Chapter 809 Senator Pitt's Speech!!

"More and more Japanese are depriving us of the opportunity to work!"

At the California Anti-Japanese Athletic Club, the newly elected California Senator, young Conwell S. Pitt, is giving his famous "Anti-Japanese Speech":

"In 1891, there were only 2,637 Japanese immigrants in the United States. In the 90s of the 19th century, the number of Japanese immigrants to the mainland of the United States increased significantly, reaching 24,326 in 1900 and 72,157 in 1910. Japanese immigrants are on the verge of becoming the largest group of Asian immigrants in the United States! The Japanese are invading our country! ”

Pitt deliberately accentuated the word "invasion":

"As much as these Japanese immigrants may seem smiling and polite, they have taken our jobs and it is only a matter of time before the Japanese invade! In Idaho, the Japanese grow more than 8,000 hectares of sugar beet, a third of the state, and they also grow more than 10,000 hectares of other crops. In Utah, Japanese farmers occupy nearly 4,500 hectares of sugar beet cultivation, equivalent to one-tenth of the entire state. In Colorado, Japanese immigrants work on 12,500 hectares of sugar beet plantations, while others grow other crops. Also in Colorado, more than 5,000 hectares of land are owned by Japanese immigrants, nearly 9,000 hectares are leased in cash, and more than 16,000 hectares are leased through equity participation. The vast majority of Japanese immigrants quickly became propertied after a few years of accumulating a sum of money and using it to buy land, quickly freeing themselves from the role of wage laborers. Unfair competitors! This is an unfair competitor! They must be deprived of their rights here in order to limit their appearance, because if they do not have access to land, they will not come in large numbers and want to live with us for a long time. ”

Pete's emotions gradually become agitated, and he has fully integrated into his role:

"The first attempt by our California legislature to restrict Japanese farming by means of legislation was in 1907. Initially, this law was for all foreigners. As a result, it was opposed by representatives of some European countries and foreign investors, making it difficult for the law to pass. We then adopted the concept of 'prohibiting foreigners who are not eligible for citizenship from owning land'. Under U.S. immigration law, 'free whites and black Africans and their descendants have the right to naturalization,' while Japanese are neither white nor black Africans and certainly cannot own land. But the bill met with strong opposition from large agricultural operators, who argued that it was more profitable to lease land to Japanese immigrants than to cultivate it themselves. In an effort to appease the big farmers whose interests have been compromised, the California Senate added a clause to the bill that would allow the Japanese to lease land for three years. On May 2 and May 3, 1913, the bill passed in the California Senate and House of Representatives in a vote of 1913, the California Alien Lands Act of 1913.

Our Senate has bent to the so-called popular will, and the terrible consequences are finally inevitable!

This is despite the fact that the California Alien Land Act explicitly prohibits people who do not have the right of naturalization from owning land. But Japanese immigrants took advantage of loopholes in the law to continue farming. As a result, after 1913, the area of land leased and owned by Japanese immigrants increased rather than decreased, and in the seven years from 1913 to 1920. The leased and owned land grew from 155488 acres and 26,707 acres to 192,150 acres and 74,769 acres, respectively.

Immigrants often continue to hold land in the following ways: Because children of immigrants born in the United States have the right to become U.S. citizens, some immigrants transfer ownership of the land to their children and continue to hold the land as their guardians; Some immigrants buy and hold land with the help of white friends or authorized agents, and become the actual owners of the land; There are also immigrants who set up short companies, because the law allows companies with a majority of U.S. citizens to own land, and usually an immigrant couple and their two children born in the United States, plus a white lawyer, can set up such a company and legally hold the land! ”…,

"Damn the Senate!" Someone below shouted loudly, which immediately caused everyone to agree.

Pete waved his arm, but he didn't realize that he was deliberately imitating his good friend Wang Hengyue's signature move:

"It's time for us to act! First, the cancellation of the gentlemen's agreement; second, it is forbidden to photograph the bride; third, to prohibit all Japanese immigration; fourth, to deny all Japanese the right to acquire U.S. citizenship; Fifth, the Constitution must be amended so that even people born in the United States whose parents belong to a race that does not have the right to naturalize must also be amended to prohibit Japanese immigrants from occupying, renting land, or becoming shareholders of companies, and not allowing them to own and lease land as guardians!

If the California Senate can pass this new and tougher alien land law, then the law will block almost all channels for Japanese immigrants to occupy land, making it even more difficult for Japanese immigrants to survive in the United States! ”

"Yes! Approve! The audience below cheered.

"Fellow Americans, my fellow Americans!" Pitt said enthusiastically: "Some of the behaviors of Japanese immigrants are incomprehensible to us Americans. For example, the bride in the photo, the two parties decided on the marriage event in a way that they had never met through matchmaking or parental introduction, which is completely different from the Western concept of men and women who first fall in love freely and then get married, which is bound to be opposed by Americans. Another example is that when Japanese male immigrants engage in agricultural production, they often use their wives and children as labor, which is also inconsistent with American tradition and completely inhumane!

Terrible Japanese, this is the disaster of the United States, the suffering of the American people, limit them, limit them! Drive all the Japanese out of California, out of America! Give us back the right to work, give us back the land! ”

"Drive out the Japanese, give us back the jobs, give us back the land!"

The audience in the audience was completely ignited at this moment, they shouted and shouted wildly.

"Long live Pete!" Suddenly, someone shouted such a slogan.

"Long live Pete!" Then more people shouted.

"Hooray, Pete! Pete, hooray! ”

Pete, standing on the podium, listening to the frantic shouts of the audience, felt a great satisfaction in his heart for the first time.

What kind of satisfaction is this? Pete himself couldn't tell

Was it the success of the presentation? It seems to be, and it doesn't seem to be. Or, is it a right? Is it worship? Is it something that both bring to the table?

Pete kept questioning himself, but he never had a clear answer

"A great lad," said old Evans, who was directing it all behind the scenes, satisfied.

"A great lad," Evans Jr. repeated his father's words: "We were all amazed by his progress, he was born a speaker, born to be political"

Old Evans nodded, "I have a hunch that he will do more than we can do." The Evans family has a dream of having a president of the United States. I can't do that, and you can't do it, but Pete, it's possible to make this dream come true."

"God bless the Evans family." Little Evans was obviously a little excited: "If the Evans family can really have an American president, it will be a great honor for us, and it will be your glory, Yun"

As he spoke, he set his eyes on an Oriental girl beside him who had been smiling but never saying a word:

Yu Yun!

"He'll make it, definitely!" Yu Yun replied in the affirmative: "We will add another amount of future campaign funds for this purpose, and you don't have to worry about it at all." At the same time, we will not show up as Asians, and it will be the Americans and American companies who will provide the campaign money. ”…,

The two Evans looked very satisfied, and the Chinese girl had thought everything through.

For this Chinese girl that Pete admires, the old Evans and the little Evans have long known about her existence, but they don't care, but they don't seem to have anything more important than the interests of the Evans family. In order for the Evans family to produce a president who can be passed down in history, Mary's happiness can be given up for the time being.

All they want is to make sure Pete is their son-in-law, and what about the rest? It's not that important

What's more, this Chinese girl, Yu Yun, has a huge amount of money in her hands and has a lot of power in the United States. She looks like a weak and quiet Chinese girl, but there are many Chinese and Americans around her who serve her.

Evans Sr. and Little Evans can be sure that she represents some kind of mysterious force, but what does all this have to do with the Evans family?

Success requires a shortcut!

This is a maxim that has been passed down through the generations of the Evans family!

Pete walked down, excitement still on his face, and he couldn't wait to ask, "How am I doing?" ”

Although he didn't ask who he was asking specifically, Yu Yun quickly said, "You have performed very well, Mr. Evans old and Mr. Evans Jr. are proud of you!" ”

"Thank you." Pete then remembered the existence of the two Evans.

Little Evans didn't care too much about these things, he thought about it for a moment and said:

"Now, it's time to add a fire to the fact that you will become the leader of the whole of California, the whole of America, a true one, a pure patriot!"

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