The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-21

LILO md Stripes. Colone. Irish said. in
ore Now we are here tonight to dis
~, >!s very crave question. aues-
h.; IN that involves the peace of pations
vo I'd the peace Of the world, II is a
bill ny solemn thing 70 discuss pro-
i'm $50 to present TO you The precise
Ell nth upon that subject. because 1
ONE from a state that has been the
no otbed and the Witch-kettle of all this
20 nastion. California
-, The United States census Of 1920
~ hoWS a population ir California of
ne .s36.0o0 people. an increase in 10
I'd ears of "a per cent. while the aver
NJ igc increase in the United States is
naly IL per cent, OF that 3.$d6.00e in
, California 3 per cent, are Japanese. 2
:, ger cent 8 fraction so small that there
) arc hundreds OF people living in Cal
ifornia that never saw a Japanese. u
small fraction. per cent. of thot
great population Japanese.
We go TO the bitterly anti-japanese
report OF the state board of control,
made to the governor and sent to
your state authorities. That report
says that Japanese cultivate. under
teasehold and freehold. CLIO per cent
on the farm land Of California. and
on that they produce i3 per cent, of
our farm crops, worth $67,oOo.0 600.
There are the mathematical. Indus
TRIAL and economic facts, Is there
anything now IN that statement as
far rs i have gone to indicate that
there IL any desperate condition in
the state Of California on account of
what that per cent Of Japanese are
doing there. is there anything to In
dictate q fearful condition. is there
anything TO warrant The grave appre-
hensions stated in the legislation that
rs proposed here in idaho? ! think
not Nov these are the mathemati-
cal. economical and Industrial truths
OF The situation in California But
the5 say. Mr. McClatchy. Of the Sac
ramento Bee says that the biological
fecundity of The Japanese is so great
shat in limited time, ! think 81
Yeas, because OF Japanese births. the
eiHtre state VIII be Japanese, When
h8a IL occurred in the history OF the
W. ID that per cent. Of the popula-
tipa could Guido IS per cent. OF il in
hio'asical production? You see how
absolutely ridiculous il is, absolutely
ridiculous! And yet facClatchy has
published this abroad.
fhcn again he has gone 20 the ouiia
BOARD and he has got oniia board
mathematics TO show that they are
going TO own the whole state in 1875
years. Well. | went To Sacramento.
.Hd eut the FIRST assessment on The
property Of the original hfcCIatchy.
who came to SACRAMENTO many years
ago as an Irish emigrant. / sot the
6fss assessment on his property. and
1fea got the present assessment on
tie estate accumulated 10y him and
two generations of his FAMILY. and
supplying Malthus sfcCiatchys ouija
board figure to the increase OF the
wealth OF the Mcciatchy family, |
showed that in 100 years The Me
Ga schy family viii own all CaIifor-
ora (iauShter). bag and baggage.
banks. everything. own all Califor-
aia- Then hcCiatchy quit that ,sind
Of figures. He hasn't promulgated
any Of them lately.
:; ~ nss nus ca m r,s ss.. G haze TEX!
you. besat with the telling OF false
hoods to stampede the people of Gait
fcTnia into voting for an inhuraan
initiative law to perseeute the Japa-
nese. That law forbids not only the
leasing OF land to japanese. but il
provides that the children OF Japa-
uesc sinai! be torn from the guardian
snip of their parents aud turned over
to the guardianship OF the public adj
Hailistrntor. politician in office.
Thai is a violation of a primitive nat
ural right Of humanity. re Japan
were to pass law of that kind re-
haing TO American children. though
Iherc be not an American child in
Japan. Y would be such an insult to
,ur government that Washington
Would at once demand the repeal of
IA t law under threat Of war. md
would be repealed. and yet they
PASSED e In California, and we are
sa gI or Christian civilization. depriy-
ms these people Of primitive. nat
irai right Of humanity.
IN lso1, when Mr.. Elihu Root was
's'tsetary Of state. ne Entered into |
*tlat is known as the gentle.ner.s
eEreement WITH JapaN, by which {
Nat government agreed That no
slborers no Japanese faborera. si1offd
nave q passport TO come to the Unit-
9 States unless they were members
3 famiileS that were saiready deml-
$3.50 sASrk SAica1. tlhVtC s&1HHS00rtS Il
aanilid be ISSUED. ( no more s4aborers
lhoutd Come except the s,naii nuaa-
lcr WHOSE families Were already dom
ctied here. YosIseo 60 the annual re-
sorts since theel OF the department
= tabor and the commissioners gen
srai of Immigration In Washington
s1tY and you find In every report the
5eficiat Abatement that the govern
Aeut Of Japan has scrupaiously OBJ
'erYed and eAforced that geatielnen.s
sgrkement. a .s
y Nov there was zone OF the basic
tca Another sDne Was published ~
j man han1ed VA, Rernard. who Is
lismber Ct the California legislature
vbo wanted to arouse people on tho 81
question Of land leasing. He rub
iEhed That 81 panese had leased in the
upper end q the Eutter basin ID. Oeo.-
oe0 scres Of land. Now am one of
faA trustees Of the flood control work