As to the sources relied upon, I may be permitted to say, that
first of all I have taken a keen but objective interest in the ques-
tion ever since 1900, when it seemed to assume an acuteness.
Added to this fact, I worked as a “Special Agent” for the United |
States Immigration Commission of 1907. That Commission made }
an exhaustive inquiry into the general question of immigration
throughout the country. My particular function as its agent was
to look into the Japanese immigration situation here in the State,
and thus I had an ample opportunity to familiarize myself with
the subject. The results of that investigation are now made pub-
lic. In addition to this information, I have relied upon such}
sources as the Annual Report of Commissioner General of Im- |
migration, the Biennial Report of the State Bureau of Labor, |
and not the least in importance, the facts gathered by a “Special /
State Investigation of 1909,’ which also made an extensive study
of the “Japanese Question.” Furthermore, there recently ap-
peared several books dealing with the subject, the most notable
ones being “The Japanese Problem in the United States,” by}
Professor H. A. Millis, and “The American Japanese Problem,”)}
by Dr. Sidney L. Gulick. These books have also been freely
consulted. .