Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-24

the written law Of God, upon which all
law is based, is law enough to justify
inflicting upon this black inhuman
white-flesh thief the most cruel pun
ishment humanity movable and d.
vinely sanctioned.
Senator Bristow offered the Bristow-
Lodge amendment to the Underwood
Bill OF o year ago as an amendment
to the present Underwood measure.
Senator La Toilette offered a method
Of investigation which, il followed,
would disclose true facts upon which
sensible and just action could be TAX
en-. He proposes sixteen questions to
be asked by the Senate and answered
by the men OF any industry interested.
The answers are to be made Under
oath and aelate to the commodity man.
ufactured anG the raw materials useG.
The amount produced the amount con-
sumed and the number OF concerns
producing it In this county. The MAI.
ket price here, the market prices else.
where. The cost OF production here
and elsewhere. Percentage OF labor
cost here and the same in other couDe
tries. The transportation cost TO the
principal markets Of this country ana
to the principal markets OF other couI.
tries. What par or the tariff repre-
sents the difference in the cost OF pro-
duction hers III abroad and what
part the profit OF the American manu-.
%facturer. This seems to be prompted
by q desire to do justice to the in
dustries that will be affected. And it
Is so far the most interesting proposal
made in the Senate. Senator La Fol.
lette's radicalism has always been
along the path Of justice. And his re.
forms have been always practiced up
on unjust laws or delinquent law max
ers. 1t may be rejected, but not jus.
tifiably OF because it has no real
worth as a proposal. The political
complexion OF its author may damn
it now, but the justice of it will keep
it alive and ready for the time when
men forget their revenge and resort
to reason.
Governor Johnson, Of California, has
the alien land bill and made
it a law. despite President Wilson's
and Secretary of State Bryan's pro.
tests and pleas against such speedy
action, and he very %courteously an.
swers the last telegram of the Pres.
ident praying pcstponement. He re,
fuses this politely because he sees In
the bill as passed nothing conflicting
with the provisions Ut any treaties.
because it is written into the bill that
ali present treaty rights of aliens will
be respected and not affected by any
Of the prohibitions OF the passed pro-
hibition measure. The unanimity of
opinion al evidenced by the decisive
vote in favor OF the measure in both
Senate and House cautions him
against assuming a stubborn attitude
against the bill without he himself
feeling some controlling necessity for
taking such action against measures
Judged as just by such 3 large major
ity Of the peoples representatives. He
cannot feel that such an awful neces.
sity soR declaring the peoples wish to
be unreasonable OF unfeasible exists.
He cannot geel that he could delay
and be doing what was right, He can
not feel that the bill is discriminatory
because 1t does nos add at all to the
sum total OF discrimination against
aliens ineligible to citizenship and be-
fore this practiced by the enforcing Of
the United States naturalization laws.
The strict justice Of CALIFORNIA; act
is apparent. She has a right to leg
islate protection fop herself. But it
is the antagonism which this act will
build ny. in Japan against the United
States which must be reckoned with.
Will the passage OF this bill have any
bus an evil effect upon the other
States? CALIFORNIA; passing a law ben
citing California and injuring the 9th.
ey States would be passing a law based
or o naYrow-minded State selfishness.
State %selfishness sanctioned by the
Federal Government would lead, il
.practiced in all other States to an iso.
lation OF law and government that
would disrupt the practical union and
make the name United States ridicu.
lous. lf Louisiana, mississippi New
York, etc, when making internation-
al racial grievances into Law, we're to
follow CALIFORNIA; example, and disre.
gard the effect Of the proposed laws
upon the other States Of the Union,
this ugly sectionalism would be NOR.
tally sinful and destructive Of the nee.
essary cohesion that makes this coun.
try @ United States OF America. A
cabinet meeting will be called to dis
cuss the alien land law situation In
its now climaxical seriousness. Presi-
dent Wilson realizes that any move at