The Cairo bulletin., 1910-05-30
THE JAPANESE
N CALIFORNIA
Concluded from First Page.)

From this they have passed to 3
more liberal form OF contract, work
ing together on shares; to growing
crops on ground held by them IN
Ider cash renal and in comparatively
Isolated instances. to actual owner
ship OF the land.
Japanese ambition says the re
port. ito progress beyond mere ser.
Witty to the plane of the better
class OF American workmen to own
home, to operate industries to be
master and not slave. is of the same
quality as that of the Italian. the
Swiss, the Portuguese. the Russian,
with whom he completes and is in
line with the ambition of that type
of American who will not compete
with him. The moment that this ami,
bition is exercised the iapanese ceas
IS 10 be an ideal labor"
The report finds that there is a
conflict OF opinion throughout the
fruit growing districts regarding the
Japanese. While many growers are
opposed to them, another element de-
clares them essential anl says the
problem will require modification
of the Chinese exclusion law, with
the admission of the Japanese and
Chinese on equal terms in restricted
numbers.
OF the character OF the Japanese
laborer and his desire for an Amer,
lean education, the report speaks in
high terms. OF t1earesponsibility
and reliability of japanese contract
ors, sub-bosses and laborers. the re-
port states they do not compare un-
favorahly with white men in the
same stations. As to the individual
Japanese laborer compared to the
typical class OF white laborers now
in the field and available for work,
the report gives the higher standard
to the Japanese.
The investigators found the land
owning Japanese desired to make his
home in this country. adopting Amer
lean customs and closely following
his American neighbors in many
ways The agents invariably reported
courteous treatment and hospitality
when visiting these men.
The report states 1t is not within
its province to offer suggestions as
to the solution of the labor problem
presented. but merely to present the
acts after rigid scrutiny of Japan
ese life in California.
The report states positively that
the number Of Japanese laborers OBJ
tainabla for harvesting work this
year Is far short OF The number re-
quired. Growers. it is said. view this
condition with anxlety. mite labor
is unobtainable at prices within rea-
son and as a result of the evident
withdrawal of the Japanese, witness
Cd the alton :;; and emigration
reports which show the tide of Jap
anese travel ito be setting toward
Japan. Hindu labor has come 70 the
state In the fifteen months ending
Jan. /. 1910, S3G japanese entered
the port Of San Francisco from Jap
an and Hawaii and 4,1S2 departed.
In the year, of 1906, 1907, 1908,
there were $40 births among the Jap
anese In this state and 1892 deaths
The report contains some interest
ing statistics on Tie physical aspect
of the Japanese in California. The
records of the county assessors.
show 1893 farms, containing 1871
acres, owned by Japanese in the
state. These farms were assessed at
$500, 40l on land and $4G,947 on i'm
provements making a total of $377,-
34S, and were mortgaged to the eX-
tent of s77,5S4 The records show al
0 1855 holdings of town property as
sessed at $174,694, of which $4,000
was on land and sS5.394 on improve
ments. These buildings were mort
gagged to the extent of $50,359.