Arizona miner., 1867-03-23
THE CHINESE QUESTION

we find in New York or Pennsvlyss'7
millions Of people, developing Tho I
nary resources of the soil and nro. sA'lss!
diversified industry such as we aro ,, aa,s
acquiring, would make this one Of n s'aaa
lest States in the Union, and n, nNa}
time the toilers would receive an .ra M Y
ward greater than the majority can wv. .lt
the Atlantic States. Our actual vOla
is commonly estimated at n b.lys 'puE
enough, perhaps, to make n second ~. m
in the vicinity of the Golden Gait
skeleton brigade Of humanity for ~
country, and manifestly UNEQUAL 10 ~
TO be done. A queer place, this. 10
clamor about the unhealthy, ruinms
tition of labor. Farmers co,nnl,;s -
lack Of hands to harvest their crons g.
mechanics get more dollars tlay h ~. ~
their fellow craftsmen in the East ,s...l
deprecated paper money. Honest :.
are in demand at mines ALREADY 49,
while the prospecting field Is immoD,''.
spite the understanding of the ~.
teen years. Land is cheap and tbt -
tive capacity OF the soil unriyaled r W
tracts of il remain untitled, awaitin., y. i
vent of the industrious settler All
gent speculation upon the prospec,. !.
State resolves itself at last into Inc ous,
how can we start and stimulate the "a. n
population ? In San Francisco. HOW
class Of men are vexing their nina.
another question-how can we ex,sl a.. II
State portion Of our present supply a !.
ing force IL appears that the dh, \
sand Chinese in California, who en,hl' j.
enterprising citizens of the Caucasi,,
to maintain manufacturing es,ab6.1,'f
which, without this Oriental helm vo-g
closed who are building our railroad. +
ing gold from rayines abandoned h. q
miners in disgust; washing, ironing al Z
and doing other mental service AT rate. 4
enable families Of moderate inesns !.
help, and thus diminish their own cars
tolls, are not wanted here by the M 4
men who have just concIusively demonst,.F
their superiority by mobbing and m,u,}
unoiIcnding Cinnamon in San Funvs;
From the mob point OF view, manuiac,-.&
railroad contractors and even famhn
guilty Of great outrage upon the rirsh +
labor when they employ cinnamon RAJ
close the factory and return TO the al
of importing everything we need leave
State bare OF railroads for tie neSt ,eHut
and allow all interests 10 suffer lar ~ z
cheap transportation compel every "a
TO do its own cooking, washing and NJ
than take the Celestial labor, which nsV &
had at one half the cost OF Caucasian Lr
1t is sometimes urged by those who q
the votes Of ignorance and prejudice,
the " labor question thus raised shouli
gravely argued, giving due considerstia e
the rights Of labor on one hand and tx q
gitimate demands Of capital on the ID
Whatever the case may be in San frinds Z
IN the State generally there Is no such :
between capital and labor TO be disus
The fact is that in the interior more hsx
wanted than can be obtained. In fufni
the owners Of ranches have sometimes
glad TO get any kind Of assistance, whiis,
low or red, to harvest their crops. In bg
ing railroads, no issue could be made beiss
white and Oriental labor. because il was
yious. from the beginning. that withoa
Chinese force, at $50 month. work On q
highways could not be undertaken xhN
reasonable prospect Of profit. In mens
many of those who could
to employ Chinaman could not, ia Is =
sence, stand the additional wages IDEAS =
by whites. In the mining region, as :
eral rule, poor John coniers more -
than he receives. lie is subjected to -
and peculiar tax which adds largely O.
revenues of the mineral counties. lie n;
claims which the Mclean man beiievr II
been nearly worked out. lie y indus
and lnoiiensive. Yet he Is treated a. .
all, denied the protection Of the lavE S.
often brutally outraged, without bag
chance Of obtaining redress. In the e =
Cinnamon do not compete with the q =
IN mechanical pursuits. tigar-hssiEF -
pies many of the prescribed in San FrI''
but that hardly rises 10 the dignity ds
chanical trade. and Is largely given up
men in the Eastern cities. There .
Chinese machinists, carpenters, bras
taIlors or shoemakers competing Tor u
tom Of the white race Ia the State 81
How, then, can the presence OF the
element in California raise square $50
tween capital and labor7
This young State, facing the Orient
to secure the lucrative trade Of Asistl'
and, with boundless resources, calling ~
ually for more toiling hands, cannot y
submit TO an essentially barbaTous Eoaq
tated by mob in San Francisco. IN
lized world rejoices that the barriers
mercial intercourse with the people q
ern Asia and the rest Of mankind Do"
at last broken down. The AmeHc'
now go to China or japan, engage IN =
and receive the protection OF the h|
how long is il supposed this will O. ~
if there is to be no reciprocity hes
will Americans be Hospitality treslea I.
vored in those distant lands, teemlt
the richest prizes Of trade, IL we ssne,.
permit the oppression Of those 'u9
the Emperor or the Tycoon who losaE
midst 2 This, and not an issue be1s'n s
ital and labor, is the live question y
fornians TO consider Why have w
rated and subsidized line Of steairD. 3 s.
ply between San Francisco and me
China and Japan DO we not ouila
gorgeous hopes upon the assurnPuya y
intercourse thus begun is TO be inIlS.
profitable2 And what guaranty eAS
that these visions of golden iutus
realized while we tolerate among "
row spirit of exclusiyeness when
in Japan, or the desire TO oppres'
the unoffendiDg Chinese : There ~
ability that Government VIII, a. ~
Of the nineteenth century, unaer'.s -