The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-12


VIII possibly assimiiata better than
the Chinese. There are now 10000
Japanese in California and 10000 in
the Hawaiian Islands. The men who
.emigrate from Japan are usually Of a
picked lass-youne, ambitious and
eager to learn Industrial work. IL Is
hard 70 tell what percentage comes
with the idea Of remaining. or how
many look upon their experience here
as an education to better nj them FOR
futare operations at home.
Clean, Quick RELIABLE.
1t is said that in one Of the mining
towns OF the Colorado Fuel aud Iron
Company every means was tried to
keep the slass from butehering goats
In the pariors of their houses and to
keep the Italians from using their
bathtubs for coal bins. The soreiy
tried sanitary officers was eontem.
plating regulation to provide for
compulsory baths. when carload OF
Japanese workmen came. The first
thing the Japs demand was proper
bathing facilities. The delighted health
officer not only resurrected long mus.
ed tubs, but had swimming pool built
for their use. He was oyerjoyed at
finding a people who knew the practi.
cal definition OF cleanliness. / am
told that in the West the railroads are
seriously considering the employment
OF japanese as train dispatchers, Pail.
man porters, dining,car boys, etc.. be.
cause they are SO neat, quick and re.
liable.
A Chinese Doctor.
1t was not until the treaty OF 1867
that the Chinese Emperor recognized
the right of any one of his subjects
to fmmfgrate or change his residence.
Before then such a thing was capt.
tai offense. When the finally came
here they proved efficient servants.
and were also in demand in railroad
building and ranch work. One emf.
nent man who has arisen from this
race In our country is DR.. lie Pc Tai,
OF Los Angeles, who succeeded al.
equally eminent uncle in the practice
OF medicine. DR.. Tai sometimes has
$50 patients day, and his income is
between $4,000 and $4,000 year.
Firms and Portuguese.
The Firms were quite content to
stay In their own land until the Gear
wiped out their constitution, enacted
stringent laws. and made life general.
ly unbearable for them. Many started
to America, but England realized their
adaptability, though only one man in
every 100 of them can read and write,
and diverted the tide of their immi:
grafton to Australia and her own col.
ontes. During the past Is years col
onies Of croatians and slavonians
from Southern Australia have been es-
tabfished in Southern California, in
Oregon aud in the coal fields Of Penn.
sylvania with great success. There is
also a colony of Dalmatians in Cali.
fornia.
The Portuguese in the United States
came chiefly from the over-populated
Cape Verde and Azores Islands, set.
Ting in many of the New England
fishing towns. They are4notea as good
citizens, whose homes and clothes are
always neat and clean. With the ex.
ception OF the Chinese, the Levantines
are the hardest to assimllate. They
have cunning that encourages sus.
picion and love of intrigue. This is
racial, rather than personal, as they
come of a people who have known
centuries OF subsection, and whose
very existence was maintained through
the means of these unenviab1e traits.
FREDERICK G. HAsKIN.