The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-01
The Japanese p ONT Of View
ny rnEpEn1c J. HAsKIN.

NY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN.
Los Angeles.
Wherever Japanese subjects I've I'M
del, the American flag. from Honolulu
eastward to Denver. from Puget Sound
southwark to Los Angeles, there Is
entail civilizations. The Japanese point
Is entirely different from that OF the
white m , The white man man is faith-
that or the Orient. and lie brooks no
interference With the working opt OF
his creed. rne Japanese a,,aas as rspre9.
in the moral superiority Of his form
OF civilization, but he recognizes great.
en- opportunity to make money under
the Occidental forms Of life. So he
OF Western civilization for purposes
OF revenue only. TO his critics aid
detractors he replies in a fashion
which suggests q curious mixture OF
the East and West.
He defends his right to come to tho
United States and to live here by APP
pealing to. tile doctrine OF personal
liberty md equal rights. which was
E RGta e ens whs had its Ps1Res
America. It Is doctrine which is
utterly repugnant to the institutions
of Japan and at war with every tenet
OF the faiths OF Asia. He goes further
an argument to prove his proposition
that he Is n wealth-creator whose en-
ergies benefit the United states more
than they do 10, Japan az an Then his, his mind
he declares that he ought to be per
United to remain here because of the
fact that he is still a loyal Japanese.
and that Japan and America are
% an len nj hpt
SaE Francisco school Issue was raised
by Japan. the Japanese resident in
America is sure to assume the In
scrutab1e face of the Oriental. and
always done SO and always will do
so. no matter how harsh the misguided
Americans may be in their unjust criti-
cism. Then invariably the speech is
concluded by touching reference to
Commodore Perry.
The commodore was fighting man.
and he sailed the seas in ships as good
as any navy had IN those days. He
which received slightly more attention
than it otherwise would have received
on account OF the guns which backed
ii UP. He opened Japan to communi-
cation with the other nations of the
world the Japanese named their great
harbor Mississippi Bay in honor OF his
flag ship. and modern Japan dates its
history from Perry's coming. UnT
doubtedly the Japanese OF to-day havd
an honest sentimental affection for
the name OF Perry. but they have used
HI so much In palaverinS Americans
that it has become almost tiresome.
In Hawaii the Japanese were greatly
incensed at first on account of the re-
eral policy OF cancellation they have
adopted has buried that feeling out
of sight. The Japanese leaders there
now declare that the restriction is
| rrn In ~ hn n IN fnr ha
Japanese in Hawaii. because OF the
| fact that 1t has stopped the fitting
to the mainland and has made the
population more stable and reliable.
Japanese no longer buy much mer-
chandise from Japan. but are manu-.
| featuring the things formerly i'm
ported. establishments for the manu-.
which is universally used and for
making Japanese vermicelli are among
| the promising t-s'ustries of Honolulu
The raw materials used. wheat and
! United States. This is the creation
| OF an industry which swells American
trnde. and which would not have been
| In existence We're 1t not for the great
opening of the Honolulu vermicelli fac
tory was celebrated by a banquet at
| tended by 300 business men, OF
all races and creeds. The products
OF tAeSc Japanese factories using
! American materials under the Ameri-
/ can flag are to be sold not only in
| Hawaii but all over the Western
States where there is a japanese popu-
| lation to demand them. The advan-
taPe In freight and tariff rates will
| permit the Honolulu Japanese to out
strip their compa triots OF Osaka and
/ Kobe.
Japanese business men in Honolulu
deny that their wholesale merchants
are cutting into the trade OF Ameri-
| can firms. There are about a dozen
large wholesale concerns In Honolulu
i conducted by Jananese, but 1t is de-
clared In their behalf that they handle
! only Japanese wares and appeal only
/ to their own people for business. At
the same time, it is argued that the
i Japanese in the islands use more
4 American goods than Japanese wares.
I fully Is per cent. of their expenditures
I going for American cotton goods, flour.
4 hats. shoes and household furniture.
i On the Pacific Coast this percentage
is still higher, according to the .1apa-
borne out BY the statistics in Call
fornia, and is apparently true in other
States. The Japanese men always
abandon their native costume when
they get east of Hawaii. and the
! younger ones affect the most expensive
clothing they can afford. always lean
Two pavfav M potica was take,