[23] The following data are reported by the Bureau of Census, Washington, in preliminary publication of 1920 census:
The Japanese population by sex in 1920 is male 44,364, female 25,832; for 1910, male 35,116, female 6,240; and for 1900, male 9,598, female 553. The per cent. distribution by sex of the Japanese in 1920 is male 63.2 per cent., female 36.8 per cent.; for 1910 male 84.9 per cent., female 15.1 per cent.; and for 1900, male 94.6 per cent., female 5.4 per cent.
[24] Gulick, S. L., Japan and the Gentlemen’s Agreement, 1920, p. 7.
[25] World Almanac 1921, p. 476-9.
[26] World Almanac 1920, p. 487.
[27] The birth rate of immigration population in Massachusetts was 49.1 in 1910.
[28] Senate Document, vol. lxv., 61st Congress.
[29] Senate Document, vol. lxv., 61st Congress.
[30] Of the forty-one answers to the questionnaires sent to the County Farm Commissioners in California by the Board of Control asking them to give pertinent facts concerning the methods used by these races (Orientals) in securing land leases, twenty-five stated: “The Japanese pay more rent in cash or shares”; ten said: “Japanese pay ordinary rent” or “use ordinary means in obtaining lease.” California and the Oriental, pp. 56-61.
[31] The Japanese Problem in the United States, pp. 148-49.