The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-19

when the children Of Japanese were treated precisely us the ciaioreh ol an ibfeien nations.
 tensIfed, espeoaally jn laOor circles, py the report on the conditions m tnc Hawaiian Islands as contaIneu In Bui- letin 06 of the Bureau ot Lau0r. De- partment of cominerce and Labor .lhe cIaifn Is made that white labor Aas been almost entirely urIven from the Ha- wanan lslands, and rnat the Japanese are Kraduaily forcing even the small white traders out of nusiness.
 Many Uf Bhe foremost educators n the state. on the other hands are strong ly opposed to the acsioi. of the san Francisco Board ot Education. Japan ese are admitted u the University vI california, all institutlon niaintained ana supported by the State Iney are also admitted, to. and glsdiy Meiconls1 lss at Stanford University. San Francisco, so Tar as known, IS the olly city which mas discrIminated against Japanese children. 1 talked With numDer ot prominent labor men and they all said that they had no objection to Japanese children attending the primary grades' that they wanted Jaranese children now in tho united states to nave the same nations. but that they were unalteraoly opposed to Japanese young men at tenGine the primary grades.
 The objection to Japanese men at- tending the primary grades could very readily be met by a simple rule limit ing the ages of all children attending thoso grades. All or the teachers with spoke in the highest term of the Jsp- anees children. saving that they were among tho very best pupils, cica n1y s.ll .a their persona. well benaNed. studious and remarkably bright.
 The Board of Education of San Frah- cisco declined to rescind It's resolution of October II, claiming that haylng established a separate scnocl for Chi- nese, Japanese and Korean children, the provisions of Section 1862 of the polit- icai code became mandatory.
 A hovco,t was insat.itained in San Francesca from UctVDer 10 OctUber z4 Dy nleInpers ot the Ccoks anu waters gaiOn agaIlist JapanSse reStaurdhts uo- ing business ln Lnat clty. Nearly alf u the lvauers or inbor (VrganiSations in sail FranclscO, inlerriewSu ub tnIs suDJect, dIsclaimed any kn0wleuBe vt any iufsnal action peliS ldk$h Aor tttS ys sycutIlng ot tnese festaurants. They atulnittHu, however, that tleFs was a decided sentiment ln tfe ulltoiis hBalnsl pdtr0nizins Japanese rsstaursfllss anu that that sentiment Was eEeatsu anu and Dy psrs0naI acLIUn VL the ufnefeHt members, wGLn rne opJect vt nut 0nly prevknIlHg union I8rof lneii, out tue uuoIic as eli, from patronixfns these
 The secretary, as also the business agent, ek the W alters onion. Local NO. av, neauquarters at ly5 scott street. ssIr rrancIscS. salu that no resolution against Japanese restaurants nad been 6assed py IneIr uHluh, Dut t.saL lt was urged m their meetings ana py dinef' enc members of the unlon lv thshi- seIyes fefral1, and 10 keep the puDilc as weIl from patTonizins suett restad- rants; that for Inree weeks i'll the carry part or Oct0Der men were em- uIOyed Dy the COOKS and waiter s pfilon to stand m front uk sapAness restaurants and dlstr1oute matcn Doxes on wnien was pasted lapel as Ioltows. White men ana women, patronlze your own race;" that this was not, stflctiy speaking, a boycott. as A boycott mus be instituted through the laDor couf1cli.
 Perhaps better Idea ot the fsenng in labor organizations against the 5ag- anese restaurants ana the methods that were resorted tc for the purpose CT preventing white people from patroniE- ing those restaurants can De gained by reading the following extract from the minutes of the meeting of the execu- tive board of the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League. as reported in The San. Francisco Chronicle or June 25. 10 sena Protest to Labor Unions-Ex-
 clsasf0n League Complains that
 White Men Eat in JapmrA-
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 The executive board Of the Japan ese and Korean Exclusion League at the meeting held Saturday evening list ened to complaints that many wage SdFuGTbs 4aB0ERTS, anu AHeGHduICn put ronize Japanese restaurnsts, while eat- ing houses conducted by white persons are as easy of access and more fnHit? ing than those of the Mongoiians. Sec ratary YceIl was instructed to comIau- nicate with all central labor bodies in this city, informing them of that state of affairs-appriziug them of the fact that among the patrons of Japanese restaurants are supposed to be men who hold membership in unions affH- ated with central councils.
 The league requests the councils tc urge upon ali affiliated unions to ens force the penalties imposed by their laws for patronizing Japanese or Chi rese The league also offers to supply proof of the hagrant violations com plained of, and proposes to have the
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