The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-06-10
REV. L. D. TEMPLE
DISCUSSES THE JAP
Former Pastor Talks About
0rientals AS Laborers.
NOBILITY IS IN THEIR FAVOR
d an Interview i'll Boston MIR. Temple
GiTes Reasons Why California Fruit
Growers Use Japanese Labor-Their
Work and Adaptability.

NV L. u. Temple OF Jpldnu, Val, lolhh
gy pastor OF the First Baptist church oil
Batleboro, in discussing the japanese as
aaeoIeB tells why they are employed by
I.llOma fruit growers, He said that mo-
e4ty Was one point in favor of the orlen-
NJ The following interview appeared IN
lh Boston Globe Monday:
There are three things about the Jap
'lse agricultural laborers OF California
sANA in measure distinguish them
@n al! other laborers and commend them
Specially to the fruit growers OF that
slle flHt, their mobility; second, their
suitability to circumstances and environ
aent, and third, their efficiency"
iIhs remark was made by l.. ID. Temple,
large fruit grower of Upland, San Bern
adlno county Cal. who has been stop
Pug at the Otis on Mt. Vernon street for
lev days, He was talking with a Globe
Fl9iteF about the conditions of labor IN
lar western state and was explaining
~ The fruit growers found it necessary
~ llle japanese workingmen.
IN the first place" he said, "the main
aSA because we cant get white la
w IN San Bernardino county there Is
~ Itte white labor to be had at any
WY Is this; There is more than
1.lsA Of white labor in the east; why
y :. you people induce some of this labor
! DON'T know just why it is; but that
i Tue tact, and that is the main reason
~ w, We get japanese labor"
,, Maat DO you mean by the mobility OF
! mean the ease with which they move
a a,l pace to place and it also shows the
s.aI common sense Of these Japanese
,s lae Jap laborers in our section live in
r s~iS On cooperative plan. Each man
A. " much to the cook-say five cents
A %:, Or whatever they may decide among
, rrsr;FlveS They buy their groceries and
s SESSIONS by the wholesale and all sub
TTa H., "a 70 common fund for that purpose.
A. 4" i've we'll 1t is mistake to think
Inc camp has one man. a sort of boss,
ss % Wh1ucts the business. The camp is
g ~svled by telephone with the local ex-
srI Ii you want half dozen men to
H. u your fruit orchard for a week, or
ms uays, or month, you telephone the
I'M T IIu make make your arrangements with
na T ' " Will have the men there when you
am rndt are the wages for such labor?''
hrrs'' Jap gets Sl.75 a day for nine
a. s., work The amount and the hours
dS's;ddriy specified, for they have union
dss s,n own N which hours and wages are
b ftIIa ane The white man gets 50 day,
r rae Is only % cents day difference
IA. t !. the two kinds of labor, but |
we Jap has more in the end because
ulOrs,ess. more economically. They have
vi Iba at p down to a science. They live
w. UuI they buy wholesale.
0, sSm zee the Jap has adapted himself to
MI U .de and conditions. The climate
ri H. mat they can live well in camps,
hrss,; eOhdltions are such that when the
ali ing IN one section is over they can
move TO another section where the
Tsihs Is beginning.
lon me l9t make this clear. The section
Sc IWrleh come is a citrous fruit sec
HI I've grow oranges and lemons. We
u eit, em IN April, May and June. When
'UA harvest lie over the grape har