has been placed on tenant farming and that carries with it a
certain amount of absentee landlordism; but, taking the state as
a whole, the percentage of tenants in 1910 (20.6) was less than
in 1900 (23.1). In the United States, as a whole, the percentage |
of tenants increased from 35.3 in 1900 to 37.0 in 1910. Of ab-
sentee landlordism, there is not a great deal in most of the |
localities in which Japanese are engaged in farming. Most of |
the landowners are living with their families on the farms leased |
in part or in their entirety to Japanese. In no case has there been
an exodus before the Japanese. The most effect is found in the |
fact that smaller numbers come to these communities to lease |
or to purchase land. Some do come; they are found in every |
community ; there is a widespread feeling that they are fewer in |
number than would come, were it not for the presence of an |
Asiatic population and the higher land values which obtain.” 4

Japanese City Trade

The results of the State investigation of Japanese city trades
are summarized as follows:

“That part of the investigation relating to the Japanese in
business and activities other than agriculture is practically com-
plete. Two thousand, five hundred and forty-eight establishments
were visited throughout the State. One thousand, nine hundred
and thirty-four were owned by individuals, five hundred and
fifty by partnerships, and sixty-four by corporations; 19.4 per}
cent have been in business less than one year; 24.2 per cent for |
one year; 17.2 per cent for two years, and 15.9 per cent for three jj.
years, making a total of 76.7 per cent of the total established |
since 1906. Only fifty eight establishments, or 2.3 per cent of}
the total, have been in existence for ten years or more. The
capital invested in most instances was very small, 68.7 per cent
of the total having a capital of less than $1,000. The total aggre-|
gate cash invested amounted to over $4,000,000. The total annual
transactions of these Japanese establishments amounted to $16,-/
114,407, of which $5,938,012, or 36.8 per cent, was with the white
people. The total annual rent paid by these firms was over $900,-

   

1 Miilis, Ibid., pp. 146-147.

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