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Show CALIFORNIA FARM LABOR. The aTllcliBia the June Century by Admiral, A. T. Maban,'on Ihe effects of the opening of the Pana-ma Pana-ma canal, or that portion of it in which he pictures the increased facilftiea it wFlTa30or filling west cotst lsnds with immigranta from Europe, is favor-ably favor-ably commntid.onJ)y th San Franeiaco Chroniclfi., : which seems to assume that the Aaiatics-n California Cali-fornia will be replaced by Europeans. .' .W eonfess that wa cannot quite understand how thia ia to be broughi-about. California can get all the Italians, Portuguese, Greeks and Hungarians Hun-garians desired now, but are they any. improvement upon the Japs, and especially upon the Chinese t Certsinly not in thia generation. Could the Italians and Hungarians come with their famlliea the next generation of them-would be Americana- and all r?trt;-"!Jlifc,"-for tbe Treor-nerattoft,. one good Chitoflit wulb- worth two. of there, .But ia-it not more in the eonditiona which prevail in Califor-nia Califor-nia than toe transportation facilities that makes California need cheap laborers nowt What ar-rangementa ar-rangementa haa California made to ears' for her lgborersr- So soon s land in California ir placed under irrigation ditches, it becomea so valuable that the average farmer can own but a few aeres. On that he needs but a little help outside of hia own family, except thai the land ia devoted to fruit raising, and then he needs little help except in the picking season. Then he has to draw npop those who have little armies of orientala, who can divert" them from other-work to pick the fruit. Farms oV under eapala cannot employ many mn because about all that can be raised is live Stock, a little grain and a little oat or barley hay. ; How- jMajevarma in California can employ a strong force of laborers the yar round t Are they not vtrv..ff What.' nraviaion ia made for the comfort of employees on average California Cali-fornia farms f Bas not that been .the trouble from : the ' first T. '".In '.the warm climate cli-mate has not the thought been: ' "O, they can sleep anywhere" Haa there been ary prepara. tion to give them well cooked food Have they had cream for their coffee, and generally haa the thought been "These men .will be weary when they come from their work and must bs thoughtfully . esred for"T Why ia it that a first elasa legion of mec have 'not been secured to do tht work. on the farma of California t . But the article of Admiral Mahan, the violence along the Harriman road in western Mexico 'and the dispatch which cams the other day announcing . that an eastern syndicate had obtained prsnrtical control of Guatemala, all suggest that, possibly,' ths finsl redemption of Mexito may have to come through capita), enough going there to buy up her lands or a . fat porportion of them, and to settle them i fore so strong that it, will be able to protect pro-tect itself. '.. ."'.. ' Diss in. his. exile is reported, as saying that American investments in Mexico are practically worthless. Thst will pot do. If an attempt is made to make them worthless, it will not auoceed. The possibihtks there are too great For instance, the Imperial' valley partly in California and partly in Lower California. Many Americana have ranches across tht border. In the last few months those ranches have been looted by Mexican insur-rectos. insur-rectos. The natural result will be,' unless peace ia soon assured, the Americana will buy out tht Mexi-caiii Mexi-caiii and then make their own arrangements to protect pro-tect themselves. This process csn be extended to other atatss of the. republic, and ia liable to be, because civilisation demands it. and Americans will not quietly submit to be robbed. |