The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-02-07
OUR LOCAL MEXICAN
PROBLEM s.

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warning indicating that it would be
desirable and to the best interests of
this valley to have these foreigners
of mongrel birth returned to the
states from which they came.
The history of all such movements
of people into foreign lands is re-
plete with trouble and disaster null
tiplying and taking on greater mag
nitude with each succeeding genera
ton. e. 800
q We do not refer to the people of
the Caucasian race moving into other
countries, wnere there are other
Caucasians. 1t has been the pride of
America that we could open our
doors wide to the people of all
countries of similar races, the kind
of races that blend with our own
and. become assimilated into Ameri-
cans. We are referring now to those
races that do not assimilate. For
example, the Chinese, the Japanese
and the Mexicans. The African
negroes and the American Indians do
not assimilate with the white race.
Fifty years ago we took steps to
stop Chinese immigration for that
reason Efforts have been made for
a good many years to stop or restrict
the Japanese immigration and the
troubles are multiplying. Vast num-
bers of NfeHicans are coming over
into our country in violation of the
immigration laws, but under special
permits of the immigration bureau
or by the tolerance of that bureau
They are making trouble wherever
they CO.
The American Indian was here be-
fore we came and we honor him as
the original proprietor OF the
country. The white race does not
absorb the red race; they do not
blend the differences are such that
they run in unbalanced strains for
several generations of the mixed
blood.
The white people are responsible
for bringing the negro race t o
America and here again we have
such differences of color, tempera-
ment and features that nature places
an inhibition upon the blending OF
the races. Therefore we have at
least five races that must not be
blended with the white race and
every attempt to mix the people in
their habitats brings confusion, dis
turbance and disaster in some degree.
History of Our Blunders
Ever since the first shipload of
negroes was brought over from
Africa to serve as slaves we have
been multiplying our troubles 1t
was argued that America would not
be able to develop its vast resources
without cheap, dependable labor. The
Africans were considered cheap and
dependable. They could be rounded
up in their wild state and brought
over for the cost of transportation.
They were so prolific, the southern
planters rejoiced at their rapidly in
creasing wealth of negroes. That
same multiplication of their numbers
brought us to the great national
menace now; the race question, re-
ferring to the blacks.
In the early development of Cali
fornia, they argued that a cheap and |
labor was needed to en-
able them to develop the Pacific coast |
but thoughtful men saw in the in
creased number of Chinese, menace.
to their civilization and they put a
check to it. 1t is difficult for a
Chinaman to get into the United
States now and those that came here
in past years do not live forever.
A great many MeEicans haze beer
brought into the United States to
help build railroads and to carry on
other public work. They were
breed, an attempt to blend
races; mixture of
others with the American Indians, a
race that never was willing to be-
come a slave, so we have the half
the treachery and the in
1olence of the Mexican. Because he
Is unlike our own people we do not
associate with him; he assemblies in
his own little cities as a sort of an
outcast and has no inclination to be-
come an American citizen and to
adopt our ways and standards of liv-
ng. We maintain that he should be
shut out of the country and if pos
'ible those that are here should be
'eturned to their own country.
The Japanese are very aggressive
md are planning to raise up gen.
grafton Of native born Japanese as
'apidly as possible and hand the
'eins of business and government
,ver to them without ever giving up
IN inch of ground which they have
gained. They have followed this
,olicy in eastern Asia, in the islands |
II the Pacific, have almost captured
control Of the government in Hawaii,
ire moving rapidly and steadily on to
such result in the states of Cali
'ornia, Oregon and Washington, and
mother generation would have poll
ical and physical control of the
Pacific coast. Such an achievement
las almost been completed in the
hawaiian Islands in one generation. (
Within the recollection of middle
.ged people now living, the question
II cheap and dependable labor was
'efore the people of the Hawaiian
Stands with the result that they i'm
orted Chinese and Japanese, chiefly
he Japanese; the Japanese govern !
1ent has been steadfastly following {
policy of sending brides to Hawaii
nd in the very near future they will ,
AXE over the reins of government
ecause every japanese baby born in
await for the last generation is be-
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