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June-July 1903 – Mexican, Japanese field workers organize at Los Alamitos

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This article is from the The Sugar beet, Volume 24, Issue 7, one of the three principal trade publications covering the Sugar Industry throughout the world. The Beet’s correspondent, Rialto, resided in San Francisco and primarily culled his information from the Southern California newspapers, the Anaheim Gazette, Sana Ana Blade, the Chino Champion, and sometimes … Read more

May-Sep 1900 – late rains salvage Alamitos sugar hopes

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What is significant here is that the article indicates the strong presence of Mexican workers, who had apparently already replaced all the Japanese,  and non-Hispanic whites in the fields.  “In every field there may be seen bands of thinners, mostly Mexicans, and the farmer himself, with horse ahd cultivator, followed by bands of helpers with … Read more