The jingoes are negligible in number. but a small spark may start a dangerous fire. The American people are overwhelmingly friendly to the Japanese Government and the Japanese people. notwithstanding the conflict in California. where Japanese thrift and- industry have been so superior as to excite local opposition on the ground that local labor can not compete with the Japanese. This is a compliment to the Japanese. but results in local laws to the commercial disadvantage of the Japanese and furnishes fuel for international ill will that may be fanned into a Ilame under the socalled exclusion act. I am convinced that Japan does not want war. that the Japanese only want to have the Japanese treated with justice. and it is difficult for them to understand why superior Japanese industry and thrift should be penalized. even if competitive. by exclusion or denial of landholding privileges. We. who have always protected our industries and labor by a tariff against the competition of the products of cheaper labor from abroad. do not see anything unusual or strange in our local or national law.
Identified stereotypes
Japanese are stereotyped as being thrifty and industrious, leading to unfair competition.