IMMIGRANTS IN INDUSTRIES.

JAPANESE AND OTHER IMMIGRANT RACES IN THE PACIFIC COAST AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES (IN THREE VOLUMES: VOL. II).

This report, which was prepared under the direction of the Commission by H. A. Millis, superintendent of agents, forms part of the general report of the Immigration Commission.

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CONTENTS.

PART I.-IMMIGRANT LABOR IN AGRICULTURE AND ALLIED INDUS-

TRIES OF THE WESTERN STATES.

CHAPTER I.-Immigrant labor in California agricultural industries..

Introduction...

Character of California agriculture..

Intensive character of different branches of agriculture and the problem

of hand labor.....

Specialization by communities and resulting difficulty in securing laborers.

Organization of labor.....

Problem of board and lodging..

Division of work and races employed..

Race changes and their causes..

Social and political considerations..

CHAPTER II-Immigrant labor in the beet-sugar industry in the Western

States...

Growth of the industry.

Present status.....

History of the industry.

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The labor problem in the growing of sugar beets..

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CHAPTER II.—Immigrant labor in the beet-sugar industry, etc.—Continued. Page.

The beet-sugar industry in other States of the Western Division..

Utah...

Idaho..

CHAPTER IV.-Immigrant labor in the deciduous-fruit industry of the Vaca

Valley, California.

CHAPTER V.-Immigrant labor in the garden-seed and deciduous-fruit in-

dustries of Santa Clara County, Cal

Introduction....

Immigrant labor on the seed farms..

Immigrant labor in the growing and harvesting of deciduous fruits..

Immigrant laborers in the packing houses.....

CHAPTER VI.-Immigrant labor in the orchards about Suisun Valley, Cal-

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CHAPTER VII-Immigrant labor in the citrus-fruit industry of California..

Introduction.............

Japanese as fruit growers and nurserymen

CHAPTER VIII.-Immigrant labor and farming in the Imperial Valley, Cali-

fornia..

CHAPTER IX.-The celery industry of Orange County, Cal

Land owned by Japanese..

CHAPTER X.-Immigrant labor in California fruit and vegetable canneries.

Citizenship..

CHAPTER XI. The wine-making industry of California.

The industry in general..

The work in the wineries-

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PART II-IMMIGRANT FARMERS IN THE WESTERN STATES.

Social and political considerations..

CHAPTER II.—Immigrant farming of the reclaimed lands of the Sacramento and

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Immigrant labor on the lower Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.

Changes in the labor supply...

Races now employed, their occupations, hours, and remuneration..

Opinions and preferences expressed by employing ranchers..

The supposed need for Asiatic immigration......

CHAPTER III.-Japanese farmers of Los Angeles County, California.

Survey of the growth of Japanese farming in Los Angeles County.

The arrival and progress of the Japanese in typical localities.

Tropico, Glendale, and Burbank..

The Moneta district..

The Monrovia district..

The Newmark district.

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The settlement, progress, and present position of Japanese on 68 selected

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CHAPTER IV. Japanese tenant and landowning farmers of the Florin district,

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Introduction...

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The Japanese as laborers..

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The settlement, progress, and present position of the Japanese farmers..

Sociological data...

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Effect of the settlement of Japanese upon the community.

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CHAPTER V.-Immigrant labor in the fruit industries of the Newcastle district..

Introduction.....

Employers' opinions of the different races as laborers..

Japanese landowning and tenant farmers of the Newcastle district..

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Expectation with reference to remaining in the United States.

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Sociological considerations...

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The Japanese as tenant farmers and the effects of their presence upon

the communities in which they live...

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CHAPTER VI.-The Japanese of the Pajaro Valley, California.

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Introduction......

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General review of the settlement, progress, and present position of the

Japanese...

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The Japanese engaged in business in Watsonville.

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The Japanese farmers of the Pajaro Valley......

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