Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-12-22

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yhans and othsr children common school
edlo4iion. Rad a second time and laid
upon the table subject TO ord,r
II. II. No. =, to repeal al act to repro
tcct free white labor against Coolie labor
House resolved Itself into committee of
the whole. Mr.. Smith in the char
Mr.. Knapp said we should proceed
with extreme caution in such legislation as
this. The Legislature at its last session
saw fit to pass the law now upon the stat
ute books, and he was opposed to frequent
changes in the law without cause. The
only arguments he had heard in favor of
the repeal Of this bill, fixing an annual tax
of sixteen dollars upon all Chiuamen in
the Territory were, first that as the en-
ployer, by express provision of the act.
is held responsible for this tax, by fire.
quent changes of employees he might find
these taxes no very light drag upon his
pocket. I'd. That they work cheap. Ind
this was the very reason the gentlemen
would retain some check upon their i'm
migration to our Territory. They acquire
no interest in the community, live cheap,
and are no benefit whatever to the material
progress of the country. There is not a
more degraded set of people Oh carth-cs.
pcciallv their wonderland ifthe presence
of the Mongolian race is encouraged in
our midst, thousands Of these debased peo-
pie will flock into our Terri ory. Do We
wish that such an influence shall be allowed
to ontaminate the youth of our Territory
! If we wish to encourage immigration, le; it
be of white labor. Statistics prove that
our Territory is gradually filling up with
thrifty enterprising population. Let us
do our duty in regard TO them.
Mr.. Van Bokkelen claimed that in his
county Stevens it was impossiblv to oh.
tain white labor. Farmers could not OBJ
tain help. lie differed with the gentle
man in his estimate of the Chinese ma
ton They were among the best educated
people on earth. He would like to see
as general a diffusion Of knowledge
among the masses here as in the Chinese
Empire. AS nation they were, he
might say. the best educated people on the
globe. He was not fearful of con,amina-
ton.
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tions to the gentleman from Stevens in
creasing his constituency, but he did not
wish for them to compete with white labor
Their introduction is clearly to lower the
the price of labor and the social status Of
the laborer. The natural effect of low
wages is to dcmoralize, to debase and de-
grade man, and render him unfit to aspire
! to freedom or to enjoy it. Working for n
bare subsistence, and hardly that, without
hope of better condition, leaves no place
for pride, sef-respect or ambition. That
debascmcnt of mind which is everywhere
Observable among the laboring classes Of
Europe, whose task is hard, whose pros
pect of improvement hopeless. is :he nee
essarv concomi,an. Of such doom. Re-
duce those dependent on labor in the Uni
ted Siaies-which comprehends a majori-
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