
state.
For the past few years these peo-
ple have been gradually wedglnS
| their way into the Arkansas valley
and particularly in the most ferlle
sections around this city and II Is oniy
recently that the people have awoke
| to the fact that the white man was
gradually being run out OF the ValeS'
| There is one district south OF the Guy
where a few years ago the school as
! trict built very handsome mouerl'
school building and at that time there
were fifty eight white scholars. me
! Ions have rented all the land possible
/ in the district and today there are
eight scholars attending this school,
and the Community club, which once
thriyed. is now thing OF the past.
/ II is an undeniable fact that the
Tan will pay more cash rent than a
white man feels able to for the Jap
works from daylight 70 dark and they
make all the women work with them
and they take all the goodness OF tue
soil and leave nothing for the nex'
renter unless they feel thai they nave
a prospect of buying or securing q
long lease. ,
The conditions here have become
eoual TO those in California only tha'
we, at the present time. have not sc
many of them. They are well organ
LIKED and we have undisputable PROOF
that the Japanese government is bacK
ing them in every way. They flgur'
that il they drive the white man GU
the land owner will have to sell a
their price so that the high rent ina
, thew are paying now to get the best o
the white renter. will all come bacl
To them in the future, which 1t vii
unless we can get such laws enacted
that will put stop to their rental
and ownership. a.
At the present time all over IN
= valley petitions are being circulate
: asking the support of bill that WI
, be introduced in the next leglsatur
! prohibiting the rental or sale OF IAN
to the Jap and if you wish VIII sen
0 copy of the resolutions az auop''
J., nj the meetings being held here,
/. Don't make the mistake that W
: have made here and if there is any
4 thing that / can do to prevent I'M
: colonization let me know, as You
n people should be thoroughly enllgn'
= ened to the peril before 1t il TOO ia''
). Very truly yours.
r. L. MILLER,
n Secretary Industrial Associatlo'
s The Japanese colony is growing
G Dona Ana county. according 10 tn
n Las Cruces Republic. The Repupu
: SAYS: :, ,oo,,in
l. "What Roosevelt county is seeKii'