California and the Oriental -1922
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The author starts out by saying that “California harbors no animosity against the Japanese people or their nation” which was, at the time, a bald-faced lie.
”California for the Californians” seems to be the motto of the author.
The Japanese will stand up for themselves, the author seems to be saying.
They are “driven to that race isolation” which will lead to “race resentment.”
Note that these last several quotes were written not by the author of the book, but by the governor of California at the time.
The book's author says that the Japanese are “of no appreciable value” as a farm laborer. He's probably the only person I've found that has said such a thing.
White farmers cannot compete against the Japanese farmers for these reasons, supposedly.
If the Japanese were removed suddenly, it would affect the California food supply “very seriously.” Now, if they are of “no appreciable value” as a farm laborer, then why would their removal be such a disaster to the food supply? The guy's own arguments work against themselves.
The United States is allowing itself to be pushed around by Japan, according to the author.
Smuggling Japanese across the Mexican border is a source of trouble, according to the writer.
The Japanese fishing boats are used to smuggle in Japanese.
Each Japanese immigrant, according to the author, is duty-bound to serve in the Japanese military at a moment's notice. “Once a Japanese, always a Japanese,” the author adds.
More of the same.
American school teaching cannot overcome the Japanese home influence, and thus the Japanese cannot be assimilated.
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