The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-15

lends for its steamship lines. The
| Hindus came to Canada first. where
he rigorous clamate forced them in
20 Washington and oregon. In these
states white laborers revolted against
their places being taken by the brown
man and riots followed. The Hindus
were driven from Seattle, Danville,
Bellingham. Portland and other cities
Of the Northwest into California.
Then they began pouring into the
port of San Francisco. AS a result
Of this influx, the local exclusion lea
que declared war on Hart II. North
| immigration com missioner Tor san
Francisco. and he was called to Wash
ington to answer questions. The
trouble came to a head when. at a
meeting OF the board of inspectors,
| who were to pass on number or
Hindus as to whether they were Mt
| to land or not, North made the fol-
| lowing statement to the board:
"In the office today l was inter-
viewed by a railroad contractor from
the California Northwestern extern
sion. He stated that he had rs Hin
due working for him, and wanted a
PASS for more. gave him a pass.
He said he had use for all the Hindus
he could get; that he found them not
unsatisfactory laborers; that they
could not do as well as white labor
ers. but that they kept at it and did
pretty we'll
1t later developed that the railroad
agent North referred to was one Bos-
well and that he represented r. L.
Vermani and Bal Mokund, both Hindu
labor contractors.
The railroads again.
And the peculiar feature of the case
was that an agent of an employment
concern was given the right to appear
for aliens in whom he could have no
interest other than to obtain cheap
labor for railroads.
Nothing Imaginary.
There is nothing imaginary in the
docla ration that the Hindue peril is a
real one. Dirty bands Of from a score
to two score cOnmImptive. emaciated
Hindus. their heads covered by dirty
yellow, red, white and black turbans,
can be seen every day on the streets
of the coast cities. In thu railroad
camps and the vineyards. in mills and
foundries these people of India are
rapidly driving out white labor be-
cause they work cheaper.
4 white man cannot 1--we for what
a Hindu cannot only live on but save
money as wei. Their pay averages
$1.65 Il day, out of this they sup
port themselves ana save over ST a
day to send back to- India. This has
been proved in hundreds of cases. Re
To-
fact that the gangs of Hiudus en-
ployed by the railroads in the north
q part of California and by the
Diamond Match Co. were buying
money orders at the rate OF $1,000
day. The mon Who sera1 this amount
are paid higher than the others. 50
dav.
But the great danger is not 80 much
in their competition With White men
az the facr that sooner or later these
men will be unable to work, except
for the railroads. ard when tlrfs time
Hoes come the railroads will have a
verftable army of Hindus whom they
can hold in state Of abieet pe0nage.
Not being able to work for others
they must necessarily work for the
transportation companies, or else be-
come public charges.
The Hindus are the most undesir
able OF Asiatic immigrants. They are
dirty. immoral. fnsolent to- women,
and thieves. T'Trev do not Know the
first principles of sanitation, as a
case which came up recently in Van
coucpr proves. In a house which, was
large enough for but six persons; 10
HindnS fOuUd a place to sleep and
I've. Tire Hindu cannot become a
citizen because he has not t1ie Ina-
King Of one.