Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-10-04


np their place beside the people Of
he white race. Their native lands
ire full to overhowing. They see
upon our own continent the possibil-
tiles that their awakening spirit
Graves. And here lies one of the
greatest dangers to the peace and
we'll being of our nation that the
future seems TO hold. People of diff
ferent color and widely separated
racial tendencies do not live side by
side under the same flag in peace
and harmony. 1t matters not the
development of the races.
1t matters not that they are equal
In all that makes for highest man
hood and purest womanhood. 1t
matters only that their social char
acteristics are separated by a chasm
so deep that it cannot 6e bridged at
the marriage altar, and their folklore
stories mingled by a common fire.
side. Such is the chasm tha separ-
ates the American people today
from the people of the Orient.
"Prior to the discovery OF gold
in California following policy of
exclusiveness centuries old the peo-
pie Of China and Japan had hardly
set foot upon our shores. Within
four years after ls49 ten thousand
Chinese alone had landed IN the
United States, and 10y 1882, when
the first definite act was passed re-
stricting the immigration of Chinese
laborers into our country, more than
one hundred Chinese and Japanese
hal found their way blther. AT
that time congress listened 20 the
voice of the west and an act was
passed suspending the immigration
of Chinese laborers into the United
States. We have followed that
policy ever since. Today there are
nearly a quarter Of million people
from China and Japan in our midst,
and if ready immigration were pos.
sible this number would multiply
itself many times within the next
few years. There is today power
full sentiment IN the east, which says
to be lenient with these people
Throw down the bars TO their I'M.
migration. 1t Is prompted by tho
spirit Of commercialism. 1t Is moi
prompted by the thought of highes
welfare for our country. Within
year the American people have wit
messed a struggle that has gone oI
in San Francisco between the citl
zens and school authorities on tn
one side and the Japanese on III
other over the question as to whethe
or not the Japanese should atten'
the public schools side by side, i
/. the same room, in the same classes
| with our own boys and girls. With
: in a year we have heard forecasts O
e war between our country and I'll
l Empire of Japan. Within III
0 month we have seen ten thousan
= laborers in Victoria, Iu Britis
}, Columbia, descend upon the Chimes
r and japanese quarters of that CIT!
Il break in the doors and windows {
IT fifty houses aud injure some of tho
r who would defend. Within Il
D year We have seen repeated instanc
of lesser violence, and local officer
d for the maintenance of the peac
ID have been called upon more thi
a once to protect our own people
j the ones whose presence they reser
re These things are probably not gre
Is within themselves, but speak
=. them for what they signify. :
time has come when the Chinese
be Japanese on the Pacific coast j. =
Sc pointe out as the curious represe
10 alive of an unknown raee-a mi
70 object of interest. That time
nr long passed by. The time has co
lly when bis presence excites rose
ell ment. The hand Of the brown n
IL. is raised against the hand OF
eat white. He lowers wages.
TT lowers the standard Of living.
aii- times of prosperity be awakens an