The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-06-09
The Coming Man. John Ohinaman in
America,

The 1leiropohtan Record lhus speaks
Of The Chinese iaborcrs Which are flock
20 this country ia great numbers:
the Mongolians arc comingto stay.
They are also coming to work. For
that matter, indeed, NC are told that be-
tween forty and fifty thousand of them
arc already hard at work on aud along
the line OF the great Pacific Railroad.
The mining districts Of California swarm
with them, aud the universal testimony
as regards their industry, enterprise, and
pcacrahle dispositions, is altogether in
their favor
We have spoken of the multplica-
ton OF the Chinese on the Pacific. From
San Diego TO Srka, and bnck to Mon
tam", Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and
throughout all that continuous stretch Of
country Of which San Francisco is the
rommcrclal ccntrc, we arc told, they are
everywhere to be found. Every town
and hamlet has its "China-town." -
Their Industry ,s most remarkable.
Mining, clolhcs-washing, and kindred
occupations were the first branches OF
industry in which they engaged but Of
late years there has been u great in
crease in the variety of their employ
mcnts In the construction OF the San
Jose Railroad, in 1850 it was discov.
cred that they were cheap and effective
rNnd builders the Mission and Pioneer
Woolcn Mills found that they made
irst-class factory operatives, and now
they ale rapidly obtaining employment
wherever patient manual labor, without
amy great amount Of brain work, is
requisite. Large numbers are engaged
as servants in families, hotels, &c., tax,
ing the place Of girlsin chamber work
and cooking, in which they become
very expert A large proportion Of the
immigration consists OF boys from ten
to sixteen years Of ng,, who are immc-
dialcly put ont to service in families,
where they soon pick up knowledge
OF tic language and Of household du-
ties.
In fact, the Chinese arc ra, idly mo-
n"pollzIng employment in all the lighter
branches OF industry usually allotted to
women, such as running sewing ma
chimes, making paper bngs and boxes,
binding shoes, labelling and packing
medicines, &c. They are willing ana
anxious to learn anything and every
'hng that may prove Of pecuniary value
to them, and in sp,te of the difficulties
which their total Ignorance Of the Ian
SMSe imposes, their patience and imi
tativc faculties enable them to learn to
work with surprising facility and close
observers Of their habits do not II. state
t" say that there is not any manual
trade in which they could not become
workers III reasonable time,
J.. These strangers are SAID 10 become
Amcrlcanlze!-so to speak ran.
lIIv. They learn to bny and sell, TO
labor, according to American MODES.
Just as they discard the umbrela.shap-
ed hat, wide drawers, and thick paper
shoes, for the felt hat. pantaloons and
boots; but they retain all their essen
nal habits and modes Of thought inst as
they retain their cues. The Chinaman
rnnIng sewing machine driving a
sand cart, or firing an engine in Calfor-
ma, Is Just as essentially a Chinaman as
his brother who, on the other side Of
.Ihe Pacltic, is working inthe same way,
and with the same lmplcmen,s a. his
fathers worked thousand years. Much
has been said Of his immortality, and
especially Of his proneness to lie and to
chest; but If he can beat the Yankee
Puritan in that limo Of business, no must,
indeed, DO bad fellow. Our own i'm
PRECISION is, that his infrmtics in that
reapect have been exaggerated; but
even were 1t Otherwise, we repeat, he is
as deserving ofpol,ical rights &c.