The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-19

not complain, since no treaty right
could he violated when the children 81
Japanese were treated precisely as tho
children Of all foreign nations,
Labor Unions Play a Part.
The feeling In the state IL furthes
intensified, especially in labor circles
by The report ON The conditions in the
Hawaiian Islands as contained in Bull
\ letln ca OF the Bureau Of Labor. De.
paument a. Commerce and Labor.
The claim Is made that white labor
mas bee almost entirely driven from
The hawaiian Islands. and that the
japanese are gradually forcing even
The small white traders ont OF bust
ntS'.
Many Of the foremost educators IN
the STATE, on The other hand are
1 strongly opposed TO the action of the
san Francisco Beard OF Education
4 Japanese are admitted to The l'niver-
4 SHY q. California an Institution main
/ lained and supported by the state
/ hey are also admitted 10. and glad.
\ ~ welcomed at Stanford University.
san Francisco. 50 far as known. Is the
only city which has Disseminated
against Japanese children talked
4 viii number Of prominent labor
men and they all said that they had
No objection to Japaneses children ut.
tending The primary grades; that they
wanted Japanese children now in the
United States 10 have The same school
privileges as children Of other ma
lions, but hat they We're unanerably
opposed 70 Japanese young men at
tending The primary grades,
The objection to japanese mon AZ
tending the primary grades could very
readily he met by a simple rule lin.
ting the ages Of all children attend
ing those grades All of the teachers
with whom talked while in San Fran
cisco spoke In the highest terms Of
The Japanese children, saying that
they were among the very best of
their pupils. clearly in their persons,
well behaved studous. and remark.
ably bright
The board Of education of San Fran
cisco declined 10 resaind IT'S reso- |
ution Of October IT, claiming that |
having established a separate school
or Chinese, Japanese, and Korean I
,hildren the provisions Of section
.6G2 Of the political code became man.
atort
Boycott on the Japs.
boycott was maintained in San
francisco from October To October
Y BY members Of the Cooks and
Walters Union against japanese res
aurantg doing business In that CITY
Yearly all fthe leaders Of labor or
an cations in San Francisco, inter
iewed on his subject, disclaimed any
nowledge OF any formal action being
aiken for the boycotia Of these res
aurants Taoy a1mlr.sd however.
nat there WAS decided sentiment IL
he unions against T fe II ne Japan
Sc restaurants. ana aat mat senli
nent wa created aa fatered by
aIbGCHeS III HllGn lGGtit3tS ana DN I
ersonal action Of tx different mem,
ers. VIII he object Of nor only pre-
enting union labor men but the pub
c as well, from pauonizinG these
estaufants,
The secretary, as also he business
gent of the Walters Union. Loca
so 80, headquarters al 1895 Scott
.reet San Francisco, said that no
es htion against Japanese restaGr
nts had been passed by their union
mt that ii was urged in their NEE .
ngs and by different members of the i
nion to themselves refrain. and "a :,
eep the public as we'll from patron
ling such restaurants: that for tire
feeks in the early part of October |
zen were employed by the Cooks ana
Naiters' Union to stand in front OF | ,
apanese restaurants on Third stree :
nd distribute match boxes on which
'as pasted a label as follows. white
zen and women. patrOnze your owr |
ace that this was not strictly speak |
X. a boycott. as boycott must be In
ituted through the labor council.