The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-24

ASoIOu0f IJlu were superior III argument. In
political acumen and In eleganceof dlct,on, to
the dispatches Of any Of the representatives Of
the foreign nations with whom he had to deal.
was he he deficient IN Trains? Whea the E,npe-
trafHc in opium, the old man answered "I
know that my purposes will lie thustrated;
ii, KNOW that designing mon, for thu purpose OF
iLnclt gain, Will clandestineIy introduce the
urug INTO my country. but announce to the
honorable ambassadors that nothing under
heaven shall influence me to leRalize the GER
ealn ruin ot my people," Was not that answer
There is to-day inthe Bank Of California ma
.avo Chlnaman VINO, not merely 10 the beauty
OF ms penmanship, but in the rapidity and ac-
ouracy or his reckoning. is surpassed by no
accountant in this CITY. Does this argue u
dullness of intellect?
PROSPECTS OF MORE RAPID IaM1aRAT1oN.
The great recommendation Of Chinese labor
Is lis cceapness. No people in the world are
sucn close economists. They will live we'll, ac-
cordnR to their ideas. where an Anglo-Saxon
will starve. A little rice sufices them, little
pork added constitutes high Lying, little
chlcken the highest OF luxury. Go into q Chi
nese habitatlOn an you end every inch utillz-
ed. a room ten foot square wilibnnk dozen.
besides ahord'ng workshop, kitchen and eating
room; roc - Reduce wages to the starvation point
live better than at home. but lay mp money.
Now, capital on this coast clearly perceiyes
ana IT Will soon see it in the Atlantic States,
ehoo AeS tuICEcSCS ITO IN tue I1eH2uQ RADIO I'M
portation OF these cheap workers. Irish dema-
gogues may oppose. but there san be but one
issue to this contest. Mobs and midnight IN
oendiar'sm @ Will avail nothing: The Fioneer
coolies, but now, like other woo1len mills they
EMPLOY as many as they can. "A year ago the
Chinese graders in San Francisoo were driven
from their work by the Irishmen they displaced;
but long ago the protecting police guard was
withdrawn.
Large numbers Of Ohinamen are already en-
ployed as ser wants IN hotels, boarding houses
ana an families, ran taking the places Of girls in
quickly become experts. For twelve months q
large part OF the immigration has been bows
from ten to sixteen years old, who Immediately
pick up knowledge of everyday words aud Of
household duties. In truth, the Chinese in
California are rapidly monopol,zing employ
ment IN all the higher branches Of industry
usually allotted TO women. such as runuiug
sewing. machines. making paper bags and
boxes. binding shoes and packing medicines.
THEIR ADAPTATION TO MANUFACTURING.
Another leading characteristic of the Chin
ese is their patience. This patient steadness
peculiat1y adapts them for tending machinery.
greater and greater subdivision OF labor-to
con6ne the operative TO one part Of the pro-
cess. and to require OF him close attention,
patience and manua. dexterity, rather than
kn9wledRe. Indictment aud brain power. II is
~ saese qualities that the chinese excel. Cali
lorna has always produced an abundance Of
wool; but the high price Of labor was an inn
passab!e barrier to its manufa-ture. But the
plan Of experimentlng with Ch,nese labor sug-
Rested itself 1t was tried, and 1t proved en-
tEeiy satisfactory. The foremen in these mills
declare that with no other operatives are they
promptly at their post. they work without lag
gin9; they have no gossip go common with
factory girls. and which involves the breaking
OF so many threads.
THE CHIMRsR ~ TIE ATLANTIC STATES.
La concluding this discussion Or Chinese emf
VIII Chinese labor ever be introduced into the
Atlantic States answer yes, and within
very few years. It is less than twenty years
SINCE the first Mongolian aaLorer landed in
.nsss;s. .s ssss = s sl see srsas
base Of the Wahsascns Mountains. The new
Chinese quarters. Soon the Cninaman win
have ceased to be curiosity in the villages OF
Illinois and Ohio where, six months ago. men,
Celestial" who had crossed the MissisMpLi
from the West.
We are wont to talk OF the pauper labor Of
Hngland. To Eastern manufacturers here is
which viii think itself we'll remunerated by
wages upon which Br1tish operatives could not
keep themselves out OF the poQrhopse- which
wln not get up strikes" from Trades Unions.
u Vi0AAAOx 1OX 0lk0tuOux i6W0s WnlC0 WfU Toll
uncomplaiuingly twelve hours of the day, not
even asking for Sundays. It can be rad.
too, without stint or limit: Tor Of her 400 ,OOO.-
OOD, China can spare 5!000. 600 annually, and
teei relief from their abstraction. n~
In view OF the existing facts and inevitable
tendeHciea, I can safely predict that in ten
years there Will be hundreds OF Chinese opera.
tives In Lowell. Lawrence. Manchester and
every large manufacturing town Of New Eng.
land; IN Boston, New York, Philadelphia aud
al the great Atlantic cities. thousands of these
''CelestialB." with long cues and yellow coun-
will be doing the kitchen aud cham
ber work nov bunalingly performed BY the
daughters Of the Emerald Isle In the cotton
and rice fields of the South the sailow Mongo-
lians will suppiant the ebony Africans and, the
negro now 80 potent, politically. will be order.
cd to .smove on" Superior industry and the
force OF numbers will drive him to the wall.
Politicians on this coast have talked OF max
ing Jaws to prevent Chinese emigration. Let
them first pump dry the broad old ocean over
which they cross TO this continent. There ia n
Higher Lew" which brings the Oriental race |
TO our sh res, and YOU might as we'll attempt
tcmeaSure arms with the Almighty as 10 pre-
vent il. 1t would seem as il tired Of waiting
for Christianity TO goiinto all the world. ON
impotence is bringing the hesthen world ana
placing them down IN ODE, midst, in the shade
or our temples, by the side of or1r Saltars. ia
order that Christianity and, Pagar1sn. IN this
age Of power. shall be brought into close and /
deadly conAict 1a.faf3isl. !. :
AFEATRs Nv THE 4SRATR.