Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-26
ABOUT THE ~cELEsTlALs
From lhe New York Herald.l

The following is an account of the
conversation which occurred between
Mr.. Koopmanschap and our reporter:
Reporter - Are these Cinnamon
whom you seek to introduce here
skilled or unskiIled laborers?
Mr.. Koopmanschap-We have both;
we intend to put men at the furnace,
anvil, loom, and the bench. We have
now a hundred men in the wool manu-
factories in San Francisco. There are
many in the pickle and preserve bust
ness. Some are making cigars. There
are 10000 or 10000 in Cuba on sugar
and coffee plantations. In Peru there
are about $4,000 on the plantations. In
the manufactures of San Francisco
there are 10000, and in the whole
State Of California about 10000, all
engaged in pursuits Of every deserip-
ton.
Rep.-What is their character or
disposition Is servants?
Mr.. K.-They are quiet, Obedient,
and most easy to deal with in the
world. They are very apt at a trade,
learning quickly and thoroughly.
They IRE trusty and faithful.
Rep.-What wages would they re-
quire?
Mr.. K.-From s. to SD a month as
servants. They receive IS a month in
Peru, and those who worked on the
Pacific Railroad were paid $50 per
month. / would have to hire them
in China, to receive them at a low
rate, and would have to make a con-
tract with them or they would not re-
main. / can furnish cheap reliable
labor to levee the rivers and water
courses, open mines and marble quar-
ries in the hills and mountains, to
plant and cultivate fruit trees and
vines, and do that kind of work for s.
per month.
Rep.-How did the people receive
you in the South?
Mr.. K.-The intelligent people well
coined me. They said they wanted
good, trustworthy laboFers servants
in the household, and since they could
not get them from Europe they want
ed TO take them from Asia, where
there were thousands eager to come
and ready to work. The poorer and
more uneducated classes thought | was
initiating a movement hostile TO their
interests.
Rep.-Well, sir, had they not good
reason to think so? Would it not be
to the disadvantage of the laborers
South were you to introduce these
Chinese laborers?
Mr.. K.-NO sir. l believe in and
recognize the rights of all classes and
conditions of men TO contest with me
honestly and fairly for the fruits of le-
Ultimate labor and toll. If he IS a
Caucasian, Mongolian or African, if
by either physical or mental indus
try he can accomplish fairly for him
self more than | can, he has q right
to, and to the earnings accruing there
from. Their labor only ameliOrateS
mankind; it contributes to the benefit
Of society. If a Chinaman is em-
ployed to build our houses and make
our clothes we do not do it TO inj4re
the negro. 1t is simply a business
matter. Ny profits are larger by en-
p!oying the Ghinaman.
Rep.-Tsen you think the South
would be benefited ky the introduce
ton of cOolie labor?"' e."
Mr.. K.-Certainly. Let the~Missis-
sippi valley produce her ten million
btlies Of cotton as Fhe has done, end
have her Ave millions common labor
ers as she had before the war, and
there viii be no complaint about the
absence of skilled mechanics and ar
tizans in her cities. Ii she accepted
the labor of men who long to work
on her land, she will soon be rich in
the products which hex climate fOs-
tiers. The South only needs uGntmcn
labor and an abundance of It.
Reps there nothing to fear from
the 5gcia4 and religious views of these
Cinnamon?
Dir. K.-No. Fiat is g point made
by 2 great many. People think there
will be @ delHge of idolatry in our
}and; that the fioOdgates of heathen-
ism will be opened when the yellow
man steps on our sheres. This IS all
fOl-de-rOl. Ours is a superior race;
OGF Sod is the true God. Buddha is a
and 50 long a we are worship
perS Of the Supreme we have nothing
TO fear from the incurs3Ou5 Of heather.
especially when they come as servants.
Rep.-Where would you employ
Tie Cinnamon in the South, and at
what lapef@
Mr.. K.-We waIit item in every
calling. There are sY'amps ana 81
forests and mines? and each |
will adapt himself t. that which he is
fit for. European iabOrers arR not 90 |
into the swamp. The character
o. the soil is not friendly to the race.
but is that sci which is most fertile
and prolific, and it IS no inhumanity
to put the Chinqm2n there. 1t 12es !
not hurt him.
Rep,-Wm not the introduction oti
these yellow men make OtheIlO'S Of
blacks? What viii become oil
occupation?
Mr.. K.-Well, we cannot let our in
perish for the negro. We can
not commit suicide fer him. Thistles
and thOrns viii grow up ia cur idle
fields if we rely on the help ofnegr0eS. /
But, then, there is plenty OF work for
aim if he will 30 it.
Rep.-Is there &py danger Of ANAL
gamatiOn?
Mr.. K. No; the Chinese are a peca-
lar race; seldom lntermaPry with
people. Besides there is no dan
ger Of u people taking a fancy to
hem.
Rep.-Do you think IChinese labor
he only labor which will bring back
he Southern States to their prosperity
,efOre the war?
Pr K;--I really do. Nothing but
oerced labor viii bring about pros
The products Of tropical eli
mates or semi-trOpical, are brought
1rward by great attention and care,
he Negroes gave the staple product
hat attention before the war because
to. Now they are careless and
'ork when they please, and the South
IN people are at their mercy. West
ndieS, since emancipation, has been ;
the same condition.
Mr.. ko0paanschap was obliged to
ave ia the 1 o'clock train for his
ONE in San Francisco, and the inter- f.,
lew closed.
Mr.. X. seems very confident that
lere Will be a great demand in the
)uth for these WOrkmen, and he feels
Die to meet it. No doubt more will
: heard Of him soon, for he has I'M
ertaken a great work, and one which
Is for its ultimate object the upbuild- C
e Of the desolated South. A
NorICE.-A matter in which every > !
'operty holder in the South is inter
ted-"The Mississippi Valley Immi- a
Tabor Coronanv - NJ booLyc =.