Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-09-10

The Trip to- the Pacific COast-An Inter
view with Hon. William d. Kelley

A report, filling several columns. of an
interview with Hon William d, Kelly, is
! published III the Philadelphia Press Civ
| ing account of the trip Of the Honse
| Committee of Ways and Means to CaIifor-
MIA and Oregon.
OF tho Chinese he said: "If Chinese
immigration ls Ia bn iromottd-I need
| not say promoted for it needa no promo
| ton at our hands, but is inevitable with
| 500. 0OO. 600 of people overcrowded aud m
| derpaid. 1t will come unless forcibly pro
h1blted-lf, say, 1t ls not to bs prohibit
ed We must provide for their reception
And l trust that our several religious de
nominations will go organize their mis-
slonary movements that whenever the
Chinese enter town there will be capa-
BILE people ready to present to them tho
primer and make them familiar with
orr alphabet. ii ut all points they be met
With Ihls instruction., with this welcome,
| our Christian Republic will assimilate to
ourselves the Chinese, hs it has the peo
rle OF all other nations, and they will
coase to continue aliens in our midst -
And speaking further of their occupa.
tlons, he said "rhey are to be found aa
cooks, and in every department of housc-
hold service. The Mission Mill employs
1,OOO workmen, who perform every part of
the labor, from the opening of the un-
washed wool to tho packing and marking
of the boxes containing the finished fabrics
prepared for shipment. They receive nine
ty cents u day, and the company provides
them with large building in which to
lodge and take their meals. with kitchen
and adequate cooking apparatus for the
preparation Of their food, and u supply of
winter III an inclused yard for u daily bath
for each. The Pioneer Mill employs about
6OO, together with Il considerable number
of the people Of other natio:a!itle', among
whom are Americans, English, Scotch and
| irish. 1t Is n mistake to suppose that the
Chinese are employed only in manual
labor. and therefore compete only with our
producing classes. The Bank of CaIifor-
MIA employs them rs exports for the detec-
ton of base or light coin. Choy Chew,
though an active member of the CONNER
cial firm of Lun, Loo 4 o., is the pas
! senger agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, trust of great Importance, and
requiring much executive as we'll as cleri-
cal ability. None Of these people are COO
lies; they are oil free to 20 and como at
will The cost Of their passage to this
country is often advanced by the Chinese
Company. 10 be refunded flOm the pro-
ceeds of their labor /; but no obligation for
it's repayment beyond their mere promise
is taken and it IS said that no Chinaman
who has lived long enough to repay it has
ever failed 10 make the company good. -
Neither can it be Haid Of the Chinese that
they ever repudiated contract. On their
first importation the Chinese may DO viii
ling to work for what seems to our people
low wages; but they alo shrawd at a bar
gain, and when any of our party spoke to
them about coming east and named the
wages that were paid here, we We're IN
5tantly met with the question whether the
payment was in gold or greenbaeks We
e MD not persuade them II the fact (which
is nevertheless an und0nhted fact) that
here greenback dollar will buy as much,
II not more, than q gold dollar will buy
there , ior they saw that where they were
it woula not boy within thirty-tive per
cent of the amount"