SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14 (by As
sociated Press).—The attitude of Cal
ifornia in opposition to the further
comin°- of Japanese to America, is u:<t
based upon ill-will or hostility to Jap
anese as Japanese, hut is based solely
upon economic, social and political
grounds, John S. Chambers, state con
troller, declared in an address before
the Kiwanis club of Sail Francisco.
The greatness of Japan as a nation,
and the achievements of the Japanese
along the lines of art and industry are
recognized, he declared. He discusse i
the propose initiative measure, to be
voted upon at the November election,
to amend the California aii m land
law.
I The initiative measure now before
I the people of the state to fuither
I
I strengthen our land laws against
I" aliens, will go about as far as Cali
fornia can go,” Chambers said. “The
balance of the problem must be solved
by the federal government. The ini
■ tiative measure, which woul 1 forbid
leasing as well as land owning bv the
Japanese and put an end to their
evasions of our laws through the man
ipulatiion of minor Japanese children,
! born here and therefore citizens, and
I of corporations through dummy white
I directors, would in no other way atfect
the status of Japanese now in Califor
nia, whether they had entered this
state legally or otherwise; nor would
it affect the labor problem in- Califor
nit. There would never be fewer
Japanese than now; their birth rate
would keep their population growing.
?■ “It is a well known fact that the
I Japanese as laborers are of little ser
I vice to the white farmers of Califor
nia They first demand shares of the
crops for labor, and then lease; and
then, if it can be done by hook or
crook obtain ownership of the land.” i
Of Japanese conquest of Korea and
Shangtung, seizure of Vladivostok and
Saghalien and treatment of China in
general, Chambers said:
“It is clearly obvious that Japan
plans to dominate the Orient and that
it is the purpose to do so by forcible
seizure. She now controls every east
ern gate to Asia. It appears equally
obvious that it is also Japan’s plan to
dominate the American side of the
Pacific with the difference that on this
side of the ocean the conquest is
planned through colonization, through
peaceful penetration, until at least by
having gained economic ascendency
and sufficient citizenship through a
high birth rate she would also have
political control.
“Two motiives are forcing Japan in
her scheme for domination. One is
militaristic and imperialistic. The
other is economic.
“It has been argued that the number
of Japanese in this state is not suffi
cient to cause alarm. Even were the
Japanese population here scattered
there would be a real basis for alarm
because of their astonishingly high
birth rate, their immigration, their
methods and their standards of life
and work. But it is particularly
alarming when we bear in mind the
policy of the Japanese to settle in col
onies, as a rule in the richest sections
of the state, thus driving out the white
people and gaining control of the land
through crop contracts, leases and
ownership. Today they either own or
control 458,056 acres, an increase in
ten years of 412.9 per cent.
“The point is not whether there are
S5.000 or 250,000 Japanese in Califor
nia, or whether they now control or
own 100,000 acres or 1.000,000 acres.
The point is that they are now here
in sufficient numbers and have ac
quired control of a sufficient acreage
to demonstarte by their manner of
life and industry, their characteristics,
their birth rate and policies that they
are emphatically a menace to Califor
nia, to the white race on this coast
and eventually, unless checked, to
the nation at large.
“The time has come when this na
tion must give to the world another
great policy, and that policy is that
America is now and always will be a
white man’s country; that it shall be
kept so against armed aggression and
peaceful penetration; that the issue is t
our control of our own internal affairs,
including immigration, and that the
principle involved is subject to mo res
ervation whatsoever.”
CANADA TRADE
IN YEAR GIVES
U. S. BALANCE,
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—American trade with
Central American states totalled
slightly more than $125,000,000 during
the last fiscal year, according to de
partment of commerce records. Ex
ports to the six republics were valued
at $73,221,192 wThile the value of the
goods shipped to this country w'as $59,- j
191.510.
Trade with Canada totalled nearly a
billion and a half dollars. The value -
of exports wras placed at $890,135,023
and imports at $537,377,381 leaving a
trade balance in favor of the United
States of $352,757,642.* The total value
of exports to all North American
countries was $1,635,459,842, giving the
United States a trade balance of ap
proximately $150,000,000.
Asia finished the fiscal year with
i trade balance of approximately
j>500.000,000 against the United States
.he value of shipments to this country
peing placed at $1,368,669,105 whereas
shipments to Asia were valued at
only $798,136,458.
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