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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1905
Page
2
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Governor Chamberlain writes to the Oregon Journal noting over 100000 acres of land seized by a land grabber under forged or fictitious claims. He aims to uncover the extent of state lands and to recover stolen property if possible with citizen help.
The passage argues that cheaper imports from Japan and other markets could lure U S demand for wheat and cotton, driving Americans to export raw goods for processing abroad. It warns that if U S manufactured goods lose price advantage, factories would close or cut wages, shifting workers to farming, logging camps and mines.
The superintendent reports 5,179 teachers in Washington common schools, with 1,228 males and 3,961 females. A census shows 207,099 school age children, 170,886 in common schools, 5,147 in private schools, and 31,566 not in school ages six to twenty one, about ten percent.
The article notes Japanese laborers receive sixteen cents a day as fair wages and discusses cheaper shilled labor relative to United States wages, attributing the contrast to overall low labor costs in Japan.
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