Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1869-07-07


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l.etuua44ome will be weaker every year.
The Chinese Aortles must certainly pour
down upon us, and, in face OF the prob
lem of the age, We may properly ask
what there is in their habits and nature
to make them an important part Of our
industrial population.
From the Pacific States we receive
excellent accounts Of dhc Cinnamon.
The owners of WOODEN factories praise
them as the best Of workmcn Ten
thousand Cinnamon were employed on
the Central Pacific Railroad, and are
highly spoken of by the officers and
tqrelnen. Their work is fulIanpl honest
What !hey. lack in bodily yigor they
make up in pcrsistcnc5' and steadneSs.
In California ihe Chinese arc found in
wollcn paj,o" and powder mills in tie
bor.X w-r!;s; in the hop plantations,
fruit orchards and vineyards; follow
ing tie real,ing machines Oh farms anil
working the saljpits on the coast doing
almost universally the cooking, and en-
gagged in hundreds Of branches Of in
dustly, that would be impossible with
OIL JGeiY cheap labor. 4 writer i'll Tie
Gala@y says npon This subject
"Thc sure result will be That in Il
few years, the snail savings Of these
workmen WILL by accumulation, trans
forra the coolie Of to-day into The CAPT
talist, contracting to build railroads.
owning large farms and lactorcsr and
lines Of ships, and making great COM
mercial combinations. This is certain;
for nc l.saple cn The face Of thlp oariiil!
advance 50 unswcyingl} iii the acc!umn-
lation of capital; and in its tsinyestncnt.
from childhood upward, they combine
the shrewdness OF the Jews, with lhe
nlany-sdedness Of the YANKEE. What
the Jews haze been in banking. the
Chinese may easily become in general
commerce and industry on the Pacific
coast. y
On tbe island of Java the Chinese
No. 95eIEnot far from 10000 Their
industry embraces the whole system OF
commerce, ond they are found to be
equally well adapted for trade or ag,i-
culture. In the English colony of Sing
apore, $4,000 out Of q population Of
$4,000 are Cinnamon and in an cner-
waiting climate they retain all their ma
tive energy. This fact alone rG;r5s cyt
the fitness of the Chinese for the fields
and plantations of the South. They
can work wherever the African can
work, and they have patience, perse-
verance and frugal spirit which the
freedman has never possessed. And
that the Chinese have native capacity
is proved by the circumstance that from
China have radiated many Of the fun
dcmental features Of Asiatic and even
of European civilization. Their inven-
tionshase been comparatively unfiiiit-
full BAT the isolated position of China
cut her off from that intercourse with
foreign nations Which would have stnnu-
lated the practical activity OF her peo-
pie. In the Chinese SYSTEM OF govern
lncnt, thers arc many features which
might be adopted with advantage by
this country and the nations Of Europe.
Olfic for Instance, is open TO all. Pro
fciency in scholarship forms the basis
of competition, the officials being chosen
frond the candidates who take the high
est f,onors.
Why, then, looking at the broad fact
tha,. additional labor is our greatest
need. should there be any objection to
the it ftroduction Of Chinese immigrants
into the South? The Chinaman is sa-