# 2 What Kinds of Jobs Did They Find?
1. Who was immigrating?
Most Japanese immigrants were young men between the ages of 20 and 40. The women that destined for arranged marriages which called picture bride.
2. 1900-2000 Immigration from Japan the greatest number of 213,634 people
Most Japanese immigrants were young men between the ages of 20 and 40. The women that destined for arranged marriages which called picture bride.
2. 1900-2000 Immigration from Japan the greatest number of 213,634 people
Graph Illustrating Populations of Immigrants:
3. Agriculture
and the Japanese immigrant:
Historically, Japan has been an agricultural nation. About 50% of the immigrants that left small villages and rural areas became farm workers, because it was the only type of life they had known. In some areas of the United States there was a very large shortage of farm laborers. New immigrants were welcomed to the planting and harvesting of crops. In other areas, many white farmers objected to the new immigrants, arguing that since the Japanese worked for lower wages, they could not compete with them in selling their produce.
Historically, Japan has been an agricultural nation. About 50% of the immigrants that left small villages and rural areas became farm workers, because it was the only type of life they had known. In some areas of the United States there was a very large shortage of farm laborers. New immigrants were welcomed to the planting and harvesting of crops. In other areas, many white farmers objected to the new immigrants, arguing that since the Japanese worked for lower wages, they could not compete with them in selling their produce.
The Japanese soon made up much of the farm labor supply on the West Coast where more than half of the citrus and deciduous fruits were produced by Japanese labors. Also, there were more than 90% of the vegetables, berries, and grapes were under the control of Japanese contractors and farm workers because the Japanese farmers had knowledge of agriculture and how to make good farm products and they were very skilled. Eventually, many Japanese immigrants who landed almost penniless at San Francisco were able to become landholders within a very few years.
“Often unable to perchance land because of discrimination, many Issei eventually found land to lease to gain more autonomy over their labor. For example, Toji Fujimoto came to Idaho in the early 1900s to work as a beet laborer for the Utah and Idaho Sugar Company. He saved his waged to rent 180 acres to grow his own beets, and his father, brothers, and picture bride soon joined him. Similar migrations to Idaho increased the Japanese population in the state to over1, 500 by 1920” (Japanese American in the Columbia River Basin).
“Often unable to perchance land because of discrimination, many Issei eventually found land to lease to gain more autonomy over their labor. For example, Toji Fujimoto came to Idaho in the early 1900s to work as a beet laborer for the Utah and Idaho Sugar Company. He saved his waged to rent 180 acres to grow his own beets, and his father, brothers, and picture bride soon joined him. Similar migrations to Idaho increased the Japanese population in the state to over1, 500 by 1920” (Japanese American in the Columbia River Basin).
By 1920, the new immigrants owned nearly 75,000 acres and leased more than 383,000 acres. In spite of smaller farms, Japanese immigrants contributed 13% of the total agricultural produce of California.
4. Other
industries the Japanese encountered:
Other occupation was the
fishing industry. One of the fishing centers was Terminal Island in Los Angeles
Harbor.
In 1901, a dozen Japanese abalone fishermen came to Terminal Island in Los Angeles.
By 1920, there were also more than 350 Japanese- American gainfully employed as professionals-doctors, lawyers, and dentists, and professors. Also, they worked to own business such as cleaning and hand laundry.
References;
http://en, wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese American”
http://www.gliah.uh.edu/
Books;
The Japanese in America Noel L. Leathers, Ph.D.
Japanese America Paul R. Spickars
Issei and Nisei the settlings of Japanese America Ronald Takaki
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