Title: "Japanese Hire Yankees," Seattle Times, 10/24/1919, (ddr-densho-56-339)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-339

JAPANESE HIRE YANKEES

Baron Goto Says California Rice Growers Pay High Wages.

SACRAMENTO, Cal., Oct. 24. -- Baron S. Goto, former Japanese minister of foreign affairs, rested in Sacramento after a visit to the rice fields of the Sacramento valley where many Japanese reside.

"I find in the rice fields Japanese employers are hiring American help and paying the highest wages," Baron Goto said.

"They seem to be on the best of terms with each other."

The Japanese, the baron continued, have played an important part in the development of California during the last decade.

"When an immigrant arrives, no matter whether he is of Japanese or any other nationality, he is compelled to work harder and live more economically than the American in order to get a start."