An exception was the California lission Furniture Co.. which was egun in 1906 just when antiJapanese gitaton was beginning in earnest. In 911. with an investment of $120.000. a 2 acre factory was set up in West erkeley. employing 70 to 80 Japanese. .nnual production hit $250.000. but contant harassment by antiJapanese orces brought about the firms closure n 1928. As the early immigrants who came lver as laborers saved a little money ad began thinking of going into busitess. financial institutions began to be irganized to provide capital. First to be irganized by the immigrants was the qichi Bei Financial Co. in 1899. which ormally incorporated as the Nichi Bel 3ank under California law in 1903. ncreasing its assets to $20.000. By 1905. asets were increased to $150.000. In the same year.
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