The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-10-18
TAHG REVIEW OF JAPANESE CHARACTER Showing AST QUALITIES OF RACE UPON
Which PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WOULD HOW AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP

obhque ideas Since the exclusion Of the Chinese the japanese have
undertaken the importation Of their for this vile business and
have superseded the Chinese in the female slave traffic
SUCCESS OF CHINESE EXCLUSION
Until the passage Chinese Exclusion Law in 1880 bread
riots frequent California and than the red flag OF
anarchy through the Of Francisco the 0ore
demanding Chinese order that they might
families At that time there fifty thousand Chi
Francisco and its vicinity and they had monopoly OF
the cigar manufacturing and shoe making They
extensively engaged manufacture of all kinds OF clothing
uonopozng fisheries undertaking the aboers IN the
orchards vineyards hop fields and the anchesn almost
every branch of labor the hardwong cunning Chinese was ou
With the passage prosperity fCaonia may be dated
Gradually Chinese population has decreased to less than half its
former number There were no the places Of those
who died or ceased old age No Others to
learn the trades the labor in the fields and IN the various
trades again into the hands OF white men Inc
Chinese only depng white OF labor but draining the
money by retances to their relatives Inc same g Is
now being by Japanese They taking the places OF Chinese
abors and by their increasing numbers also de-
nving white men of work and are renting their earnings to
their families in Japan. They import from Japan most OF their pro
visions and e clothing They spend little as possible IN the
country where they white supports schools benevo-
lent institutions libraries buys property and exends
on public improvements Not so with the Jap "ha' re mus
necessary to spend is people He has his own saloons
tailor shops shoe shops general stores ETC. and ne gets ms
education free for he contributes nothing the OF taxa
tion He an expert swearing and to cheat an American es
av in the matter considered by him patriotic duty
OPENED DOOR TO JAPS
Closing the upon the Chinese opened 1t Tor the japanese
Our statesmen politicians could not see very l u
would included JaIaneseA Li0 "
time there only few thousand IN the United oeS anu
on could not reason that closed the door on one the otn
would creep in cheap labor desired by the
panies and other corporations Theyd not even see 1e "
an amendment to the Exclusion Law in 1890 when the japan
population in California had increased to abont ten thousand
as 1900 when it reached twenty thousand hall OF tnat
number being in San and its vicinity Ihe japanese PPu
~ :; the adjacent territories Arizona and New Mexico ano
the had increased to about ten thousand
~ v thousand on the years Ihat PoPu
~ has increased to seventy thousand and about haI OF TINS
~ N California There twenty thousand IN San francisco
and Oakland across bay and there are eght thousa N
Angeles and its suburbs At this rapid rate OF increase
I not eoue high of political science to see the coming
1. Six wears ago it very apparent and why Dill Hcudg
the Tanane is not passed only be attributed 10 '
fear on the part of OF Oelng OHeSi' - ~
s,ese government We will ind that III the Japanese "S
- -, Tartar We have caught something very dirlcu I
batf The Chinese docle nofensive unPreunlirg
and satisfied to occupy enial positions Not 50 with tne @
T, He Is laborer until he gets education at oul e
I'D learns our language trades Then ne taxes Vhe P
6 be white man by working cheaper 1t IS not ony the Jap
ansse 1aborer that should be excluded but the
and the worker all trades These are 10 DC llost
| f4 10 easier wok-that anything that IS not nenal
He Is thus taking the places Of those of the middle lower classes
Iapanese of all trades occupations and PROFESSIONS q |
r,ld be excluded They menace to our industries
our civilization the peace OF the country Inc
contribute nothing its support and live upon us
are ssatcs by instinct nature and training anu Nl %
In order to counteract what little effect our
+ nav have upon them missionaries are sent from Japan
G. Francisco and to Angeles continually remind tne 70 "
main loval o the japanese government -, r ?
~ the mast several months they have been sWaTInns
California in large numbers, and especially to Los Anse
~ sed to establish Japanese city near Los Angeles ana
understood that hundred thousand dollars nave %
ie for that purpose Los Angeles IS rapidly OeClls
m N every part of city may be seen their eIplOyin
stores hotels saloons The Jap saloon IS the Tous
5 most dsorderiy resort that be imagined More JaP
gsIed for disordery conduct IN Los Angeles IN one -
- Chinese for similar offences year The criminal recoIs ~
~ there are eight times many japanese IN the state PRISON =
Chien The FIVE thousand Chinese in Los Angeles are
or rather live Chinatown and are ltt OF no u ~ =.
;tizen The japanese scatter into every part OF tne el
h they NAV undermine aborers and tradesrnen Mhe :
+es property at depreciates White people AVOID ~
Al ne-that is selfespecing white people No' even =
a. @ S In . near lap The conditions prevail IN .