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. PCLITICU ; | | | _ 4. 2/20/24, Pure S, lend under leese or cropeshere comtiract, tha only avenue lett open to Buch aliens in the field of ferming is labor contract. In other words, | Californis would recuce them to a status of servilit;, but would not : have them as indevendent, selfsrespeatins farmers, The Washington law of March, 1921, is practicslly the same, for it was patterned after the California lav, It may be safely ateted thet no discriminatory law, however rigia, will prove entirely sucpess*ul in sunrressing the just, lesitimete, end natural espirations of a virile, ambitious, efficient race, On the otha: hand, such laws are always successful in instilling & econsclousnesc of | unfeir treatment end persecution in the hearts of those aginst whom vhq? are directed, It is futile to thin: that the dcpanese nov lawfully in Califormmia or Washinston oan be persecuted out of the lend by ine uite-' ble laws. No proud race can be defeated so easily. The Wisdom of guck discriminstory laws is, therefore, open to question, A wise anc far- seeing adminigtrator end stateman would undoubtedly deal justly ane feirly with the Japanese who have been lawfully admitted into this country, and thus foster in their hearts andmminds the sense of grati- | | tude and appreciation, which is a surer way of securing the national unity of Arerica than a policy of discrimination end persecution. 1? America is disposed to take this sane and far-seeing view, the question of Japanese immigration will be more easily edgjusted, In other worcs, ; the Japanese government and reople will be more Willing to listen to American plea for further restriction of Jepsnese immigret ior if only I—Lise eee