I have visited thirty camps. The first city was Sacramento. This city to me is the Benares of the Hindu laborers. Here I met three different types of East Indians, the Mohammedans, the Hindus, and the students. In this city I note the stronghold of the Hindu professional crooks who prey on the poor laborers.
Men make use of their college education to deceive the coolies who work by the sweat of their brows.
I knew of a case where an M.A. of Harvard University had been living for seven years on the substance of laborers by flattering them. He is at present in the Dominion of Canada acting as a priest and will soon be coming back to California, when his supporters think they have paid him enough for one season. Of course, such a prominent man could not be brought to task, since he is supposed to be performing the religious rites of the Hindus. While among the laborers in this city I made no attempt to argue on religion. I simply started talking to them on the conditions in India, and then drifted to social matters.