The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-08
AS | See CALIFORNIA AND THE JAPS

their own interests rather than tins. ~
the boss and the farmer. Frec1sn,i,, ,,, n.
migration has led to the breaking ~ 80.
tracts when the boss could NOT secure
iaoorers on the expected terms Tb.,
there have been other cases where a.
boss and the laborers have stood $500
er to secure an advance in the az. =,
be paid. And, finally, they do mot rs.
main satisfied with wage labor. bur are
eager 10 secure control of land ana ss-
tablish themselves as farmers
Independent farming by the Japanese.
now attacked through legislation. 4. ~.
product of the last ten or twelve v.ars
and most Of IL a product Of the Iast e.,
good share of this on leased land ha.
resulted from their dominant position a,
laborers
me japanese ind the wage relation
distasteful; a position as tenant or s..
land owner is distinctly one OF bo,or
closely connected with these facts Is m.
,urtner one that they. like the Chinese.
nave been willing to overbid the other
ana have paid high rents. In
ance AFTER instance might be cited
" ~here they and the Chinese have offered
VI even % per cent more than the
customary amount Hence the Tarr,-s
nave found IL both profitable and conven-
.nt 10 lease land to them. Land owner
sup 10 Oh course. the next step for those
ho are successful, and who decide tn
imam III permanently in this country.
me essence of all this is that Japanese
competition has been on a lower pIan.
man that set by the white mans stand
aiu. ana mat they are capable and de-
y. % more than common wage labor.
there nave been other imni-
srant races, as, for example, the Greek
and Italian. who have also con,na,sd ~
lower scale. but the degree ~ dIr.r-
ehce mas been less than in the cas-. a,
the Japanese Ease oi
AS All who are informed with rs,.r-
ehce to the matter know, no case can ha
maze against the Japanese on nur.Iv
personal grounds. AS a class thew are
inteIigent' have great capacity for as
sanitation, and desire to find a place in
western civilization, to the externaIs of
winch at least, they confirm. But with
the average American they do NOT stand
upon their personal merit. Difference a,
color language, point OF view. Thought
their thorough organization for various i
purposes. and the paternalistfc attitude
eNhlolted Dy the japanese government
iend TO cause all to be Jumped together
ana treated as a race. And once assigned
TO an inferior rank, any exhibition Of am
oltion- and any progress from the lowest
scale OF unskilled labor. tend to arouse
opposition rather than TO beget tolera-
ton and respect for them.
Not little OF the continued onnos;,ior
TO the Japanese, when there is no longer
any menace. has been due 10 the activity
OF the Asiatic Exclusion League and re-
lated organizations, such as the Anti
Jap Laundry League. Of San Francisco.
The Exclusion League. after immisra-
ton was restricted. continued to agitate
Tor exclusion by act Of Congress, and
has employed facts and figures" in an
unfair way to accomplish that end
These are the main facts accounting
for the enactment Of the anti-alien land
bill aimed directly at the JapanesAa
measure which, in the opinion Of the
writer, is unjust, unnecessary, and high
ly impolitic.