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Show JAPS ARRIVING AT ALARMING RATE Secretary Straus is Trying to Stop the Immigration of Brown Men to the United States. The Force of Immigration Inspectors Along the Canadian Border Has Been Increased With a View to Controlling Flood of Asiatic Immigration. Washington Immigration of Jnp aneso into America Is Incicoslng nt so alarming a rnto that It has Won determined to adopt oxtraordlnarj measures to prevent tho Introduction Into tho United Stntos not only of Japanese, hut of other Astatic coollo labor One result of tho trip of Sec retar) Straus has bctn nil Increase In tho force of Immigration Inspector nlong tlio Canadian border with n view to controlling the flood of Aslntlc Immigration It Is known that mom than double tho number of Japanese havo como Into tho United Stntcs thus far In tho year 190" than came here during tho same period last )cnr Nnturnll) the figures of tho govern ment do not Include the hundiods ol Japanese who havo como Into tha countr) ttirrcptltloiibly Thoy have como across from tho Canadian and Mexican borders principally without hindrance, desnRo the means adopted by the government to prevent tho In troductlon of Japanese laboreis. Returns from tho Canadian Imml grntion ofllces show that 8,2Sti Asiatics Asiat-ics landed at tho Drltlsh Columbia ports of Vlclorln nnd Vancouver between be-tween Jnnuar) 1 nnd September IS, 1007 Ot this number 2,872 wero Hln dns nnd 1,811 wero Inpaneso, rnou of the latter teaching Canada from Honolulu. Hon-olulu. Tho remainder wero Chinese who paid admission fees ot $100 for tho privilege of landing in Canada, Tho field of labor in that section of Canada Is limited, nnd the Investigation's Investiga-tion's of the United Stiles Immigration Immigra-tion Inspectors hive bhown tliat most of tho Jnpanese nnd Chinese oxpect ultimately to get Into the United States |
