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— p7Ic _ 1/19/24. PACE 3s | | GENERAL JAPANESE SITUATION | EQLIGIGa&L: | ! SOIL CONTROL TAKEN FROM INELIGIBLES- Contd. ! “There is no prohibition to employing and paying Japanese or Hindoos. | But no owner may place them in control of land, Lease or sell it to them. He may not place them in a position that in any ay wae =m enti 1 cdl SF BYLLe | | If they will not work for wages then they oannot work on the pe in this State at all. Thousands of acres of land in this State are affected. While in some counties there are no Japanese in othera the question is one of the most important that hes confronted the farmers | possibly in their entire careers." MLNY CONTRACTS 5 In the Imperial Valley cotton, green vegetables, melons a a yy o ty a | La] ai f Q i o a e fr a ct a H Ei a i Fi Ls a & or tH co si Gb f+] Gp fc» @ ri 3) Japanese and Hindoos. The San Joahuin and Sakcramento Valleys, rice | beets and many other orops are grown under the same contract provis~ ions. In Placer county orchards and other crops rely upon Japanese and in the delta lande of the Sacramento and Sen Joaguin potatoes and gTeen vegetables are grown almost solely by the Japanese. | The ability of the Japanese to produce orops, his willing ness to work long hours and the fact that his entire family assists t him in ie work has taken such a hold on the land owners that ig Was | the ' ai atated by the district attorneys Jan. iZth it is goi Tite