Proceedings of the Asiatic Exclusion League, February 1908

The Credentials section has representatives from Carpenters, Machinists, Photo Engravers, Laundry Wagon Drivers, Riggers and Stevedores, Upholsterers, Millmen, Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, and Iron Molders.

Then there's an article on Japanese Trickery Upon the Mexican Border, about Japanese supposedly making illegal entry into the U.S. by coming across the Mexican border.

The Clipping Bureau is done a little differently in this section, not doing various specific papers with an article or two from each, but putting everything together. The American Fuel Company has gotten rid of their Japanese workers. Someone from the Semi-Tropic Fruit Exchange says he hates Japanese workers, that they are “entirely untrustworthy.” Various restaurants and clubs are getting rid of Japanese workers, and there's even an article saying that Chicago is being alarmed at the “influx” of Japanese moving into the city.

This is something that talks about anti-Japanese sentiment in Canada.

One of the things that had puzzled me was that I had found some reports from the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League. This clears that up; apparently that was that name of the group but they changed it because of the “Hindoos.” Thus, the term “Asiatic” allows them to dislike, officially, a wider range of people than the previous title.



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