Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
APANESE AND
CHINESE WILL
FIGHT WHITES
ORlENTALS PLAN GIGANTIC
ORGANIZATION
PROPOSE TO CONTROL PRODUCE
BUSINESS
Trust of Foreign Elements Expects TO
Drive Americans from Trade IN
Los Angeles Market and
to Dictate Prices

IL appears that the Japanese ana CHI
nese have challenged the American pro-
d,ee men in Los Angeles to combat Tor
commercial supremacy in the helu VI
deciduous fruit and vegetables "ha'
Americans take as the first real sno'
IN the hattie to follow will be fired TO-
night. when a meeting of Chinese anu
Japanese bodies will. it is said' periecC
gigantic organization for absolute
control of the market. ., an
The Chinese and Japanese, acting III
denendently, have upon seVeral occ"
sions attempted to corral the tLaue VI
the market, but on account OF iIlclio .
between the Oriental forces the AMER
cone were able to hold the bulk OF tle
t,,,siness RIlt now it is obvious the
Chinese and Japanese, by working 10
erether in harmony, expect to drive inc
Americans out of the Los Angeles mar
ket and dictate prices and terms Vi
trading. 4l,o,a
In produce circles yesterday there
was a feeling of general lndlglalioh
toward the foreign elements cohceiA ~
Every effort was put tofth 10 sup III. III.
nronosed organization and a genuine
feeling of alarm was manifested. Inc
Americans say the market should De
free TO all. regardless of race, ana thaI
any move on the part of the Cnillese
and Iananese will result disastrously
for both.
Will Not Be Friendly
They have. it is declared tried to IN
dnce the Orientals to be friendly, whlle
on the other hand the Japanese anu
chinese declare they cannot 90 DUST
ness with the whites by reason OF uls-
honesty in the latter's dealings WIN
them. ,,;..,,+
Al the meeting scheduled for tonight
Il will he an objective point to so or
panize as to make it possible Tor the
Jananese and Chinese to control the
nroduce received and to dictate prices.
This would practically drive the WHITES
ort of business. because the former un-
dersell the latter by a large percent
age. 49, or;-
The scheme as outlined by the orr
entails is to band the Chinese ana Jap
anese growers into a selling orgahlZa-
tion and the jobbers and wholesalers
into a distributing organization and the
whole thing into a general organization
m. trust In this way the entire 'traue
will be working in harmony ana tolts
own personal end regardless OF Amerl-
cans and their prices. established OF
competitive. , A.,
llnderselling them, in many cases DIT
least one-half, and this strategem IS
taken in market circles to be conclusive
that the Japanese and their allles IN
tend to carry the war into all lines OF
produce and fruit.
Trouble Over City Market
The organization proposed for tonight
dates back direct to the trouble whlcn
arose between the Orientals and whites
several months ago, when the former
through their agents, purchased prop
ertv ON South Alameda street and an
nounced that the city market Woulo'
when their building was completed, De
there rather than in the present market
building on Central avenue. The bulld-
ing on Alameda street is now being
erected and when finished will be occu-
MED by Japanese and Chinese dealers.
II is also said that some of the Italian
dealers will occupy stalls in That Dulld-
ing. .,-,. A.,
American dealer headed by sucn
strong and widely known wholesalers
as Rivers Brothers, announced after
meeting of organization that the city
market would remain where 1T is; that
a company had been organized with
over 100000 capital to hold the pro
duce business intact, and that optlohs
had been. taken on all available prop
erty contiguous to the present city
market building.
Matters, it is declared, have been go
INF from bad to worse ever since the
disturbance, and just what will be the
outcome none is prepared to say. At
present the cardinal issue is, How Will
the white traders hold their own
against such an organization as that
which is proposed?
The general feeling is bitter and most
of the condemnation is for the Japan
csc which are said to be back of the
proposed organization. The Chinese
are being taken into it so that the
deadlock will be complete, Orientals
against Americans.