Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1914 — Hard to Keep the Chinese Out of the United States [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hard to Keep the Chinese Out of the United States

DETROIT* MICH. —If Uncle Sam would bar the Chinese bent on entering the United States, then the aged gentleman clad in glad raiment and high hat must stay awake every night in the year, so immigration authorities in

Detroit aver. For John Chinaman is wily, and John Chinaman is shrewd when it comes to a realization of purposes. From the days of “Sand Lot Kearney” in San Francisco down to today, John Chinaman has shown a disposition to enter the United States whether the laws said him nay. or yea. Detroit immigration authorities estimate that a large number of Chinese successfully “smuggle” from Windsor tp Detroit, and thence on to various destinations year in and year

out Withal, the immigration authorities have nipped many a smuggling “party” in the bud and in every instance where they do this they fine the "runner” and deport the would-be residents of this country. The plan usually followed in Windsor and neighboring towns is for ten or twelve Chinese to gather in a laundry or store conducted by a “runner.” The sum of either S2OO or S3OO is paid by each applicant who desires to get into the United States. Frequently this money is paid to the Canadian smuggler by relatives, legal residents in the United States, who want their relatives to share in the* “golden harvest” in the land of Uncle Sam. * The money in hand, the chief runner makes ready for the night trip across the Detroit river. He places the party in charge of one or two aides, in many Instances young white men who own launches. A landing is made at some point along the water front where cabs are in waiting for a quick run to Toledo.