St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-08-06

: placed but long ago the protecting pc
lice guard was withdrawn.
Large numbers of Cinnamon are a
ready employed as servants in hotel.
boarding houses and families, taking th
places OF girls III chamberwork and cook
ln@, in which they quickly become cx
pcrts For twelve months "A largc par
OF the immigration has been BOYS from
ten to sixteen years old, who immediate
ly are put 10 service in families, whrr
they soon pick up knowledge of every
day words and of household duties. II
truth, the Chinese are in California rap
idly monopolizing employment in all til,
tighter branches of industry usually al
lotted 10 women, such is running sewing
machines, making paper bags and boxes
binding shoes and packing medicines.
THEIR ADAPTATION TO MANUFACrURING
AnJther leading characteristic of tn,
Chinese Is their patience. This palirn
steadlncos peculiarly adapts them tol
tendIn" machinery. Tne tendency u
modern production Is to Il greater and
greater subdivision of labor-to comiine
the operative TO one part of the process.
and to require of linn close attention. pa.
tlencc and manual dcNtcrity, rather than
know led2r, Judgment aud brain power,
1t Is IN these qualities that the Chinese
excel California has always produced
an abundance OF wool but the hioh
price OF labor was an Inpa~-able barrier
to ltN manufacture. But the plan Of rN-
pcrlmenrmg with Chinr>c labor suggested
itself. 1t was tried, and il proved entire
iy satisfactory. The toremcn in these
mills declare that with ~ other opera
lives are they - well and proiilably
served. They are promptly at their
post. they work without la44iu-: they
have no g"r>Ip - common with factory
urls, and which involves the brcaking OF
80 many threads
TIE CHINESE IN rIL All ANrIc STATES.
In concluding this discussion of Chi
nc>c emigration. one question remains To-
hr answered: VIII Chinese labor ever
he introduced into the atlantic states ,
| answer le>, and within u velv few
years. 1t l. les than twenty wears since
the first Non4oii;m L.burrr lanu,,I in
California. Now, they are cvcrywhcr,
on the Pacific slope. They have reached
the rrrlt interior b,-iu. and rL.i,.,.,.,,
lr,. NJ rl,,. L,,. nt rI,. W.,b.,.l, NJ,
illn-. The new town alon. the Platte
will ,,,n b,v. ,l,.:r CL;u-..
:, NON ,l,. tr.ir.r.,., Ill I.,.. .I i'''''
.b...., ,.,,r;,,-;,,. -, ,I.,',.;Ir'' ~. ~
and OIi, ,yh.r. 80, ,nn,,-I.- a.'..'.,
,vonrn and ,.j,iIJr., .,,,I,..,l .,,.f',,,.'I ,t.
first ..C.I..,i,I., ,,I.1 I,.l ,..'....i 81.
N,--i.-ip,,; fran H.. N-,..t
W.. ..r.. wont to ,:I> OF tin. ,..,,,,u.r t.,-
bor ot England To eastern mauut,,.-
lurcrs here i offered chcaprr IaLnr at
their door,-labpr which Will think IT,
-eIt well rcmuucr.trI by wa.,> up,n
which British operatives could no, keen
themselves out OF tine poor house: which
will not ut up "-trIh,.-." form Trades.
mons, or ,Iamur iur ciuht hour law
but which will toll uncump.a!nln,iy
twelve hours ut the day. uoi even a-hlu.
Tor SUNDAYS. 1t can br had. too. with
ont stunt or limit; for, OF her four nun
dred million, China can spar, a halt
million annually and icel Il rclict from
their abstraction.
In view q: cNI>tln~ facts ana lucNil.-
bic tendencies, | can safely predict ;lltt
III ten years there Will hc hundreds ui
Chinese operatives in Lowell, Lawrence.
Manchester, and cvery lar.c mamut;Ic-
turln4 town nt New England in HD-.
ton, New ork, Phlladclphla and all
the great Atlantic cities, thousands ut
these "Crlr~tIaI~, with Ion. cues and
yellow countcnancc@. Will he doiug the
hItchcn and chamber work NOW bum
lIhSIy performed by the daughters ot tine
l-incraid Isle. In the cotton and rice
fields Oi the south these sa!low MunGu-
hans Will SuppIant ;IIc ebony Africans.
and the negro now 80 potent, politically,
will he ordered TO ''move on" Superior
industry and the force OF numbers will
drive INN 10 the wall.
oilici'Ni' on iiliN coast nave talked oi
masking E'w> 10 prevent ChIncSr rmI%ra-
u"n' Let them hrHt pump dry the broad
Old ocean over which they cross +" tins
continent. lhere l. "iiIShrr Law
which Is bringing the Oriental race to
our shores, and You might IL wei. at
h''9n'! "1 10 prevent IT. II would seem
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