The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-02
EXCLUSION NECESSAY TO PROSPERITY AND PEACE

Recent along the Pacific coast have awakened the
people Of the West the ethargy induced by prosperity to
realization OF the danger impending in immigration OF As'at-
les the United States
In the hurry of the upbuidins of the Western empire
questions OF race have largely overlooked So great
was the task Of opening up this vast rich section that labor
Of any kind and color has been eagerly brought 20 bear m
the building of railroads the Telling of forests the opening OF
mines and the cultivation Of lands without thought of the con-
glomeratc population which thus created the problem
adjusting differing peoples and to the conditions ct
the future
The result is already being felt With the preliminary
work OF opening up accomplished we
awake to find throughout the West large percentage of
Ksatic population. which must either assmate eNpel
in order TO protect interests aud institutions
Assimilation seems of the question The civilization
the japanese the Chinese and the Hndoo differ widely
from our own We have nothing in common with them in
religion We differ radically from them in racial character
scs Ours is vigorous with and comparatively
clean civilization The Chinese aud Indoos represent im
povcrished races and civilizations in which the vices have
largely ousrppcd the virtues The Japanese alone
matches ygor but their civilization differs from ours IN
essential moral requirements which make assimilation OF
any large number impossbiy without wholesale degra
dation Of moral standards
We have nothing gain from close association with the
Asatics We learn nothing practical from them Con-
with them breeds only their vices in American cvixa-
ton.
On the other hand Asiatics take much from American
civilization The laps have borrowed Of the practical
benefits OF Caucasian civilization during the last fifty years
The basis OF their present power constructed the Dor
rowed methods and inventions OF civilization With
nothing give they take all They to this country
make money which they make in Asia The greater
part Of their earnings boarded against the time when
they plan Asia 10 live wealth taken from this
country They live American live, spending prac-
tcay money Tor the products OF American farms and fac
tories They the Of the West which
needs all the money it has and all it induce from
the East 20 open up its resources.
In the plenty Of prosperity the drain has been seriously
felt the past but the steady influx Of Asatcs beginning
10 be felt There 1000 Japanese in the state
Of Washington alone Add these the Chinese Hudoo and
other Asatics and may figure that the Asatcs already
number the neghborhood Of onehreth Of population
While this percentage large IT is large enough TO
threaten the morality Of the people general and the welfare
of the working people in particular There enough Of
them spread Oriental vices in this country and 10 dis
urb the labor conditions in slack times give employers
the Of depriyng American labor Of the wages and
hours which they through years intelligent effort
and constant struggle
It present that this danger threatens the
future which be considered Let anything approaching
hard times in the West and coolc labor will be found
eontesting with white workngmen for the employment which
is the birthrgh OF the white aborcr Should such conditions
pass will be enacted in this country uupar-
aleled in history which would put stigma
nation and embroh in a with the militant japanese
1t is to escape internal decentralization home and war
with Japan abroad that the Japanese aborcs well as the
country No matter how greatly admire the fighting quail
ties OF the Japanese his business sagacy and ability
all that best in material civilization we have moth
ing in with him The laws Of demand that
be kept apart and IN doing only hope Of peace
Yet transportation companies bending every energy
20 populate the Pacific with Asiatc Their passage
this country the steamship companies their
presence cheap and racabe labor the railroad com
panies Their presence here increasing numbers the
ultimate end Of labor unions and the sacrifice the rights
Of white abocrs, which could be regancd only by bloody
riots in the future
Violence should be avoided at all under present
dtions II is only by the Of peaceful methods that ex
cluson be brought about without involving this nation
in trouble with Japan The Japanese nation will recognize
and respect laws passed by congress while they will
the extent Of mob violence in the Western states
Pressure must be brought through the press and
through the Western representatives congress TO awaken
the nation 70 the importance Of strcter exclusion legislation
Every fair and peaceabe be bring this end
pass Violence only make international trouble
and to the sympathes OF Eastern people for the victim
Of mob violence but by and sustained effort West
can avert the danger OF Orcnalism which threatens 10
undermine public morals and individual prosperity
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