If there were racial hatred behind the movement for the exclusion of Japanese laborers. objection would also be made to the classes I have just named. However. the sole objection is to the laboring class. Whether the undesirables be farm laborers. skilled mechanics. or unskilled coolies. I contend that the objection is purely an economic one. In closing our doors to these laborers we simply follow in the footsteps of Japan herself. It is a wellknown fact that no Chinese or Korean laborer is allowed to enter any Japanese territory. for the reason that the laborers of China and Korea work fora smaller vage than the Japanese laborers. This is not generally known in the United States. and I deem it my duty. as a Representative from the State of California. to advise all of my countrymen regarding the true condition of affairs as to the immigration question which has caused. and is now causing. so much newspaper controversy according to published accounts in our American press concerning the attitude of so many publicists. politicians. political agitators. and public officials in the Empire of Japan. Yes. my colleagues. Japan herself is doing. to the laborers of China and Korea what she claims is racial hate or prejudice when done by us to Japanese laborers.
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