The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-23

| he Is now rated at 100000 His prin-
eipai business is furnishing Japanese
conducts a general merchandise store
sawmill and dairy Mr.. Ban IA
universally nns. respected by Portland bus
domination because of his high char<
acter. The Portland exporters OF
grain, flour and lumber are on cx-
cellent terms with the great Importing
houses OF Japan. and are inclined to
deprecate any agitation against tho
japanese. But in spite OF these ex-
ceptions the Portland public opinion
is well-nigh unanimous.
In Portland. as in Seattle, and other
coast cities. the Japanese are employed
as servants. although the majority OF
householders say they are unreliable
and unsatisfactory. one complaint is
that a Japanese servant has no COM
junction whatever about leaving his
who lived many years in Japan had
favored certain Japanese family by
giving the children exceptional educa-
gentleman came TO Portland to live
and brought with him one of the boys
OF the Japanese household. The boy's
mother made him promise that he al
ways would be loyal to his American
benefactor and stay with him. After
living in Portland for awhile the em-
ployer was called away and could not
take his servant with him. He turn
Ell him over TO neighbor with his
tory of the circumstances and prom
ise that the boy would stick. 1t was
boy demanded his wages. He even
declined to stay until another servant
could be obtained. and threatened his
employer. with the law unless he was
paid In full on the instant.
Another housekeeper hired Japan
csc cook. only to find that he spent
quite as much OF his time locked in
his own room as he did in the kitchen.
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he fell asleep, or that he was tired.
or something else. One day he left
the door open by accident. and Inc
man of the house walked In upon him.
He jumped up from the table where
ne had been porting over several maps,
and drew knife TO defend his secret.
He was discharged. of course. hut in
that household the belief in the Japan
ese spy system is still a firm one.
Japanese are employed as bell boys
in the hotels, but there Is much COM
plant from guests that they are in
attentive, and inclined TO become i'm
pudent upon the least excuse. They
win not subordinate their feeling of
demands OF the position they occupy.
At Seattle the red cap porters in the
railway station are Japanese. At
negroes, and the travelling public ia
almost unanimous in declaring that TIE
negroes are much preferable, being
more polite and attentive. as we'll az
heard from travellers on trains where
the buffet porter's Job has been taken
away from the negroes to be given
to Japanese.
The admirable negro servant of the
Southern cities sometimes gets objec-
tionably set UP when he goes to
city where there are few of his race,
but it Is certain that the Pacific coast
towns would welcome an immigration
of negro servants from Dixie. II Mr..
Booker Washington could turn out
10000 well-trained cooks and walters
from his Tuskegee school, they would
all find jobs in these thriving cities
of the West. and the Japanese would
disappear from domestic service. To
be a waiter is the natural birthright
Of a certain type of jolly. polite and
sollcitous Southern negro. and he will
find that heritage awaiting him out
here. Portland has tried the little
man from Nippon and has found him
8iCopyrIght. 1908. by Frederic j.
Haskin:)
To- Morrow-Down Hill to Portland.