THE DAILY PROVINCE
JULY 20, 1906

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EXPECT HINDUS TO COME IN AUTUMN
------------------INVASION THREATENED

------------------Dr. Davichand Declares that Horde of His Countrymen Will
Supplant Chinese and Japanese Working in British Columbia
Mills--Looks for Them in September.

------------------A trifling matter like criminal proceedings on a charge of obtaining
money under false pretences, has no terrors for Dr. D. R. Davichand, a Hindu,
who has apparently vast influence with his turbaned countrymen.
His mission in British Columbia, according to his own statements this
morning, may have far-reaching effects. It may result in an exodus of the
Chinese and Japanese from the Dominion. The Hindu favors the establishment
of a Hindu labor trust. With Oriental pitted against Oriental in the coming
struggle he feels confident that the Hindu will win hands down.
“The Hindus are gradually supplanting the Japanese and the Chinese in
the local sawmills,” he said to-day in picturing the illimitable possibilities of
the local labor market.
Good Millhands.
“The reason is very simple. My countrymen are more skilled, and on this
account it pays the employers to give them higher wages than those earned by
other Asiatics. It may be news to you when I state that at his moment local
sawmillmen[Sic] have assured me that they can collectively give employment
to two thousand of my countrymen. They are needed in the lumber camps and
sawmills. I am now negotiating with parties in India with a view to drawing
attention to the grand opportunities which await the sober and industrious
Hindu in British Columbia.

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JULY 20, 1906

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The doctor added that he expected the vanguard of the Hindu invasion
would set in early in September.