Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-02-13
No War With japan.

Naturally the talk of war with
Japan Is all jlDgoism, and a very
poor quality of jingoism at that
japan does not want any war with
the United States for a great many
years at least, ana in fact does not
want any war with anybody until
she somewhat reduces her enormous
national debt and gets industrially
reorganized. At the same time, the
Yellow Peril as regards Japan is
very real menace. This is made
plain by the report of the Commits
sloner-General of Immigration who
has recently retuned to Washington
from the Hawaiian Islands and who
made special study of the Japan
csc situation in California.
He says that the menace of the
japanese invasion is not military,
but industrial. The Japanese is
not like the Chinaman. lie does
not take laundry on the corner
and stay there until he accumulates
enough money to return to Japan,
but he comes with readiness to
take any position however menlal
that will give him a start In life,
and this once attained, there i,
nothing in the way of trade, bust
ness or profession, that he considers
beyond his reach.
The situation on the Pacific coast
where in spite of their protests
against social equality they are con
tinually inviting the coming of
Japanese laborers is simply this:
The Jap comes to this country
and takes position as a laborer,
A., household servant, or farm hand.
and by industry and frugality, for
the nation possesses both in high
degree, be soon obtains enough
money to buy the farm on which he
is working, or another in tie i'm
mediate neighborhood, to start an
opposition business as a blacksmith.
q contractor, or a mechanic of some
sort, or possibly to attend a profess
sional school and branch out as a
dentist, doctor or lawyer. There
is no denying that the japanese are
a thrifty and capable people and
the experience OF California and the
whole Pacific coast has been tina,
where they once get foothold they
stick and are soon the equals, if not
the superIors of the natives in any
business or profession they adopt.
of the railroads in the west
are already replacing their laborers,
their train crew, and their dining
and sleeping cars crews with the
Japanese employees so far as they
are able to do it. President JAIME.
Hill Of the Great Northern is one OF
the leaders in this railroad move.
ment, although he doubtless would
deny it if the accusation were made
The idea of the railroads is to pe,
as cheap labor as possible regard.
less of the fact that the Japanese
once installed they will not be long
in adopting the trade union system,
and they have thus unpleasant
feature in addition TO American
trades union traits, that they always
strike without giving notice. They
may be considered an exceedingly
dangerous factor in American
civilization. But the danger will
not come 10 the probability Of war
at any near date, but rather in
introducing into American life
race Of people who regard US as
Dsrbarians, who will never assimi.
late with the communities IN which
they live, and who, all things con.
sidered, are quite our equals in
acuteDess, but who will never be
reliable factor IN the equation Of
American citizenship.
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