The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-10-21
HILL AND PARSONS
REPLY TO SCOTT

REPLY I0 SUIT
Retorts and letter writing continue a
diver3ion for Samuel Hill and Reginald
i II. Parsons, of Seattle who recently
aroused r. r.. Scott when they wrote
articles for the business Chronicle, ="
weekly publication of Seattle, and
characterized as propagandists and ag-
i.atOrs those engaged in waging an OPP
position to Japanese on the Pacific
cClst.
In his reply to Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Par
sons Mr. Scott wrote:
1.-The trouble with both Of these gen
tlemen is that they do not consider any
work constructive IN character except
| that doae by men p bigger things than
farming. In Hood River we have no
| politicians, much less cheap ones.
lie closed his letter by citing that 65
| japanese married couples had furnished
25 per cent Of the birth rate in Hood
! River valley, Of 5000 inhabitants, the
past year.
Mr.. Hill writing to Mr.. Scott in an
swer to his letter, declares himself and
Mr.. Parsons farmers. He says:
years to putting people on the soil and |
keeping them there to try and secure
good roads, good teIepone service, good |
rural free delivery, good schools; and
then to find a market where the farm
er can sell what he raises at profit.
No strong nation can exist that does
not have its roots in the soil.
"You state that Asiatics are not
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copy of an article Of mine which you
have not seen. point out that Jews
are Of Asatic origin. You certainly
would not wish to exclude that Intelli-
gent race from citizenship would you?
like 10000 Russian Jews
came into Seattle during the war.
There are more Jewish synagogues in
Seattle than Buddhistatemples.
81 wish to congratulate Hood River
On the fact that 65 married Japanese
couples produced 25 per cent Of the
children of her community Of 5000
at least race suicide cannot
)e attributed to the japanese.
There is much apprehension as well {
rs misinformatiOn on the Japanese I
ubiect. Personally, from my own I
| know that but forsthe c
tand Japan took on the great war, t
,ut for the fact that it declined all t
ffers of Germany and threw her lot in c
With what we think is civilization, /
here would not have been anybody at c
Hood River or elsewhere on the Pacific |
oast to raise clamor. | want you to |
hink that over very carefully, and see ?
yhether or not we on the coast owe I
ny obligation to Japan. 4
'You give a list of your people in
crested in this to me ineXcusable and a
nwise agitation but you fail to men L
ion what knowledge any Of them have S
f world affairs, of international poll n
les or whether or not they have ever n
isited China. Siberia or Japan what
heir nationalities are, or whether they
ave any purpose, other than selfish,
ither for themselves or their country
I creating this international problem
t this time. ! am an American and
ield to no man in my devotion to my
Ountry, but am continually filled a
nth feelings of chagrin at the superb o
ial way in which international prob V
Ems are handled. O
81 have met, as you know, the same d
haracter of opposition in attempting Il
} build highways in the Northwest b
nat | am now meeting in my attempt ii
, educatesmy countrymen to the ad Ii
antages Of such solution of these ra- p
al problems as will bring peace of IL
character to all concerned. oI
he problem of teaching a world II
nowledge is more difficult than the 81
roblem of teaching road building, and
II only hope lies in this, as in the
)ad problem, in the exercises of pa
enee, then more patience and more
ltience; always with the hope that
Jthing happens to our country while
Ir people are being educated. te
Mr. Parsons in his letter says nj
what | am particularly interested 4,
is in endeavoring to offset in some r
gree, if possible, the excited slander ~
I'd exaggeration that is going on A
)out these thrifty people. | hold no h,
'ief for them whatsoever. ! appreci- NJ
e their faults, but also appreciate m
eir virtues; and local situation such of
we have on the coast should not en- N,
Irrass the whole nation. ! regret to
e society such as you represent,
e Antl-Asiatic Association. so much
evidence. II seems to me you might
we carried on your work more sue
sstully and with less prejudice, by ~
{ showing the extreme animus your ~
me implies. DO not embarrass the ~ -
nds of our statesmen. -,
The point Of all this is that a local Su
"a California problem has been ex- g
lded by agitation and propaganda to Le
e entire coast. Further. by the 20 80
me means it is beginning to assume -
e proportions Of an international
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