Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-05-31
CALIFORNIA
STATE LABOR
COMMISSIONER

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stress is laid upon the infinite la.
Dor that was expended in gathering
the data from which 1t is drawn
1t is pointed out. that virtually ev,
cry farm in the districts where the
Japanese are employed was person
ally visited; tAat the opinions OF
employers of Japanese exclusively
of mixed races and white laborers
only were interviewed and their
views on the Japanese filed with
the bureau; that aside from the
personal contact into which the
agents came with the Japanese of
all classes, over 10000 census
cards were filled out by japanese
and sent to tho bureau, that fig
ure representing A per cent of the
total Japanese population of the
state. These cards, printd in Eng
Ish and Japanese. were prepared
with q view to determining accu-
ratefy the character of each indi-
vidual iii order that the investi-
gators might have a firm basis on
which to found their conclusions as
to the character and mode of life
of the typical Japanese resident of
the state. The information was
readily given by the japanese and
the numerous questions answered
carefully and fully
With this data before them, and
with the daily reports of the agents
and thousands of interviews with
employers and others financially in
terested in the problem at hand,
the Investigators prepared the fol-
lowing summary of farm labor con-
ditions i'll this state:
/. That the relationship existing
between the farm labor utilized at
the present time in the great in
dustries of the orchard, vineyard
and the field and the industries
themselves have been developed
along lines Of an evolutionary char
acter, and are practically impossible
of modification in any material de-
gree.
chat the problem of solving
the situation by drawing from the
present available white farm labor
supply by any known or suggested
methods of modification of the con-
ditions now obtaining in this state
will afford no practical or material
relief.
3. That the creation of an ideal
intelligent class of white farm labor
to be drawn from all sources with
in the confines of the United States
is practically an impossibillty for
the reason that such an effort would
entail an entire and radical read
justment of economic conditions
and the relationship that now ex-
lists between the grower and the
system of transportation, distribu-
ton and marketing.
4. The perpetuity or continued
development of those great and
highly specialized forms of agri-
cultural activity must largely de-
pend upon supply of labor COM
ing from without the United States,
and of such nature and character
as to conform to the conditions re-
sulting from the application of that
labor to the agricultural demands.
5. That the transition from the
cereal growing period to the de-
velopment of specialized agricul-
ture increased the ratio of tempo
rary help required by the farming
districts beyond the normal avail
able supply within the state during
the periods of largely increasing
population.
8. The necessity for providing
The large number of temporary en-
ployees engaged in the harvest with
employment during the various per-
iods other than the harvest season
is a vital element in the solution OF
the farm labor problem.
OF the resident Japanese engaged