The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-28
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return 70 ths federal building hsrr
Thursday and continue their hear.
ingn- 4 summary Of the evidence
submitted IN Seattle 20 FAR. follows
In spits Of the so-cnlisd -gcntie.
msn's agreement between japan
and the United States. which sup.
| pos~<iiy abolished the sending - pic
sure hrsdes" 10 these shor~A there
arrived In this pers ~ late ~ last
week u bdaiioad Of japanese womeh.
some Of whom are now 10 The tnmi-
grafton dstAutiou station.
japanese moro than o<het Ane0a.
desert ships here and diAppsAr. The
only penalty for DISCRETION 10 . nomi.
nal fine imposed upon the u~nspor.
tAfiop company. D~ssrterS obvious.
~ cannot be ciaascd ~ such until
their ship raves port without them.
Meanwhile they have had ample cp.
portunity 10 hide themselves sue.
ccssfuiiy and baffls search. A.
many - ~ Jspankss mon have de-
serted . single ahib At this pors-
japanese swssm over the intsrna-
tiond boundary into the United
States from Canada. and n y I'm.
possible 20 catch them With the pres.
ent small number Of men on borvier
patrol This was the testimony Of
immiEption commisslonsr Henry ~.
| whits.
AMERICANS CANNOT
COMPETE WITH JAP0
Once they arrive In this country
they work faithfully and industrious
liy. but AT such low waecs. living nd
chcaply and In nome instances 80 un
sanitary. that Americans CANNOT
compete with them.
Tho result OF this low standard Of
living. as pointed out by Col. w. N
ingiis. In ono instance vas thiH
\ After the war the Ssetson. Posi
Lumber company advertised for ~
men. Thirty war veterans were
sent. They waited at tho mill. Thirty
Japs came. The laps got the jobs
Tho veterans wcrc turned downs
Working first ut small wages. saw.
ing n little money. borrowing more
from somc apparently unlimited
source. tho Jap enters into business
Others follow. ny undertaking. the
laps Gust American competition. and
tho history Of Japanese business In
VISION shows that. once they gain
control In any line Of industry. prices
are raised enormously.
PROSECUTION IS
UNSUCCESSFUL
A Japanese potato king evaded the
food boarding law here because he
proved no was q producer. and the
law permits q producer To hold his
product. He had many thousands OF
bushels Of potatoes In storage In this
city. when prices were cxorbitant.
even prohibitive. yet the govern.
ment was unable TO touch him.
| There has never In this district
been an instance Of successful prose
cution where tho cost Of living WINS
involved, Maj. Il. 8. Gill. OF the Sc.
attic Retail Groccrs' association. told
the committee.
Japanese have ruined the Ameri.
can codfishlng business on this
coast: they now have obtained a foot.
hold In every part Of tho city with
grocery stores and are pressing
American grocers TO the wall by cut.
ting prices.
This seems n benefit to the gen.
cral public" commented Representa-.
tive Albert Johnson. chairman Of the
probe committee.
But II actually In not" Gin ex.
planned. because II casts Americans
out Of business. impoverishes them.
and makes them and their families
. burden on the community"
DOMINATE HOTEL
BUSINESS HERE
Japanese have no dominated the
hotel business In this city that the
figures. when presented TO tho CON-
mittec. drew an exclamation Of sur
prise from Representative John u.
Rakcr. and Rakcr In a Californian.
Motel lcaseholds have been SO high
~ inflated. due TO Jap intrusion, that
Colonel Inglis. himself q hotel man,
after returning from the world war,
found II impossible TO engage In that
business longer. He found lenses
had been let and sub.let so many
times over that the price was pro.
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