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Show Jspaneao Immigration- "Immigration to this country from Japan has brought a higher class with the laborers, and ono whoso coming Is a compliment to our educational system. sys-tem. Education Is relatively hard to get in Japan, where wages are bo low that a atudent can not afford to support sup-port himself and go to school, too. Hut the publlo schools in Ban Francisco Fran-cisco and the two great universities at Ucrkcloy and Palo Alto are frco to them, and ambitious young men of tho upper classes bare been glad U come to California, where they could work aa servants In private households and hotels while preparing to tako tholr degrees. To such an extent docs this , practice provall that two years ago It was estimated that thero wero 0.000 Japaneso seeking education In California Cali-fornia alone. Only about 1,225 wero on tho wholo Paclflo coast In 1800, In tho next two years 2,013 arrived at San Francisco, nnd many more camo by way of Victoria and tho northern ports. The arrivals In San Francisco were 1,830 in 1853, 1.C67 In 1891, 1,150 In 1895, fOt In 1897, 820 In 1898, 1.CC7 In 1899, and 2,664 for tho fiscal year Just ended. Alnslee's Magazine. |