Imperial Valley press., 1920-07-14
n 7 AIS
NEVER LOSE
ALLEGIANCE
I D ] A P An
Plot to Evade Picture-bride
Laws Revealed. Orientals
Have Clever Scheme to
Secure Wives. McC CATCHY
Gives Testimony.
(By Associated Press)

iby ASSOc1aten PreSS1
SACRAMENTO, July 14.-V. s.
McCLatchy. publisher of the Sacra.
mentO Bee, told the house commit.
tee that the japanese Of California
were collecting a fund of 100000
900 with which to fight anti.Japa.
nese legislation. Stanley Benedict
of the State Board Of Control
stated that japanese here never
lost their allegiance TO Japan.
Charges that the Japanese were
preparing to continue in other forms
the picture-bride practice of bringing
women into this country, which the
Japanese government recently abol-
ished, were made today before the
house immigration and naturaliza-
ton committee by v. S. McClatchy,
publisher of the Sacramento Bee.
One Of these new forms, McClatchy
said, was that of bringing into the
United States of "yoshi," or adopted
children, later could divorce their
parents here. This made possible,
he declared, yoshi becoming the
bride of her adopted and divorced
father.
McClatchy occupied the stand most
OF the day, presenting numerous as
sertions that Japanese immigration
was increasing and threatening to
force Americans out of some Of the
best agricultural land in the state.
japanese land holdings in Caliior-
mia last year were 427,029 acres, ac-
cording to figures to the Japanese
agricultural association Of California,
an increase of 400 per cent in ten
years, he said, while the value Of the
crops in 1919 was 67,OOO,OOO against
$6,OOO,OCO ten years ago. The crop
ilgures were from the state board Of
control report on Japanese immigra-
ton questions, McClatchy said.
Governor Stephens appearance be-
fore the committee consisted mere
~ in formally presenting his letter
previously written to Secretary of
State Colby, urging restrictive legis-
lation. and also the state board of
control report. This took place at q
conference in his office.
DEFENDED BY WOMAN
He was followed by Miss Alice
Brown, of Florin, nearby Japa-
nese colony, who said Americans
were not being forced out of that
locality by the settlers from the Far
East
1t was not solely Japanese
colony by any means she stated -
white farmers still were scattered
through that locality polka-dot + ~
ion.
81 have done a social W. x
among them for year, and fe'a I
ought to testify" she said. "T1e
Japanese do want to become Anne
cans, and have their child
American. They observe the Four'h
of July more patriotically than a
great many native Americans"
Miss Brown asserted that the num-
ber of white residents of Florin had
not diminished. and that there were
still about 5000 there. The Japanese
had reclaimed waste land, she de.
clared, and brought prosperity and
American business enterprises to q
locality which had been considered by
white people as having land too poor
to make much out of.
"Seventy-tive per cent of the
Japanese population in California is
.. concentrated in seven counties in
the richest agricultural sections Of
the state" McClatchy declared.
$50 you see, it is not u weak solu-
ton of some 100000 of those people
through the total population Of $780,
900 Of California, but concentrated
essence that we are objecting to.
CONTROL IRRIGATED LAND
In several counties, for instance,
!, San Joaquin and Placer, McClatchy
continued, from so to rs per cent
of the irrigated acreage was in the
hands Of Japanese.
He said that a Sacramento county
! ! grand jury report showed more than
two-third Japanese children ia
: many Of the public schools while
= there also existed private schools
: teaching the Japanese religion anil
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