The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-13
NECESSITY
OF 1nvDALL
BILL TOLD
Councilman Explains Meas
ure Aimed Against Jap
Hog Raising Monopoly

AZ JapaneSc hog growers here. TODAY
issued tho following statement;
$50 me n seems inevitable that un-
ues~ legislative aid IL extended TO the
white hog growers in the neigheor'
hood of Seattle they will soon be
driven out OF that line Of business by
their Japanese competitors who for
several years have been steadily bid
ding up the price OF restaurant table
refuse until II has now reached
figure where hog raising on sani'
ukry basis can no longer be profitable
% either whites or Japanese. IL Is
now a question of who can hold On
che longest
The japanese hog ralsers i've
much more cheaply than white men
can or win live. Their overhead
/. expense Ia negligible a. compared to
. that OF the white men. They are
aided by the cooperation OF the Japs'
ncss restaurant Keepers who sell
none OF their garbage TO white men.
They obtain financial backing from
the japanese banks and associations
such as few white men can obtain.
Apparently they piacc no limit on tho
price they arc willing TO pay the
white restaurant men for their table
Sofs,sc. and they viii pay three. ak
- 4: months in advance In order 20
secure Il. In fact. tho white hos
-xn1ssrs. like Americans in other lines
- business. have found In the Japa-
ness IN aggressive, determined and
I SGDsntlsas competitor. who sooner or
nker y almost certain TO force them
one Of business
JAPANESE AIDED BY
WHITE RESTAURANT MEN
In the present case the Japanese
Aawe been aided by the willingness
- many restaurant men-I do not
~ ALTO sell to the highest bidder.
white or Japanese Appeals TO them
- the ground Of national sentiment
- al to white hog raiscrs father
fhnp TO japanese. and at price
which would enable the white men
- continue In business. have met
With . most disheArtenlng Response.
Pour years ago Messrx Smith and
Bate established q sanitary. up-to-
Inas hog ranch IN which they hoped
- proeper with the aid Of a measure
- cooperation from the white res
1ausant men After two years OF a
oonttnuous effort TO meet the prices
oefered by their japanese compet.
tara they were finally forced TO qui,
the struggle and sell out To Japa-
usao.
There remains IN ne field a mum.
- OF other vhite-owned ranches.
enc Of them. at least. az Mr.. Ford's
statement shows. owned by cx service
msn. Among those establishments
= one Of tho largest hog ranches In
- country. II 10 conducted on tho
- scientific and sanitary lines.
1Bare are several others not 20 ex-
tanstve in which also the community
nay web take pride. and which IL
SHOULD seek TO protect and encour.
asa Yet I believe that the pro.
Detstors Of none OF these white-ovn~i
ranches can trufhfuiiy deny that he
= paying nearly twice as much for
0oie refuse than a white man who
1ps1res to raise healthy and paiatable
Denf can par and make . just return
- his investment and labor.
NIL DOES NOT
CREATE MONOPOLY
Il have BEEN accused OF seeking to
efeafe = monopoly in favor Of the
larger Of thc~e white-owned ranches.
This b not so. The proposed ord.
nance after requiring tho letting Of
> contract TO the highest white bid.
aer, permits any other white hog
raiser 10 apply TO tho board OF pub
Nc works. who shall apportion 10
him such territory as will supply his
needs. and this at the saxne price paid
~ the main contractor and withou,
me emotion Of any bond. Tho ord.
nance In Its present form limits the
amount which may be thus sublef
% Is per cent Of the total contract.
This proportion wac fixed because IL
Vas thought to be more than ample
70 supply the needs OF all the smaller
white hog rasers In the vicinity Of
seattle. IL can be shown that a
ArHer percentage should be provided
will be glad 10 amend the ordinance
% increase IL.
The main contractor should, how.
ever. he assured Of some definite
quantity upon which he can rely so
that he can know what number OF
pigs TO farrow In order 10 utilize all
the garbage now taken by the smaller
hog raisers. as he Ia obligated to do
under penalty OF a $4,000 bond A
better plan, however, might be 20
divide the city into zones and 10,
each zone under a separate contract
Il must take issue with the state
mcnt to the effect that kitchen sal.
wage. generally. Is the property OF
the restaurant man. This statement
II perhaps correct 30 far as meat
scraps. bones and such suet set aside
for commercial purposes are con.
cerned. so long as these substances
arc 80 preserved and disposed OF as
not to become a public nuisance.
They were expressly excepted from
the scope OF the bill at the motion OF
. meat dealer who objected 10 fts
passage as originally drawn, on the
ground that they were not properly
- be classed as garbage. The same
thing would probably be true of
bread scraps set aside and kept in a
sanitary condition. But whatever is
thrown into the garbage can ceases
TO be property.
ORDINANCE UPHELD
BY THE COURTS
This has been SO held by the
United States supreme court and by
the highest courts OF Massachusetts.
New York, New Jersey, Michigan.
Missouri. Utah. California and the
District Of Columbia. No court has.
30 far as have ascertained, held to
the contrary. and the opinion Of the
corporation counsel. UNFOLDING the
validity OF the proposed ordinance. ia
In line with the decisions Of the
courts.