Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-08-05
Mistellaaepns Artiftes.
THE. CHINESE MOVEMENT.

Now, while Memphis is holding public meet
ings inviting Chinese labor to the South, the fol
lowing protest against the further importation 0
these people into California, published by the Anti
Coelie Associations is Of special Interest,".
There are.about ll0 900 Chinese in California
100000. of whom are in state Of peonage orsave
ry,, aud are rented out by the company owning
them to the various parties by whom they are EN-
ployed. in gangs Of from so to 5000, as they ma!
required-their wages being paid to the agent
the company, who is responsible Tor the perform
ance oftheir labor, and forthe return ofthe slaves
dead or alive, in The Celestial Empire. The bull
Of the female portion of them are scatteredthrough
out our towns and cities, denioralizing our you'll
and laying the foundation of future disease ant
sorrow to on unlimited extent. The importation
of these slaves has already led to scenes of confic
On our wharves, between the rival companies own
ling them, and threatens to assume gigantic proper
TONS The employment of these slaves displacc!
like portion of white labor and more particular,
of. the rising generation.
There are in San Francisco about $4,000 tt
90 900 boys and girls, of from ten to twenty year:
Of age, the MIA jority Of whom are brought up II
idlcness, as there is no employment for them, anc
no opportunity for their learning trades as all thu
inferior work in our mills, factories, stpres work
shops, &c., that is elsewhere done by apprentices
is here done by Chinese labor. The consequence
is, that our boys ave but preparing for the State
Prison, and vast number Of our girls must, alas
sink to the lowest depths of degradation
By the general employment Of this slave Labor
in every branch of industry, immigration of deserv
ing white people from the Fast aud Europe il
retarded and will ultimately cease, while many
now here must leave We may instance the ciga
makers, five hundred of whou with their families
who were earning good wages, and investing ant
spending them here in the country, were compel
ed two years ago to retire before the Chinese abo
and leave the State. In this connection it is
noticeable fact that the introduction Of cheap hbo
has not ellcapened the price of a blanket, cigar
or any other article Of home manufacture, one sin
gle cent to the consumer.
/ The employment of Chinese labor on the Centra
Pacific Railroad may have expedited its compile
tion few months, but We contend that the injur
done our State can never be balanced by the gail
in time. Had white labor been employed, hun
dreds Of acres would even now have been reclaimed
from the wastes aud become the homesteads o
!, happy families, who would have purchased th
land and increased the revenue OF the raihoa'
: company, and also of the entire State, while tn
money paid to Chinese labor has been drained gu
of the country for export to Asia, and on the re
tirement of the Chinese slaves from their field O
labor not vestige Of improvement will remain-no
even bone of them will be left in the soil.
!, For twelve months an emilcmic has been ragin
r in our midst, which for Il long time battled tn
!, skill of our medical men and the sanitary regua