The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-17
THE jAPS WILL
HANG ON
Says MIR. Midzutani, and He
Knows.
ARE GOOD WORKMEN.
Have Done Railroad Work In Their Own
Country Will Erect Store and
Hospital.
ARE GOOD WORKMEN.

| During the past few weeks the news
papers both east and west have print
ed a-story that j. j. Hill had decided
that as laborers the Japanese were a
failure, and they must all go, and 60
at once, from the Great Northern and
other railroads in which Mr.. Hill is
| interested.
The fact that a great number of the
little brown men are employed in the
halispell division OF the Great North
ern prompted Bee representative
to interview George X. MidZutani as
to the truth of the published state
ments.
MIR. Midzutani is well educated
Japanese and speaks English very
well indeed. He is manager for the
Kalispell store of the Oriental Trad
ing company, located on Fourth street
and Second avenue west. In response
to the inquiry regarding the truth OF
the reports. he said:
ITO my knowledge there is no truth
in the report and we would certainly
know about it if it were true There
can be no reason for declaring my
Icountrymen unable to do railroad Sec
ton work or any other work that is
hard or otherwise. They are all
hardened to it and have had enough
experience on such work in Japan an"
China to fit them for it here. Railroad
work in Japan is nearly the same as
here, about the only difference being
that the tracks are one foot narrower
i'll Japan"
Speaking about the hard work, you
Americans thing quartz mining pretty
hard, don't you? Well, I've worked
at it myself and if you will take the
trouble, you may learn that in Califor-
MA and other western states, the JAP
ancse prove to be good miners.
My company is getting ready to
supply large number of men for rail
road building in this section. The
most important and the one requiring
the most men will be on the cut off
to Libby, which have reason to think
Will be built during the summer. We
have, along the Kalispell division,
about $50 men, and have re-arranged
this building so as to furnish up a
hospital of our own. We will be
able to accommodate 16 patients at
first, and will have a Japanese doc
tor. The men will ,e assessed so
cents per month to provide medical
attendance, and medicines. This has
become necessary for the reason that
very few Japanese understand Eng
hsh and can't tell the nurses in the
regular hospitals about their ailments.
About March or April we are going to
put up large building near the depot
1t will be used as an Office and ware
house for the Oriental Trading COM
pany and the top Aoors will be fitted
up into modern hospital, which will
accommodate large number of pa
tents. We will then have two doc.
tors and corps of experienced
nurses
Mr.. Mitzantuni stated that his
company was always looking out for
the interests of his countrymen and
supplied them at cost price most of
the wearing apparel they needed. I'm
til the merchants complained about
it, the shipments forth company were
franked through by, the railroad COM
pany Now, however, they pay their
transportation charges on goods the
same as other merchants. These
charges We're not included in the price
OF the goods to the men, as they were
charged only for the actual cost OF
the goods, less the freight charges.