The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1869-07-21
CHINESE LABoHERS.
The Picayune, speaking of Chinaman. sa

lhe Plc1yune, speaking OF Chinaman Say
q, But what sort OF a person is the Chin
: man: We are told that the late Englis
u Minister to China has declared with a revis,
, reiteratiOn, that the ablcst diplomat he h;
i, ever met with after long familiarity with II
! first courts in ChristcndOn, and the best il
formed man on general subjects he has ey,
seen, was the Prime Minister of the Emni,
of China; and all who have ever entered II
. higher circles pf Chinese society. concur
. awarding thein learning sagacity, businc.
capacity and success.
Of the inferior and cmigratihg Chinome,
We learn that he makes better railroad !;
bOrer than the European, ard as a cook il
well known he has no superior.
Now, at home, we have Il witness in ou
neighbor, Mr.. Tabor, of the JeffersOnan. VIII
inst:
I'VE affirm from a personal knowledge {
the race, that the Chinese are eminently il
Of national wealth they afe a. Rrod4%fs! %
are superior to the negro or Indian. Much a
they have been opposed in California, the
have always been preferred before the AFR
can or the savage. They area sober, indus
triOus, prolific and persevering people. The,
acquire money rapidly and engage earnestl,
and eagerly in commercial pursuits. The ma
Jorlty OF them must ever remain hewers O
wood and drawers of water, but a certain pc
centagc of their number will soon becom,
traders, merchants, carriers and leaders
Quick to learn, anxious to prosper, ambi
tiOus of wealth and position, what is to pre-
vent John Chinaman from demandin" rcnre
sentatiOn according to taxation
The New York Commercial f;vors the Chi
nese immigration movement. The editor
thinks it will not only help the Southern
planters, but will aid New York also in ret.
ting cheaper domestic servants
| These active and capable Asiatics. we are
told, will make great change in the ASPECT
of the labor question, dml>if they should
come in rapidly and in largt numbers they
would make themselves felt Il once. House
keepers hereabOuts have faiththat they will
make Il reliable arm of domestic service.
CHINESE WORKMEN.-Say, the Knoxville
Press and Herald, of the 1x An agent of
the Wills Valley, the new ralrOad being CON
structed Southwest from Chattanooga, Tenn.
left Nashville on Monday, Olihis way to San
Francisco 10 employ three housand China
men and bring them to worl on that road
The subject Of bringing Chnmen to take the
place of negroes on plantatbns and in the
| construction of public wOrkSis receiving IA
vOrable consideration, and til opinion is be-
coming general that in a few years labor in
| the South, which has heretofore been done by
negroes, will be performediy Cinnamon.
THE CHINESE AS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Wade, we see. expresses liisclf little aston.
| ished with the Chinese In hers ON the Pacific
and particularly with thu novelties "f .his
| labor. He states that he las visited many
| factOricSin various parts a the world, put
has never seen any class Of men as wGii ,
| adapted for the manufactus Of wOolen fab
RIGS as the Chinese: We Incte:
Mr.. Wade stated that hehad visited many
AZ
had never seen any class OF men as well
adapted for the manufacture of wOOlen lab
| RIGS as the Chinese. They are patient, lnSe-
nious and reliable, and hare their minds SC
little attracted by outside matters that they
~ 9 "A s. u tsffis fs nson1, %anG
of California were stan ing in their owl
light by rejecting this vcrf useful labor. HI
! thought other States in ttf Union as soon q.
| they understand the charActer of this intel
| ligcnt patient and industrious race, wOul(
eXpend millions Of dollarssn obtaining them
He expressed the remark that before tel
years would pass thsRcple of Californi:
would be framing laws 10 prevent the depOr
tatiOn of the Chinese with far more zeal thai
they now sought to prevent them comm:
here. He stated that he did not consider tn,
| subject of their iMmigratiOn to this State a
of local character snch As its Legislature
could control. 1t was a national question
which since the emancipation Of the negroes
and the growing desire to extend home man
ufactures was of more Importance than al
most any other subject because these me
ly, while the laborerS ffom other countrie
continued as immigrant9eply long enough t
obtain means to procure 1Ands or set mp bus
ness for themselves. Hestated that he ha
appointed to meet the he1iiS of the six CHI
, nese companies in this city on Friday mex
when he would endeav0c to. obtain certain ii
formation from them direct.
New ENGLAND SfEcrLAuoN.-Scver;
: wealthy New EnglantleI141o about purcla
| ing large tracts of land in tie South, an
J. stocking the same with Chinese laborers, wit
1 view to raising Southern produce cheapt
than ever before. They say Chinese labor
so much cheaper than any Other, and the
: more hours in day than ftl,c negroes vii
f What will become Of the black man who II;
@ no money to purchase lands, and who cann'
e live on rats and mice, is more than we c;
o tell.-(Ncw York Democrat.
An operative in Inmesl, Mass, cote
;. mill. writes to the American Watchman, 81
ing an account of many Of thc employees
these factories. He sarssaahat children S
= = years old are obliged to wor5 all day amo
$ the flying pickers and wheels to elcar and I
h the machinery. He speaks Of their contliti
as that of slaves, and says fhat if any o
finds fault at his treatment ho is turned
C to starve.
WINE MAkING.-A correspondent of
Chicago Republican. in describing ys.-y-'
e, and wine making in Lcs AnGeies com
:, california, says:
t. The grapes are picked.afom the vine
~ bunches whom very ripe. and the ju
trampled out by .'Lo, the posr Indian"
id is fun to see eight or ten Of these warl
children of the forest daucing over a ht
pile of dead-ripe grapes. They put in
the fancy steps of the war dance, learl
ar wears ago, and they look SO much 50
than out ON the Colorado liver. take
.;f Of my Ingin this way. This method
n !: ltrampling out tue juice is adopted beca
ou all of the machinery yet invented for
ct. purpose breaks the seeds Of the graz
,sc giving an acid taste to thc>wine. Gl
care Is taken to keep out of the press oil
ripe and defective grapes. Nothing
re- the pure juice and hull or skin go into
,5 fermenting tanks. White and red wine
~ made from the same grape. How! w
is made from the juice as it comes from
press, and red wine and port by letting
ars Juice and hulls ferment in 6rge tanks Y
part or all Of the sugar is changed into a
put hol, which dissolves the color in the s
cnt or hulls and makes the VIM red. Th
ent ~. vhulo aocrot and Eust settles
pre- drugs, sugar and colorinsfnatter. conc
ing which 80 much hes been said.
NE y w only real secret is in hav{ the land
= the will produce the grape witht1 t1e sugar, 9,
- ing matter and flavor b The
his place has this secret abundHntly devele
that and every person buying q bottle Of