The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-19
IMMIQRATIONFR FROM CHM.
What an Intelligent and Wealthy Chi.
naman has to Say on tho Subject.

The New York Herald prints an interesting
account of an interview Of one Of it's reporters
with Choy-Chew, one Of the Chinese merchants
now visiting that city. Mr.. Choy.Chew gave
bis views quite freely upon many matters per-
tanning to China, it's present awakening, the
emigration therefrom, and other topics. We
quote from the report:
Reporter. What class Of people, Mr.. Choy-
Chew. are those who immigrate here from
China?
t;noy-Cnew. wen, you cannot ucstRu1te them
as q class, for there ars no classes IN China In
the sense you use the term. There are differ
ent ranks it is true; but, taken as whole, the
Chinese are essentially democratic, and the
class OF people who come to San Francisco
from there are OF very varied occupations.
You might certainly call them poor class by
reason Of the little means they have when
they land iu. America; but they are rich In man.
ual resources. In one shipload OF Chinese that
comes into the Bay OF San Francisco you Will
find more variety OF manual skill than among.
auy other equal crowd Of emigrants. You will
find men of all trades and occupations. but owing
to the prejudice against them in California
many OF those who could excel in different ham
dicrafts are forced to work as common laborers
on the railroads. Ofcourse the seaboard cities
of China supply the emigration stream just now,
but have no doubt the agricultural DISTRICTS
will furnish large quota when We succeed IN
raising come Of the products Of China in the
valleys of California. Tea can be grown IN
California. company Of Japanese are alrea.
DIV engaged in raising the tea plant, and
when it ls seen how successful they are sure to
be, Cinnamon of capital will enter the busl-
ness extensively. Here you see at once ID
another great prospect in the future OF Califor.
mia. Silk will be the next experiment, and i
il paws. the practical sense of our people will
prompt them to extend their field Of operations
on this continent.
Reporter. Do your people land penniless in
San Francisco?
Choy. Chew. Almost. II costs the Chinaman
much more to reach America than it does your
Irish or German emigrants; and yet suppose
a great many of the latter land penniless also;
pect before him in this respect, that the be-
neyolence of his countrymen prompt them to
establish such societies as look after the emf.
grant when be lands, aud provides him with
the means of living until he finds employment.
Reporter. What amount Of truth is there in
the statements that Chinese are imported into
Gallo mia by some Of their wealthy Country
men and held in q kind OF slavery, being forced
70 live their earnings to their masters, and
sIlnnwed ali n but enough to live on.
A Chov. Chew. lid never discover the ex-
;atepcs c u OF such system, anaa our people, Teu
NAV rest assured, would be the las: 10 toieFate
it. This is what has given rise to tGe stTry: sa:
Cinnamon are aided to emigrate By their rieneg
couutrymen in San FRANCISCO. ", fequite this
aid they are askeS 70 devote so much Of their
current earnings ss they can reasonably spare.
No CHR. man, to my knowledge, has ever neg
lec..sd 10 pay debt Of this nature. They are
scrupuously faithful in discharging it. No
necessity exists to exact bond from them to
~
pdnctual payment of their weekly instalments
as sacred duty. But there is nothing Of that
sort OF thing to which you allude unless it be
carried ON outside Of my observation, and that
would be difficult, considering my acquaintance
with our people. II the system prevailed it
would be impossible that We should avoid
knowing it. The victims OF such quasi slavery
would be sure to make their wrongs known to
US, and with US everything concerning the vel
fare Of our countrymen is OF interest.
Reporter.-Wha: have you MT st reason to
complain of IN the treatment extended to your
countrymen BY the people of California;
Cboy-Chew.-Asf far as lam personally con-
cerned have no reason to comp! lin. Amerl-
cans have treated me with more than deserved
respect. have been welcome guest at their
houses, and IN my business relations have uni
formly met with candor and courtesy. l have
watched the rise and progress OF California
with almost more OF enthusiastic interest than
il were native. rs future and the future OF
the gre country of which 1t is part dszzle
nv conception. With freedom and the equal-
ty of man stamped in words of living light
upon lts broad escutcheon, there are no visible
bounds to the greatness for which America is
destined. My great hope is to live and see my
native land leavened by the energy and progress
sive spirit OF this nation l admire your
institutions, giving, as tney do, such ample
scope and announcement to the developm ent
OF individual power. My countrymcn are not
so dull but that they con appreciate the causes
that have made this republic what it is. Were
they within the pale Of citizenship, acquainted
with the language Of the country. and resolved
upon coming kere to stay, America would not
have any more orderly and industrious class Of
citizens. In the second or third generation
from now the character Of ouf people would
undergo change. The children Of the men
who are now here will grow up without being
under the weight snd influence of two thou
sand years Of tradition; they will grew ur
among the institutions OF country altogether
new to their fathers; will be taught at youI
common schools, and will Of course imblbe az
activity OF intellect not specially characteristic
Of Cinnamon generally; they will, it is
to be supposed, take part in politics
ond II NAV VET aome to Daes that