The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-05-28
WHY JAPS ARE HATED
MAGAZINE WRITER SHOWS UP SOME REASONS
FOR CALIFORNIA; ANTIPATHY


interesting regarding the invasion of California by the
Nipponese Introductory dealing briefly with the anti
Chinese agitation the article proceeds part follows:
And then the Japanese
AS they also were people yellow skin they also
begging labor the farmers of California welcomed them
logical substitute for the Chinese and them work The
only few in learning their mistake
AS much honest just much the Japanese
dishonest AS much the Chinese conented unambous and
stable just much the Japanese dscontened ambitious and
stable From their point of view there comparison be-
the efficiency OF the Japanese and the Chinese because they
ambitious dis conented unstable they have made modern
state out medieval kindgom fifty years But the Calorian
looking them from his point Of view weighing their qualities
as serfs
The Japanese began by undertaking Chinese prices
which suited the farmer though brought ustihabe howl from
the Causasian laborng That did last long 1t became
plain Japanese working together with the cohesion of
labor union against the Chinese Invading district which the
Chinese held their they would offer work for half dollar
day cheaper The Chinese thus nderbd would pack up and
move They did have look far for work high their
reputation California they preferred get rather than
pete Those who fingered usually abused by the japanese who
fighters by while the Cinnamon of peace
Then when the Japanese had the territory themselves they
would change of front gang would go work in the
picking the regular market price for help In the middle
of the season. help hard get they would suddenly
entirely disregard of their for higher
aeesa the wages would bear The farmer with
the prospect ruined crop before him. usually yielded
this and then the Japanese would adopt tactics Ger
tain Chinese small by buying fruit the
whole copsand harvesting on speculation good gambler the
Chinaan by the results of his speculation picking and
paving Just as faithfully the weather brought reduced
crop he would the crop expectations The Japan
had of the district would announce the adop
of this PLAN after upon going to the head Jap
for hrs seasons help be told the Japanese wanted
lease orchard three five year If he refused he
would find Japanese would work for him In many districts
the whites getting other labor they could kept the fight
against this system In Others h Japanese took the land
The conspicuous example Of this tendency the one most often
quoted condemnation of the japanese is the Vaca Valley about
fifty miles inland from San Francisco Acre Tor acre. this little DIS
trct can produce deciduou fruit than any other land in Cali
The Japanese marked for their own and they practically
got Ten years ago Vacave lively American town. Now
the white residents island the midst Of the japanese With
mpeanece their haste to get everything out OF the land that
tev can the Japanese are running Vacave orchards which they
orchard be ruined in few years the
pne pckers do take OF the upkeep 1t will take an
other generation bring Vacavie back the production
which was boast And the latest from Nacave IS
that the Japanese whose year leases have
moving on to skin another district Vacavle the conpcu-
Gus example Japanese have adopted the policy IN parts
of the rich Santa Clara Valley and OF the Fresno grape country
In that grape countrywhch furnishes half the American sweet
wines and nearly all the American Oriental aborers
almost necessity The grapes grow ground vines, near the
the picker soop No Caucasian assumes that attitude
naturally while native the Oriental good Chinese or Jap
aese picker can three many grapes day as the
hest aorer Of European stock The Chnama the old days had
that grape harvest for his The rather ndoent Californian
rance took farming his Chinese head men This
system worked beautifully, owing the honesty OF the Chinese
their willingness to whether turned out well
not When Japanese they acted as they did at Vacaye
first they underbd and then they reached out for leases and CON
tracts usually they did stick to losing agreements even
when those agreements secured by bond Because they
the only aborers available with the thinning the Chinese
the Fresno had get along with them best they could
and there followed several years of industrial trouble was mn
possible the Japanese tie Fresno as they did Vacaye Tor
the Fresno country wide and and the whites are too well
ntrenhed in their property but they did reduce production and
profits Within the past years they have started to buy valuable
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