The Washington times., 1920-10-29
The Anti-Alien Land Law

| A Side Light on Sentiment In the West.
Here in the East NE know little of Caltornia's
Japanese problem The following editorial, from the Los
Angeles Examiner gipes interesting information and
intimate insight into the Western poiat Of pie'y
California went record in 1913 with q law which
barred aliens eligible citizenship from ownership of
land for agricultural purposes and limited leases Of such
land by such aliens to three year terms
No war grew out Of that and the were unable
establish any contention that the law conavened rights
secured to them by treaty with the United States For
time acquisition of farm lands by Japanese ceased.
But only for brief interval. The Japanese found
way defeat the law and they proceeded to render it
null and void with great guso and utter disregard Of the
will of the people Of California.
Any japanese who had child born in this country and
who wanted land had himself appointed guardian of the
child and bought land in its Groups of japanese
formed corporations with dummy white directors and
bought land Several Japanese, often relatives, took
leases land for three years. another for the next
three years, a third for the next term, etc.
Most of the total of richest farming land
in the State owned leased after this plan by Japanese
California, rapidly approaching million has been
acquired since the law of 1913 was passed
To remedy this situation to make alright law
that will put end to the evasion by which the japanese
have outwitted California all that the AntAien Land
Law that is to be voted on November proposes
It will stop land purchases and land leasing by aliens
Ineligible citizenship It will restore gradually to
American ownership land held by japanese, they
die through the laws provisions for probate of their
estates.
The law will not work a violent and immediate change
any immediate of Japanese from the land It will
not deprive any of vegetables next year the next
if there voters who place such boge Of the imagination
above the welfare of the State.
The of the entire Japanese problem lies in the
fact that due to wide racial differences Japanese settlers
this country not physiologicaIy assmiable
They start with low standard of living which gives
them economic advantage and long they able
that advantage to immense profits to themselves
through buying up land they will continue to to
California out of the crowded reservoir of Japans popu
lation
They will continue to in spite of the "gentemen's
agreement other regulation; by hook and by crook
they will get in and japanese population will continue
to increase astoundng from the two sources OF high birth
rate and illegal entry.
Except for the impossibty of ntermarriage and com
plete assimilation should have compromising force
work to this constant trickng in of fresh
supply of japanese.
But neither do the Japanese want to ntermarry nor
permit them to ntermarry with the whites Both
have instructive racial prejudice against it, and this
prejudice in accord with the conclusions of science that
such mixtures of races works evil
We shall not have hybrid on the Pacific Coast
it will be inhabited in the distant future by whites by
Japanese by half breed descendants of the
Always the Japanese residents of California re-
main element set apart Unless have intermarriage
and this is mpossble-there cannot be free social inter
course between them and the whites.
They will continue to group themselves in districts and
villages towns of their own and to have interests
clashing with those of the whites They will continue to
appeal to Japan those born in this country and the
have of them the greater will be the economic
social and political problems produced by their presence
Vote for the Anti Alien Land Law.