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Vancouver should now be an American city. with. thank God. the Chinese barred and the Japanese restricted. while the Hindus could be run out of there just as we ran them out of Grays Harbor. my home. Fourth. While Japanese may enter British Columbia freely. there Is. however. what might be termed a gentlemans agreement between some of the officials of the Dominion of Canada and those of the Japanese Empire. by which Japanese immigration is limited as occasion requires. A similar policy prevails as to the Chinese. The Chinese head tax is used as a sliding scale. letting Chinese coolies in when there are openings for them and excluding them by raising the head tax when there are no labor opportunities. In other words. the Dominion lets Chinese labor in or shuts them out just as it regulates the shipment of wood pulp Into the United States. I have very little time in which to go into the dangers of Asiatic immigration across the boundaries of the State of Washington. Bubonic plague. riots. and all those troubles are with us. In the city of Bellingham. Wash.. the white race recently lined up against the Asiatics. The papers are full of Californias struggle against the Japanese. In passing I would like to say. "How would you like to have your little 6yearold daughter sit in school beside a 25yearold Japanese fresh from the manure pile?" Mr.