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ORPHANS, QUESTS OF THE CALL, SEE THE CIRCUS
SO YOUNGSTERS. i
BOYS MD GIRLS.
ENJOY FIRST SHOW
With Horns Tooting and
Hands Full of Candy
They Go by Auto to
Sells-Floto Tent -
WATCH THAT FUNNY
CLOWN! HURRAH!
Lads and Lassies Cheer and
Shout at Acts Under
Tarpaulin
The Call made an investment yes
terday afternoon that will last for
rear* In the hearts of 50 boys and girls
from the Pacific Hebrew orphanage,
the Youths' directory and the McKlnley
orphanage, who were given their first
opportunity to see a circus when they
attended th« Sells-Floto shows as
guests of this paper. '
The circus, ever appealing to the
young folks, was an ewe Inspiring
sight to tho«e who enioyed their first
graze upon the lvtvHnd of attractions
to be found with the Kells-Floto agere
gatlon. The mysterious tent city, with
its hurry, its characteristic music,
spangled men and women performers,
grotesquely costumed clowns.; ponies
and other animals, made an impression
on the firs* timers akin to the experi
ence of a country boy or girl.
AUTO MEN SIPPI.Y CARS
The children were not forced to ttt*ke
the trip in stuffy, slow going cars, but
WAre whisked to the show grounds
after a tour of the city In eight auto
mobiles, afforded by automobile deal
era who wished to join The Call in
tlie cause of furnishing entertainment
to the hearts of the half hundred chil
dren who otherwise would not have
Feen the circus. : :■ ':.'-,■ •
Phil Prather. manager of 'Don Tree's
'"adiliac branch, placed two automo
biles at the service of The Call for
*be transportation of orphans; Calvin
Kib. vice president of the Pioneer Auto
company, supplied a Chalmers car: R.
IC. Roberts, manager of the Howard
Auto company, gave a car: W. B. Coch
ran. manager of the Haynes Auto
Rales comnany. furnished a Hayne. and
Manager Harrison Noake of - ; the Kissel
Pacific branch of the Kissel Kar com
pany sent a Kissel Kar.
After the little guests had congre
gated at Market street and Van Ness
avenue they were given candy sent by
George Haas & Sons and horns by
the California Notion and Toy com
ADVERTISEMENT
ALIEN LAND BILL ONCE MORE
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The section 1 of ths pending alien
land bill reads: "All aliens eligible to
citizenship under the laws of the
United States may acquire, possess, en
joy, transmit and inherit real property,
or any interest ;. therein, •in this state.
in the same manner and to the same
extent as the citizens of the United
States, except as otherwise provided
by the laws of this state."
This at once makes it clear that ;
aliens who are ineligible to citizenship |
by the process of naturalization, could j
not enjoy : the above privilege. Under j
the circumstance the Japanese are
plainly discriminated against by the i
bill. No one can get around this. In i
fact, the framers of the bill admit that
they are "after the Japanese."
It has been already referred to the
various views of specialists concerning
the constitutionality of the bill. Mr.
Thomas V. Cator, an eminent authority,
once more calls to the attention of the
legislators and the public at . large
what, in his opinion, the bill involves j
in the following words through The
Call (May 3):
"When the assembly alien land law
passed the assembly, > which permitted
all aliens to acquire property, but de
clared a forfeiture thereof as to those
who did not within one year file a law- i
ful declaration of intention to become
a citizen, I set forth the constitutional ;
guarantee and stated that the legisla
ture could not declare ; that property so
acquired should be forfeited for a fail
ure to perform an impossible act. That
principle of the assembly bill has now
been abandoned and the senate substi
tute declares, that aliens of the white
and African race may acquire and hold
land during life without limitation,
whether treaties with their country so
provide or not, but that : aliens of ; all
other races of mankind are forbidden
to acquire or hold land except such as
is provided for by treaty. - \ .
"This modification may possibly avoid
illegality under the state constitution,
which : docs-not measure " the quantity ,
HOW THE CALL'S YOUNG GUESTS REVELED IN . THE JOYS OF THE CIRCUS YESTERDAY AS SHOWN BY SNAPSHOTS.
Orphan boys and girls enjoying rides upon donkeys X and ponies — even the patient animals entering into the spirit of the occasion (upper picture). The {lower picture
shows a group of girls from the McKinley orphans' home, in an automobile on the Way to the tented show. l : . -
pany. The tooting; Instruments piayen
a close second to the , noise of the cir
cus. : \'» ,''.'• '- .'■,. ' ' ';•-' ■;
CLOWXS BIG ATTRACTION ';
A spin was taken about the city, fol- 1
lowing .which ; the machines were driven
to the circus grounds in Twelfth street.
j With eyes popping out taking in every
! thing, the boys an<j" : the girls were
i shown many courtesies by - Manager
I Arthur Bennet. .. ; ■■'.'.'• ■■;• ■■ '"■■)'} / :,'■■..; ->j ,: ?
A special section in the reserved seats
j had been set aside and to this iplace"
1 the orphans were esoortd. Everything
came so quick and fast that the boys
I and girls were kept ■ busy trying , to
! take In everything. .-, .■.
I The clowns were the main attraction
\ for them, then the ] wonderful Sells-
Floto horses and their riders caused
them to hold their;breaths. . The antics
of the elephants, the tricks of the lions
and tigers, | together with the trapeze
and wire walkers, caused a constant
craning of necks, so that many an ache
will be felt when the little folks wake
up this morning from .a „ sleep; filled
with dreams of the wonderful things
at the circus. -..,/, ~ .... -" ,
BOYS TO BE aowxs - ~: ; j
All the boys will be circus clowns
or riders, while the girls had their par
ticular parts picked; out when ; they
grow up. , With all their wholesome
enjoyment, the representatives from
the orphans' homes f conducted them- -
ADVERTISEMENT
of land that may be acquired, and it is
possible that as to a foreigner it may
be limited to such as is provided for
by treaty; but, in steering to avoid the
rocks of the state constitution, has not
the law been shipwrecked against the
rocks of the federal constitution, which
declares that no state shall deny to
any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws? .Foreign
ers have two sources of rights, one pur
suant to any treaty and the second
J arising from any guarantee of ; the fed
eral constitution. .V'
APPLIES TO ALL, PERSONS .:
"This provision as to the equal pro
tection of the laws has been held by
the federal courts to apply to all per
sons, including foreigners, within the
I jurisdiction of the state and to forbid
discrimination because of race or color,'
and has been defined as a pledge of
the protection of ; equal laws. . It re
stricts acts which a -state, might have
lawfully enacted before such amend
ment. _';■ '■ '' ~ ' ''
: "Classification may be made, but must
be upon a reasonable basis and upon
some difference which bears a just and i
proper relation :to the object sought to j
be accomplished. Mere arbitrary selec- |
tion : can not be • justified ■by calling it i
a- classification. ■: rt " r•. ,- ■
. "The provision was designed to pre
vent ; any person or class of persons
from being singled out as a special
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subject for discriminating or r hostile
legislation. All the above is from f de
cisions of the highest federal \ court.
In the case of Tick Wo, U. S., the
court held that although ; the ' law itself
be fair ;on its , face, : and . impartial :, in
appearance, but in fact withheld , from
Chinese permission to do business
which others, not Chinese, were ':■. ■ per
mitted to carry on under similar ) con
ditions, that; it was void, saying 'no
reason for it exists except hostility to
the race and nationality to which peti
tioner belongs.' : . . •
"A review of all the cases shows that
the court has been especially search- !
I
!ng to see that discrimination is not'
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1913.
selves in a manner that showed* the
splendid training they receive.
i * Mrs. •F.. A. ; Menagel, matron of the
McKinley home; 'Wesley Smith of the
directory and Miss M. Cowling of 1 the
Pacific I Hebrew home : accompanied ■* the
children with a Call representative and
they enjoyed the treat as much as their
charges.; ■.', ; ,,.\ •-,. ',. :' .;-" \; : ,, '.;;•,' ;'
ADVERTISEMENT
made because ?of race, because ■'- this
amendment had its origin in a purpose
to prevent laws based on ; racial dis
crimination.
THE QUESTION AT ISSIE
"The question Iβ not one as to whether
a state may secure by : laws its land to
be held by its citizens instead of by
foreigners, but as to whether --a law
like the senate bill is valid, which per
mits persons of the white and African
race to hold land in,unlimited quanti
ties without any requirement that they
become citizens during" their life, and
denies a similar ;privilege . c to persons
of the yellow or brown race. '
"Is an alien of one race who remains
an alien from choice in a different class
from an alien from another race who
remains an alien from necessity? This
is the question which must arise under
the federal 'guarantee of ':• protection
of equal laws'. This provision ,as to pro
tection of equal laws does not apply, to i
acts of •congress, but only to laws
passed by the state. . It does not follow,
therefore, that ; a state may lawfully
classify aliens, in the same manner that
congress: has classified 'them j for ; ; pur
poses of naturalization, under the un
limited - powers jof i congress. ; - ••
I "I deem it my duty to make t these ob
servations } while this " legislation *is : yet
capable J of modification. *;No ' door ;to in
validity should: be left open which may
be closed during the 'progress" of the
bill." . v . ;, .
; If Mr. Cator is right in his statement.
constitutional reason alone requires a
careful reconsideration, before the bill
can be made a law. ,;■ '* . ~*"•*
'<■ Besides, ; there B are ; no .other;, reasons
in pressing the bill at the present time
whereas there is every reason for a
more I careful consideration before it
should be - : ; allowed.*-: to become a^ law.
Thus, the i Chronicle (May 2) editor
ially observes: ' -' '■
. "The ; action of - the administration
and the legislature ;in planning to jam
I through the alien land ' bill at this
I time, against the urgent advice of the ,
' president and the sentiment of virtu-
QUEEN OF MAY SELECTED
Miss : Mabel Horary Will 5 Preside Over
. ■ ; . Palo Alto ; Festival
(Special Dispatch to The Call) j
.PALO J ALTO, « May 2.—Miss Mabel
Hersey, a pretty 12 year ; . old pupil in
ADVERTISEMENT
[ ally the entire nation, is an act of in
conceivable folly. ■. . -
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v '"The bill is [_"' foolish from the stand
point of its promoters for several rea
sons.
; "It assures the immediate institu
tion iof a lawsuit to determine what
rights . the Japanese have under the
present treaty. In the present hostile
attitude of the country, which , must
of necessity influence ■■ even the high
est : courts, it ; is/ very ; imprudent V for
this state to invite such »a*j suit. 'p. ;
"It probably assures another suit to
determine whether the Japanese f- are
not now eligible to citizenship—a mat
ter ■ -exclusively within 7 ; federal Juris
diction—which it is also imprudent for
us to suggest at this time. . V
";•'.' "It ;is • likely to raise another, and a
fundamental question >. which involves
many things besides the alien land
matters, and which we ought •; not to ■
raise at : this time because there is at
present i almost no ;s national j sentiment
to - sustain , the contention which this
state j ought to \ make. -TJhis contention
is that state laws ' governing ownership
of land, education and similar mat
ters are paramount to I any treaty.
"The constitution ..: of ft" the ,' United
States says: '"t "" ''• ■■■:.■ ■■. . '." ,v..
I,'". "This constitution f and } the laws of
! the 5 United States ;-; mad« ;in v pursuance
thereof, v ; and i Vail" ; treaties made, or
which s shall be made, under the au
thority of the United r States, shall be
the supreme law of the land. • * *'
"The pr'-'sidei^tßand , congress, in en
ss&Blsx&lBtgZ-■'■ r ~? : '•■ -:-' : .""-r -'-.-'•"."-■ ■■v ; "---%
acting laws, must be - governed by the
'.;■>•*'' - .'
constitution and any law Inconsistent
with the constitution is' void. :. i
- "Can the president - and one branch
of congress, constituting the treaty
making . power, do , what " the president
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and both ; branches of congress can not j
do? It should be the contention of
do?4lt should be the t-vntentlonFof 1
fe&Bsr- . : ,:■- *qmm*s4
every state • that they can not. and that
treaties as well as laws must be made
mm®*; . :;M*mM
in pursuance" of th« constitution. The
!»«•;• •' : '- -" -13B8HK
president and congress can ~ enact no
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'■alid law affecting land tenure or con-
the « local grammar school and! niece of
John A. Dunker, a retired capitalist of
755 University avenue, was selected to
day Jto 5 act 'as queen -of the May festival
to be * held under the auspices of the
Palo Alto ? Playground association to
morrow. A baseball same. fiel<s f events,
parade, folk dances and May games will
be '• Included; in the : program •of ,- the day.
ADVERTISEMENT
I trol of our schools. j Can the president
and senate do it? .' .;'..- "*■»."
» . "In view of the momentous questions
which \ this proposed legislation '■■. raises,
and also In view of the promise of the
?,t»\;r». ■ ; ,-. . - ...:.■...-.. -..-.-..
president to try to get all that .we ask
jin a way . which will not disturb in-
J ternational, relations, and still '■ further
in view of the fact that the nation at
large ;cares a ; great deal about : main
j taining friendly relations with oriental
natnns and almost nothing about our
local land ', question, the arrogant, dic
tatorial and /. contemptuous . action of
the state administration in jamming
this bill through now is conclusive
evidence not only of a hateful spirit
but of Inconceivable stupidity." ', %S|&i»
'i The urgency of an alien land law
in California is based on t - alleged
grounds that the Japanese own a f tre
mendous amount of land and that they
have a v great tendency to buy more
land and that they will eventually con
trol the landed ,- interests of # the ; state.
Let us examine facts. ..." • i'slpifci
■ According to the table on page 633
of the fifteenth biennial report of state ■
labor statistics, ■ the tojtal ' amount -of
j land owned by the Japanese ii in 1912 \
was i 12,726 acres, or 20 . square miles.
Since the total area of <-. California is j
158.360 square f miles, (the^"?" Japanese
owned but 1-2,000 of it. The Japanese
have been residing In the state now
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nearly B0 years. There are some 58,
-' *. . ■ -■
000 Japanese, forming 2.32 per ' cent
of the , population %of '; the ; state. These
facts clearly show that the Japanese
neither own much : land nor have they
a visible tendency to purchase land.
■ This fact is further revealed by the
table showing the number of farms j
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and the amount tof farm , land owned
• ■ .
by Japanese in California .by county
J (assessment roll, March, 1912). ».,
Total
Number Number
County— of Farms. . of Acres. I
l-Alauoeiia 6 47
2 — A Ipine
I 3—.lmador
4— Butte
6—Cttawae ... '
COLLIDE SPEEDING
THROUGH SMOKE
Autos Come Together Midway)
- in Murky Lane as Drivers
V Are Steering Blindly
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• GRAND RAPIDS. Minn.. May *.—
Speeding/. up his automobile to make
a;, dash • through? a smoke ■ filled -, lane
between walls of brush fires, G. , H. ,
Dickinson, manager of • a local mercan
tile company, late , yesterday closed his
eyes and darted into the smoke. . .
.'■ .Mr.-and.Mrs. Dear of Hibblng, on the
way from Hibbing to Grand Rapids,
closed their : eyes, added speed to ; their
car and dashed i into the same lane from
the opposite direction. x ? f
J," Midway the two cars . collided. /; Oc
cupants of both cars bounced up, turned
over and landed in each other's car.
; ; None was hurt \ seriously, though all
received cuts from flying glass. The
cars were pushed into swamp water
away from • the ;. fire and the three
walked back to Grand t ' Rapids. : t .
ADVERTISEMENT
V-Colusa ' • ' : " • .....
.................... ... ......
7—Contra Costa.. 2- ..';-. 31 ;:
. B—Del ,■ Norte '...'. '...'..
9 —El Dorado ..". :....
;■'-■-■ -' '. -.-• ■"'■■. .... - r " ""-'' ■■■■'■.- '■'.
10—Fresno ...*...*•■ ....■: 31 4,776
11—Glenn ................... ••• . ....._•■,
i2-numb6idt :..:.............. .....
13—Imperial: : .... .\.......... ...,„ .......
— Idto v •....,. , .........
15-Kern 5 100
IC— Kings ................... 13 . ..577-,
17— Lake ; : ........._:. A ..::.._J/.V.; ' ";_'■ •"••'."-
IS — Le55en.....'.'.. .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.:'.'.'.' .....
10—Los Angeles ....... .. -" 45:)
20—Madera ..'. 4 100
21—Marin
32 —Mariposa ;......'..........'... •' ....'.
23Men<3ocino '... .....
24—Merced '.................. 14 -■■■•■ 1.004
23—Modoc
20 —Mono
27—Monterey 2 8
28—Napa .........."........... 1 160 ■ -
'2&— NeTad* V..'..........'.'.".".. ' 1 820 >;
SO—Orange; . I :.■;.."...........; 5 : » 41 ;
31—Placer ........;..;....... 26 732 ■
32—Plunaas ......:.'........... .V; ......
33—Birenide -..."...... .V..'... 2 •. 18 •;-.i"
34— Sacramento .......". 17 ,'. .... 444
35—San Benito ............... 3 60*1
36—San Bernardino .... '. 12 «, r>1505-|
37 —San W.tgo ................ ... .....'
38—San Francisco ..".'......*J ... ." > :' : »^^^B
38—San Joaquin .............'•;' 12 > 602
40—San Lais Oblspo v ........; 1 '-.;.. i^s),
41—Santa Barbara. ..... f ......... .....-'
42— Santa Clara .......... " 4 . 90
43— Santa Crux v.".'"i".'l.■".'/. .".'..". _■■'• 3'-;-V ■- 830
44-Shasta ................. 1* * ■S^-''
45 —Siskljoii ;...'..........'..... v. --■ .' ■.... .'.yi
40— Sierra ................... ... . .
47—Solano :/....:./.:........ 11 * Sl4 :
4S—Sonoma .......... 2 :-.* ' f>6 ; f
49—StanUlaue ..;..■....... V.. 2 :40^.
-50— Sutter ...:.. .:::-.... 1 10 .
—Tehama ... ~...■.?..".
52—Trinity .... .......... ... >"<
53Tolare 15 I,OoC
j 54-^Tu0hirane'...;';"..;."....... ... , ■:
Zμ— Ventura .•..'........ '.. 2 24 "
56— Yolo .;../:;.......'....... 5 , 320 .
...,:»rs ,;, v: .-..r-■-_■"■■:. •-...-.- ■-■■'..:•'■ ■ ■■■ ■ ■ ■■' j"-u<4Si
57—Tuba ................".....' 1 r ,162^,
Total :...:.: CCI 12,726
t :i First, 12,726 acres J are divided into
331 1 farms, , the j average size of • which is
SS4 acres.
,; Second, there are 57 counties in the
state. But in 27 of these the Japanese
- ."■ '- ■ .
1 own no land. The largest amount of !
\ land owned .in any - one i county is in {
i Fresno, but that is only 4,77« f acres, a
MELLEN DEFENDS
HIS STEWARDSHIP
President of New Haven
: Line Takes ;$ Up Charges r
Before Commission
Railway Magnate Replies
Only to Questions of Of
ficial and Counsel
BOSTON, May: 2.—An unqualified de
fense of his stewardship was made by
Charles S. Mellen, president of the
New Haven, New- York & Hartford
RailroadS' company, before ~ the '6 Inter
state commerce '-■ commission \ today. :
Taking vp 1 in , : detail charges ; that
have ; been brougrht against his man-»
aprement and' various.' transactions *■-; in
which the New Haven or its subsidiary
companies ' have floured, : the .presidents
save his explanation of the ; questions
involved. • -■'■ ' : '-- 7 - ■■'. '■'■/'-
■ ;-* .While replying readily to questions
of) Commissioner/ Prouty and Charles
F. Coate Jr., his personal counsel. Mr.
Mellen refused 4to submit to ; cross ex-,
amination by others. lie appeared as,
a voluntary witness. his testimony
was not , given under oath and it was
explained to him that the information
Riven ;by him . today would not " give
him immunity in any : prosecution .the
federal government might undertake.
At the outset President Mellen de
nied that he had ; profited personally to
the extent of $102,000 by selling $3,
--000,000 ;of stock of the New Haven
company for which * he : had given ;. his
notes. He said that - $50,000; of the
money in question was paid into the
republican national campaign fund in
1904; that I $6,500? went to the Rhode
Island;: republican state central com
mittee, other ; sums to the republican
organizations yin New. York ■ and • Con
necticut, and the balance for pier
leases , and other acquisitions. .'
VMr. Mellen discussed ; ~various note
transactions, saying that in every ? case
the New Haven ; company , had been,
paid in full, and ; that the only money
that ; had - come .to him ; personally ' was
to reimburse him t for ■ expenses y con
tracted '"in the conduct ,of the 5 com
pany's business. The notes, /he ■ said,
were merely temporary * vouchers ' for
money used in the railroad's behalf. ~:
R. R. INCORPORATION FILED
To Build Line From Anderson to Copper
Mine* at Ingot
it RF.DDING, May Articles of . incor
poration*, of ? the California, Shasta:and
Eastern | Railroad f company; have / been :
filed here. ': The c company .' Isf to build
from < Anderson - through ;• Bella Vista to
the copper r mines and t smelter at Ingot,
28 Vz '■ miles. The incorporators ■ are S. E.
Bretherton, Felix T. Smith, W. T. Bar
nett, Paul- A. : McCarthy, -P. D. Madison. l
Platt Kent and V. W. Vincent, all of
San' Francisco' and vicinity. The capital
stock is $600,000.;* : .-,:.', •■:'''-
ADYERTISEMEM
very insignificant portion of the entire
■ . ... • . it-., t". -- •■'.* v- . ' 2 -V- ;
■i ~ ■ - :-.-• -jV A ' . - - - - . ■
farm land. Concerning , the situation
..... :;;>■-.;• .-'--.•■..■..■• • :*:s . ■
fn Tulare county, Visalia Times (April
25), makes the following statement:
' "According to the figures compiled
by County Assessor Blair today, , ; there
are less than 130 persons in the county
of Tulare who would be affected by the .
passage of the proposed anti-alien land
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law now before -thY legislature in r Sac
: .: .'• ■ .. ,-■ :; ■ ■•- - ■ .;.:.■ ■ - .., .
ramento and " which is attracting the
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attention of the entire world. .
I "There are le,ss than 15 in Visalia
I who are ineligible to citizenship and j
who possess property, about 22 In Tv
: .'. .. .. ,-..- .;....-. .. -. \ . -. ; ■ -S * .- ,; ■• , ■
I lare,'3O in Dinuba and about IB in Por-
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terville. the rest being scattered among
- -"•' ■ >"* ;;•: ".- -.-■■■■ ■::/ - *
the farming '-districts of the county."
!So much for the actual state of affairs. -
Lv; As to what might be in future, '"■ At
. . .. . ::*- . ■■ - ■-: " ..': ■, . ■ •'
torney A. L. Levinsky ,of Stockton
& -v----:;. -, :~ - ■ -. L ■ . ~ :;. >•
says: (Stockton Times, April 28, 1913.) :■:
,/. ; ►■-„ p-.* i __... .; ; ;.^-;.; ; , ~■ _ ;-.,. v ;--.;. --_ -■ .' . 5 :•■••
. "The argument is used that ■'. if we
permit the Japanese or Chinese to 'in
vest their moneys in California that r
they will soon own California. In the
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language. of the •' day, before. any for
i eigner will own California "they will
! have to go some," , because it will cost
them , billions of dollars before they S
I acquire control." The Chronicle adds,
j there ; are no * Japanese capitalists
standing around with money to buy
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I land. If they did, Levinsky continues:
I. . "What difference is it ;to us from
I what source the . money comes, if the
j money be honest coin? 'How would ,;
the city Kof Stockton, the county of San
Joaqui n,j or the great ■ state of Califor- >'
nia be injured if $100,000,000 of for-
I eign money were invested \in the pur
chase rof lands? We must recognize
that the value of land depends upon
what it is sold for in the open market
»and if a large amount of foreign capi
tal be poured into California for the
; purpose of buying" lands, who should
stop to consider or ask the question
whether that money be the money of
'American citizens in Xew York or any
'other ; state in the United States, ■or .
whether it.be the money from France,
Germany, China or Japan?" ~
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