The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-03
THE NEW LABOR MOVEMENT.


THE NEW LABOR MOVEMENT.
pm the N. Y. Herald.
erogress is the watchword of the grand
pvements which are now spreading through
\ all ramifcations of society in the Old
prld and the New. In peace and war, in
pshine and storm, in the midst of physical.
'iitical, and religious convulsions, progress
The irresistible law of civilization. It is at
Zee the motive and the object of the strange
Gtlessness which is agitating vast popula-
'ns in Europe and in Asia, and driving them
|seek in the two Americas, that now form
e new centre of the world, incalculable re-
1lrces of sustenance, wealth, and power for
ast thirty-six hundred million inhabitants
e Seem TO have reached period in many
'ects similar to those diverse epochs in the
DRY of the distribution of human races over
surface of the globe, when great migrations
taken place and the inhabitants of one
ate have been visited, if not overwhelmed,
mysterious influx of inhabitants of some
n climate. AS at the creation the spirit
Sod moved over the face of the waters,
n these epochs the spirit of man has
3 ed over the face of the earth. It has
4 He'd numerous tribes and whole nations
i IS plains, noun aims, rivers, and even
k ms, and deposited them in regions far
. ote from their original birthplace. We
yfeferred to the extraordinary statistics
uropean immigration to the United States
ng the past fifty years, and particularly to
recent startling increase of Swedish emil
ion to this country, as forcibly illustrating
point.
Is likely to be illustrated still more forci-
and on grander scale by Chinese immi-
~, which within a very few years has
ght to our shores at least two hundred
sand Mongolians Notwithstanding the re-
- nts to which it has been subie cted--in
inst place by the Chinese Government,
Ia. the next place by the absurd and cruel
IAtion of California-this immigration is
Increasing. An intelligent writer in the
1umber of the GALAXY says that, with an
tation from China standing in the ratio
"A e home popul alton that the drain from
many holds to the population of that
1try, we should have an influx of more
Rn one million Chinese yearly. ''Ten years
his rate would place upon our soil pre-
hderance of male adults of Mongolian blood
Z kr those of all the other families of man
BONG us" This is surely an astounding
Hspect.
aside from all other problems suggested by
8Chinese immigration is manifestly inaugu-
3ing new labor movement of immense inn
Eance. The single fact that the Pacific
|lroad has been built by Asiatic labor is
eynant with significance. By this fact the
nese have earned their title to recognition
necessary element for the development
,e resources of the Far West. California
inning to repent of her suicidal policy
rds them As this policy is gradually
fifed, her material prosperity is advanced.
Chinese, we are informed, are found now
poollen, paper, and powder mills; in the
x works, in the hop plantations, fruit
ards and vineyards; following the reap
machines on farms and working the salt
on the coast; doing almost universally the
ling, and engaged in hundreds of branches
Industry that would be impossible without
p labor.
hi even if California should persistently
mce her inhuman laws against the Chi
/, what would be her inevitable loss might
Ne great gain to the rest of the country.
tic labor might extend more rapidly along
ine of the Pacific Railroad, until, by its
passed perseverance, ingenuity, and
Z, it should irrigate and fertilize even our
American desert, make our mountain
Imesses blossom like the rose, drain mala-
sdistricts, build up such dykes to prevent
overflow of the Mississippi as their
ekt ancestors built to control their own
& unmanageable Yellow river; develop to
kree now undreamed of the productive
Of the entire valley of the Mississippi
heir way into every branch of industry
Erade, even in our Middle and Northern
e; and especially solve the problem of
Ming the Southern States to higher pros.
h than was ever attained before the war;
Chinese alone retain their innate
" beneath tropical suns. Their ultimate
BY may be to reclaim all the vast areas Of
al lands, insular and continental, which
hitherto been, comparatively speaking,
ed world. Meanwhile plenty of land
snty of work can be found for them il
outhern States. We hail, therefore.
satisfaction the welcome which the
~ srn planters are about to offer Il
Ne immigrants. A convention has beer
to meet at Memphis on the 18th O
for the special encouragement O
be immigration. 1t will be composed
segates from all parts of the South, par
" from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
ana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. II il
ed moreover, that Koopmanshaaf, on,
principal Chinese contractors at Sal
SEQ, who has already brought fift
2 md of his countrymen to America, vii
sent at the convention, and will unfol
Ens for organizing a mighty scheme O
~ immigration to the South. We shal
lpon the presence of Koopmanshaaf a
convention as an event of histories
sent. If Sambo will insist on turnin
seeker, and will not work, the soone
: 6 Jhinaman takes his place the better.
"
4 THE CAMDEN SECRETARY.
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