The farms and businesses now owned by Japanese Americans in Oregon are the result of the sweat of the brows of these early laborers. Following the railroads. they came to be employed by the lumber mills until 1935 and built a good reputation here. too. Since lumber mill wages amounted to 40 percent of all wages in the Northwest. the rapid progress of the Japanese immigrant in the lumber Industry. together with the railroad industry. provided the twin bases for his development later in other areas. The golden age of railroad labor was the 10 years following 1897. At one time. 3.000 Japanese were working on the railroads and helped support stores. restaurants. and hotels in Portland.
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