The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 17, 1919, Page 15

s Japan a “Gentleman”? “Agreement” Fails to Stem | | | | Nipponese Immigration ef “Japanese Town.” This district consists of several squ: blocks: “ ne _ pop oR square blocks in Seattle, solidly “Japan. gy ERNEST 3. HOPKINS passports has been multiplied by ME A. Saft Correspondent.) three. 4 "| ‘They show that when the “gentle. | Tecent Japanese inva. rp Japanese a y / previous; and that it has now in-| creased 220 per cent over the high 19il ff ) ow that in 10 years the | ntries have increased from | one-half of one per cent of our total | immigration, to almost exactly 10 per cent of the total. They show that in San Francisco alone, the number of Japanese wo- men admitted annually has arisen from 92 Im 1908 to 2,199 in 1918, and 2.409 in the first six months of 1919) alone—a half-year exceeding all pre- | views full years, Every Japanese woman admitted to our ports means a Japanese baby |born as a citizen within » year, and followed by four to seven others, | bern as citizens in following years, So much for the official figures. Official figures DO NOT show the total entry of Japdnese into the| United States, for the reason that) the border “leaks.” The “leak” is in the Mexican line at the Imperial ‘Valley, California, where Jepanese, hold farms adjacent to the border.” | try. 4 panese tmunigra- show plenty to hoary ranked 30th on the national They show that in 1911, the very year the “gentlemen's agreement Was reiterated and written down in connection with the new treaty, Jap: Konces immigration increased 40 per! of cent over the figure of two years re Can I Find Relief From ! Is Ever on the| ro = eens ten — % tion officials admit. ‘They are vainly wuide ou 2 ma! hor tryin; io stop this “leak” the Afflicted terrifying the irritation, no matter| miles wide with ms Menitul or in. how unbearable the itching and » : % Erystpelas, and/burning of the skin, 8. 8. 5. willl 3619. over yt boy, ote , of the | . panene border run- conditions Promptly reach the seat of the trou: ners have been caught. blood |ble. Give it @ fair trial to be con-| of salves, {lotions | vinced of its efficacy. i" Many Not Caught wae can only afford tempo) Our chief medical adviser is an| HOW MANY DIDNT GET Wit, without reaching the authority on blood and skin die CAUGHT? That is a matter of con. | @f the trouble. But justi orders, and he will take pleasure jecture. treatment has done in giving you such advice as your, Hut to return to the official figures there is no reason tO| individual casq may need, absolutely of immigration siaply have not sought | without cost. Write today, describ) They can beat be appreciated in| t, that is within ing your case to Medical Depart. the light of the “gentlemen's agree | ment, Swift Specific Co. 252 Swift! ment.” This curta the experience of others| Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga jeame out of t fan ~|xchoolboy riots of 1904 O T S kids objected to going to school with | DISTINGUISHED STYLI fists The city of San Francisco tried Full-Length \T VERY EXTREME PRICE REDUCTIONS mrs" $39.75 | nador Uchida gave the Roosevelt ad ministration a verbal assurance note that word “verbal”-—-that Japa nese emigration would be limited on Short and three-quarter length Coats in s plush, Eskimo plush, bearskin, beaver ih, moleskin and other popular materials. fur trimmings on many of the models h coney, sealette and opossum. The materials are all guaranteed. Good ¥8 up to $60.00—at the sale price they are m8 $49 75, mes to $75 - ted to Finer quality Coats in Salts plush and Baf- Expensive fur trimmings, some with bearskin collar, cuffs and bot- Best of pussy willow and Belding lin- Shawl and cape collar effects; belted : se backs and other style features. Up ) their regular prices of $75.00 these coats bargains—at the sale price—well you ve to see them to appreciate your hee to gave. 4 | Japan's side of the Pacific Left It to Honor The precise degree of limitation was not mentioned; this was a “gen tlemen's agreement.” | President Taft, in 1911, had secre tary Knox execute a new treaty of commerce and navigation with |Japan. Here was the opportunity to} write the “gentlemen's agreement” | on paper. But it did not go into the | treaty Itself. In the correspondence jattached to the treaty appeared the | following, dated February 21. 1911: | “In proceeding this day to the nature of the treaty of commerce and | navigation between Japan and the | United States, the undersigned, Japa- | ambassador in Washington, Y AUTHORIZED BY HIS GOV ERNMENT, has the honor to declare that the imperial Japanese govern ment is fully prepared to maintain WITH EQUAL EFFECTIVENESS | the limitation and controt which they | have FOR THE LAST THRE! | YEARS exercised in regulation of | the immigration of laborers to the United States, (Signed) “y. 0 So this is the “gentlemen | ment! | The 40 per cent increase over pre- | vious years, shown in the very year jit was signed, may serve to give one a new definition of that word, “gen | tleman.”" In 1909, 3,275; 1910, 2,798, and in | 1911, the treaty year, 4,575! And so on by leaps and bounds up to the | 1919 mark of 10,056 classed as “im migrant” and 4,848 “non-immigrant” —a gross total of 14,904. COWS MILKED TO MUSIC i DA” agree | | NEWYORK, Oct. 17,.—Cows will |yield much more of the creamy lnc |teal fluid when encouraged and soothed by strains of soft music, In la recent test here with both Guern sey and Holstein cows, all were milked until apparently dry. Then lan electrically operated phonograph war started playing and the cows from 10 to 12 per cent addition milk. Other tests were made with music being played continuously during the milking period and all of the cows averaged 10 to 12 per cent more milk than usual. It was found that the yield was 12 per cent when classical with a slow, measured cadence NO BEER--NO WORK LONDON, Oct. 17—The miners and iron workers of Bargoed, South Wales, have decided to adovt a “No beer, no work” policy, YIELD MORE LACTEAL | — SEATTLE STAR—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919. SENT TO YOU ON 10 DAYS’ FREE TRIA THE WORLD-FAMOUS nN mies? ELECTRIC CLEANER Electric Cleaner Yes, that is exactly what we mean. 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FINE MOTHER OF 14 FOR CLOTHES THEFT LONDON, Oct. 17—-Ada Robbins, & woman of 42 years of age and the mother of 14 children, with no fixed was charged at Marylebone 30% ter einer tiae | | home, | with stealing cloth! that destin product 17.—Canadian |" In this complaining of CASUALTIES KEEP BIG STAFF “BUSY” LONDON, Oct. 17.—A staff of 600 at an xpense of mployed to AL, Oc are rtion of alien laborers » going back to Europe. t Bushnell explained that her fifteenth Simple Way to End Dandruff ds in the war| ‘There is one sure way that has re handled |Mever failed to remove dandruff at} ernmental |Onee, and that is to dissolve it, then |you destroy it entirely, ‘To do this, |just get about four ounces of plain, lecommon Hquid arvon from any drug} | (this is all you will need),| Ly INDIGESTION 2 sons, | daily economy ar GOOD NEWS FOR FARMERS Interest at-| Store in to-|@pply it at night when retiring; use Grove at his|@nough to moisten the scalp and rub Last year he |it in gently with the finger tips, | produced one tomato’ plant six feet) By morning, most if not all, of/ high which bore 116 tomatoes. ‘This! 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