The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-08-14

4AAS OAAm8SASOe
the LABOR INSTRUMENTATION FACTS.
The interest which now attaches to the
peculiarities of the Chinese labarers gives
value to all reliable information on that
subject. All the recent discussions for
their fitness for southern fields seems to
have taken their industry for granted, and
therefI re the points considered have been
mainly what it would cost to get them here,
and what to feed and cloGbe them when ar
rived The experience in California, while
il has created strong opposition on social
grounds, has been believed to be favorable
as touching to If industry.
A writer in the Eveaing Post claims that
the experience in California does NOT fur
nlsh an adequate criterion BY which to
judge OF their Usefulness in southern fields.
He says they do very well there where they
are by steam within easy reach OF their
homes, and where they are governed BY CO.
cieties BY which they are protected in case
OF sickness and wan. But taken into the
interior OF the country, and bound down to
work for q mere pIttance, be says they
would become lazy and burdens0me. 10
California. when their time. 10 0ut, they are
nearly always without means, and il they
cannot return home become an intolerable
nuisance. lie gives an account Of the Sand
wich Islands experience, which is not with
out It's less on. He says:
"About $50. Pierce Graves brought two
ship-lOads of Chinese coolies to the Sand
wich Islands. They were, IL my memory
serves me, picked up at Swatow, and were
to receive two dollars and half per month
and a regularly stipulated amount of rice.
In five years they were to be free. Mr..
Graves, having previously entered into an
arrangement with number of planters on
the islands, brought on about four hundred
coolies +: and for their passages, includ ng
bis own commission, he received $lG0 per
head. From the frat, these men stated that
they bad been deceived that they had en-
gagged but for one year and That they
we're to have Eve dollars per month and a
free passage home il they elected to return
ut the expiration Of their period Of service.
They never worked willingly; they gambled
all night, and consequently were incapable
Of working we'll the next day. They we're
great thieves ana scsmps generally. They
never learned To speak English, but pick ed
up fvw words Of the native Language. and
consequently made poor house serTants.
They took great offence il scolded ID il
assaulted, would tie knives to long poles
and attack their oveTseers. They seemed
to have no fear of death. They filed the
prisons and chain gangs and a number Of
them were hanged for murder.-N. Y.
Democrat.
The Louisville Courier-Journ0l says that
Koopmai sc aap stated a day or two
5 nee that it was his intention to import ten
thousand Of the Chinese laborers during the
coming year, aud hire them out at from S.
to $l2 per month.
The Cincinnati, (0mo), Commercial
says: Pennsy lvau : capitalists are talk
ng about putting Chinese lsborers into
Their coal mines. The immediate reason
urged is that they never strike or form COM
bnations, ard work cheaper.
A number Of prominent gentlemen OF
Lower Swan Lake, Ark, have organ zed an
Immigration society, and propose to get
about 5000 Cinnamon in the fall, the ne.
groes in that vicinity having become dc
tatoralH
The Nashville, Tenn, BInner SAYS: ssLer
as have John Cinnamon IN Nashville"
The following letter was recently written
by a gentleman -, Nevada, 10 a friend
-, San Francisco:
The workingmen through ont our State are
/ becoming alarmed at the rapid influx OF Chi
nese to our State, and are trying to adopt
measures for the purpose Of more perfectly
protecting labor in all its different branches
A convention from the labor societies of this
State met iii Virginia City on the 9th inst, or
| gained ana adjourned to meet on the first
MOnday in August. We intend to form
Workingmen's State Council, and thereby unite
the toiliug masses, in order that they NAV more
fully protect themselves from the tyrannicaI
and oppressive power of capital. NV reason
for addressing you at this time is to ask YOU to
forward me a copy Of the Constitution aud By
Laws Of the Mechanics State Council Yours
fraternally.
Mr.. T. A. Root, Of the Atchison Cham
piOn, who is now in California, writes back
his Impressions of the celestials, as follows ::
Publicly expressing my private opinion,
| must say that | don't 60 one cent on
john He can beat the world at cheating,
and ditto at lying. He can be flthier than
hog, and can live and grow fat where q
white man would starve to death. / had
considerable sympathy tor the Chinaman at
first, but since have been here have him
to my satisfaction.
GA couple Of days ago, I went throug
that business part Of the city known as
Chinatown, and among other places, went
through their market, but deliver me from
anything of the kird hereafter Such a
stencil never before entered my nostrls and
how such huge piles Of filth could get into
so small compass was beyond my compre
heDsion- Rotten and sinking fish and
meat we're scattered all about together, with
other Odors equally as bad.
I" In this city hundreds and thousands OF
men, women and boys are unable to get en-
plsyment, simply because they cannot com
pete With the Cinnamon; ! e., work for
nothing and board YOURSELF Not one la
boring man out Of ten can get two days
work out Of week. Hardly any boys can
get a chance to learn q trade. A white boy
must have bread and meat to eat, while the
boy with the cue-csn make a Square meal'
Cd rats and puppies. No white woman can
get any washing and ironing to do, because
Il is al done by such fellows As Yop Shin.
Wang Tey, Ii Wo, Sung Chone Wo, 500
Hung Sing, Tung Chong. Wing Taught Co,
aud q thousand other names I could give
you if | had the time to copy them from the
sign boards. ga
"A strong effort is being made to abolish
the Chinsmen from California, but with
what sucsess time win determine, end only