Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-10-06 | Page 8 | Employing Japs

EMPLOYING JAPS subject of the mikado here from nebraska to secure men the japs are becoming quite a factor in tho culture of beets in the united states their labor in the beet fields Is said to be more satisfactory than that of the average white man ahli fact may be due to their natural ability in gardening or it could be traced to their superior power of application S ishino one of the largest beet growers in nebraska is in ogdan hiring all the unemployed he can find to work on his COO acre farm at lexington in the corn state all of these acres are growing beets and it takes from CO to men to properly cultivate such a large field twenty five men have been hired through the ogden agency of jap labor and saturday will start fair his farm with his help ishino speaks english well is n graduate of one of the bla colleges of his country and thinks utah and ogden in particular is a very fine section of the country