Evening star., 1869-07-22
AND HIS COOLIES

hOOPM4NSCHAP AND HIS COOLIES
"kooPranschap," name unknown to fau,a
until within the last few weeks, is now
household word, and in view OF the sud len
elevation of the owner of this sou aiding coyno-
men to place among the d istiOguis he'd charac-
iers who enjoy the supreme felicity o. having
their sayings and doIngs cnroalclsd IL the
newspapers, it may not be aInIss 20 s.a'e who
ne is, what be proposes 10 do, ard whether he
Will b. allowed TO de it, As Koopmauchap
wss in New York for a isw days previous 10
his departure tor san Fra Bcisco on Tuesday
afternoon. he was OF course Inter viewed" by
enterprising representatives, o; the city press.
and hence we have various accounts OF what
he said about himself and his plans FrJm
these we learn that Cornelius Il JoPmanscaap
is not Cninaman, as some L "a supposed. al
though ne may BE- considered en-ited 10 ths
designation OF ''carpet- baggsr." He Is an
Amsterdam Dutcnman by birth, aud came
TO this country in 1S5i, proceeding almost
directly S,r Francisco, whe-e be established
the house Of koopmanschap S Co, which was
~ first engaged in importirg -four and other
provisions. In 1855 the firm went into the
China business, establishing a line of clipper
hips, and carrying freight and passengers
tetveen the two countries. l. was 10 1861 that
the firm commenced the business Of bringing
over coolie laborers to San Francisco. Within
the eight years ensuing they have landed over
$4,000 Chinese immigrants in San Francisco
Dlost OF these are still in this country
though some have returned 10 their native
land. II IS the importation Of these coolies 4 n
the past and the proposed transportation i'm
Inediately of hundreds of thousands more to
cur shores TO supply the demand for labor
everywhere, ana IN every industrial depart.
ment. and especially to cultivate tae neglected
plantations of the SJutn, that have made the
name of Koopmanschap so famous Ia ths Iau (.
As 10 what he proposes to do, il is, we are
told, to supply, without delay, to all employers
IN this country who need them, but more IN.
mediately TO Southern plarters. all the coolies
they may wsnt, upon the condition that they
pay these lsborers from o TO Sl2 per n 10, b.
besides supplying them with board and Iodg-
ing. At home the coolies recsive but - per
month and "find" themselves. II will cost
S1CO apiece to transport them from Clina II
san Francisco ard thence to Omiha. whence
they nay be conveyed to any part Of tie coun.
try " here tSsir services may be req uired. He
charges a commission Of so for each coolie to
the employers, and charges each enigrant
Il given amount for transportation, inclu-
ding q commission o. twenty or thirty per
cent. on the amount for which the vessel is
CnartsIed-S LO00 or Sl-500-waich constitutes
part OF the profits OF the f-.n in the enterprise
Within the next year be expects to bring to
this country fO,uOO coolies. OF course, the
Cinnamon thus imported are not generally
skilled in the peculiar kinds of labor that will
berequirsd of them here Bu, they are intelli.
gent anG quick, he says, and speedi ly learn to
10 ANYTHING that is required OF them. Mr.
Koopmanschap says that he does not bring
over Chinese women. Th are sure TO follow
wherever the men 60. The Cinnamon Will im-
a.,
China are net generally taught to labor. They
Will not become gcod demestics Almost the
only employmen in which they engage at
home is that of ehildren's nurse. There ar.
5,OOO Chinawomen in California now, ami
more coming.
50 much for Mr. KS programme. Whether
he will be allowed to carry 1t out rem1ins to be
seen. The New York Post in an article on the
subject says very justly that whistler the
Chinese shall be allowed to coms to tn s
country as other foreigners come, As free m al
and women, is one question; whether they
shall be imported in droves as slaves for term
OF years is quite another. To prevent free
Chinese coming hItaer Just as English, I-isa,
German, Swedes or Frencaman c1ma, will
require an act OF Congress. But law now
OF the statute book will, or ought to, prevent
,ne contamination Of the Koopm anschsp plans
Tor bringing over thousands OF the mos,
Ignorant and brutal Chinese. the scum Of
the great Chinese cities, as b)nd-slayes.
The "Act to prohibit the coolie trad,," ap-
proved February 10, ls6l, which IL is the duty
Of the President to enforce, forbiis this susi.
ness Of carrying " coolies" in which Koop-
nanschap and Tyekem Or pr Jposs 10 en-.
Sage, and the ships in which tts coolis, are
brought over are liibls to be f,rfeited, and
me principals in the Illegal business and their
5geGts lsy themselves Ia be 10 dne and i'm
tIi-or msIt.
Of :he Memphis Conven'ipn, which caught
- hoormanschap's Offer Of co die. as another
way 10 develop the South" the Post says:
1T Is pitiful 70 see men who pretend to lead
sra Inform their neigabors still drIyslluy
about 'nrw ways 70 develop their States, ii
tast ~ stem OF slave-laeor which has been The
curse OF the Southern States; and the iuse the
CIly cause. that they are less populous, and
nat the II people are less wealthy and pro,o-c.
Gus than the region further north. No new
Nsy Is Ietcet- There Is an old way, q way
WITCH has developed dozsn States, all less
fayoTeeb by nature than any Southern State;
q way which has made The Northwest
gTeaf, powerful, wealthy, energetic, intelli.
GENT hich has flied q large region with
IN intelligent, thrifty people; which has
QUILT up rich common &ealths while men in
Southern States were holding conventions and
talking; which has made the West the wonder
of the wofld. Free labor brings CIVILIZATION
with all ITS peaceful arts It's varied ind ustries,
rs intelligence, all which comb.ns to m AXE free
Government possible. sCoolie" labor, which
Is slave labor, will bring only more barbarism,
incre violence, more disorganIzation, vice and
iawiessless, :, and will drive OF, surely as the
old slave labor did. the free iaoorers, the en-.
tarpfts ing active Intelligent, :, inc trous Don.
ulation, On which every State must depend for
rs glory and true Prosperity"