The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1910-03-25
ANTI-JAP MASS
MEETING SUCCESS
Despite the Willy Efforts of Some Emissary
of Jap Concern to Block Gathering By
Fake Telephone Message.

Some poor pawn of the Jap loving
crowd tried to put the anti-Jap mass
meeting of last "Wednesday evening out
of business and if it is any consola-
tion to the little soul of the person who
essayed the trick to know it almost sue
ceeded, he or she is welcome to it. Some
woman called up the caretaker of the
hall about noon and represented herself
! to be Mrs. Wetstein who had hired the
hall, announced that the meeting had
been called off. When the crowd began
| to arrive the hall was cold and dark
and many people went away thinking
that there would be no meeting. In
terested parties arrived about s o'clock
and quickly succeeded in opening the
hall and in spite of the dirty tactics
of some tool of the Jap hiring outfit
the meeting went off as per schedule
and fair sized audience greeted the
speakers
Several of the most prominent citi-
zens of Everett had promised to be
present and deliver short addresses, but
pressing business engagements" pre-
vented them one and all from attend
ing.
A. A. Brodeck, president of the Busi
ness MenJ association, presided over
the meeting and introduced the speak
ers of the evening. P. G. Armistad, vice
president of the Mukilteo Chamber of
Commerce, was the first speaker and in
a fifteen minute speech graphically
pictured the conditions existing in
Mukilteo because of the employment of
cheap Asiatic labor.
Judge Loutitt spoke for the citi-
zens of Everett and eloquently pleaded
for white mans country. He told of
the heroism and fortitude of the early
pioneers who carved the Western en-
pointed ont the injustice of corporations
who would seek to reap through foreign
Asiatic labor what stalwart American
manhood had sowed. Mr.. LOutitt said:
"There are two classes of undesir-
ables in this country, the directors of
our great corporations who reap their
fortunes by the debasing of American
labor and with their i'll gotten gains
buy European titles for their daugh-
ters and the laborers of Asiatic blood
who take the wages out of the pock-
cts of American people and send them
home to maintain foreign government
Continuing he said: "a high army of
ficial of the war department said in
this hall recently while urging for
funds for an armory, that there were
Japanese enough in this state to block
every mountain pass in the event of
war and prevent troops being sent to
our aid Men like Leslie M Shaw who
have stood high in the councils of ma
tional government, predict ultimate war
between the United States and Jap
an. Japan spies have stolen plans of
our Notifications; they have located the
mines in our harbors; yet these corpo-
rations in defiance of American man
hood and womanhood will continue to
employ these men of an alien race who
can never become Americans in thought,
word or deed. We cannot warm viper
in our bosom without being bitten in
the end"
Charles Perry Taylor, of Tacoma,
electrified the audience with his first
sentence when he declared that the
question resolved itself as to whether
the American laborer would continue to
eat mashed potatoes and beefsteak and
mince pie or should be forced to a diet
of rice and cold tea.
Mr.. Taylor delivered forceful,
passionate address which was greeted
with round after round of applause. He
dwelt not only upon the economic side
of the Asiatic labor question but upon
it's moral side. He pictured the condi-
tion of affairs existing in localities
where the Japs had gained foothold
and assured his audience that no To-
cality in which they might be allowed
to enter could remain happy and pros
porous. Mr. Taylor urged that this be
considered only the beginning. of the
campaign and that his hearers educate
and agitate and arouse public sentiment
to an extent that the employing corpo-
rations should be compelled to heed the
voice of an aroused public conscience.
"Write letters" he urged, "to every
stockholjer in that corporation The
post office department is run at an
awful loss, you know, for your benefit.
Use it. Swamp these men with your
protest against their discrimination in
favor Of Japanese"
Mrs. Wetstein declared yesterday
morning that another mass meeting
would be held in Mukilteo in a short
time. No task seems to be too hard for
these Mukilteo women in the cause to
which they have eonsecrated their time
and money They have shown heroism
and determination that should put the