Show 5 J it Japanese Immigration I If T TAH T has not yet seriously felt the effect of Japanese immigration immigration I U LJ gration but it seems certain the effect will be apparent before i l ion long ng if congress does does not fiot take control of the situation There are some ome Japanese now noly in m Utah but not many There is much here to attract them and it is certain their number will rapidly increase lief 1 t unless unless' action definite and final is taken to keep them out J i- i At a congressional hearing at Washington V V. V S. S McClatchy I they the e eminent Sacramento editor declared that under the Gulick y a plan of immigration which congress is now considering the 35 Japanese population in the United States within forty years would be in eighty years and in years T Mr McClatchY called att attention to the fact that 47 per cent of the hotels in Seattle are owned by Japanese They control 25 per cent of Seattle's grocery stores and have similar interests in many n other lines of business f r Seattle is rapidly becoming a Japanese city Throughout l- l yr the coast states Washington Oregon and California there are r thousands and thousands of Japanese and their number is increasing daily t j if te e What has happened on the coast will happen sooner or later r In the interior states such as Utah unless congress takes action n r We believe congress should act and act promptly fir rr We do not wish to offend the Japanese nation But we dor do doJ J r- r r desire to keep the United States for Americans 1 7 Our objection to the Japanese is purely economic We Ve admit A their heir ability as business usine men professional men their their ra rapid id advance Hi ll I in In science and art their bravery their statesmanship their worth as asi i empire builders we builders we object to them coming here because we carnot car cap not f f not and should not undertake to compete with them economically I rt We cannot compete with them unless we lower lowe our standards of living Hiving and this we must not do 1 Their system may be better than ours ours we we dont don't admit it I f sand nd In fact it forms no part of the argument but argument but we are not fitted to adopt their standards staf The two races American and andr andrw 1 r rw Japanese do not assimilate assimilate Therefore there is only room in the they j y c. c United States States' for the one race and that is the American r r |