Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-19 | Page 3 | Japanese Holdings in California Land

JAPANESE HOLDINGS IN CALIFORNIA LAND Sacramento, Cal.. Nov. 19 Japanese Japa-nese holdings in California land, a , vear and a half after the passage of he states alien land law which excited ex-cited diplomats of two nations, are .f-l forth In a report made today by he statistician of the state board )f agriculture. The Japanese own 331 farms in the tate. comprising 12 726 acres and valued at $h09.000. Leaseholds, which ire permitted under the law, are half igain as great as owned holdings, amounting to 17,696 acres. The Japanese also own 218 town lots valued at $234,675; they have 2o48 places of business with over four million dollars of capital in-vesied in-vesied in them and. on this capital, do business amounting to 516,000.000 yearly. They pay nearly $1,000,000 a year rent for business places. Japanese renters on Bhare basis are not tabulated in the report.