The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-20

| tracts can be made with agenrS OF parties ell
gagged in the business OF furnishing LABOR. a5
from So to $l2 per month, and guarantees had
that the laborer will comply with his contract.
The Chlnaman needs about two pounds Of rice,
| half pound of meat. quarter pound or salt hsh,
q Small quantity OF tea and vegetables per day;
| no bread needed.
Major Bulkley, chairman Of the Committee
on Transportation, presented report, stating M
| that the cost Of ira .sportstion from San Fran
| cisco, or Sacramento via the Central and Union
/ Pacific aud Omaha and st. Louis Railroads,
| and Memphis and st. Louis Packet Company
! to Memphis, Tenn. will be as follows: In lots
| Of one hundred to five hundred, SIS each, 10
currency; In lots above fve hundred, so0 esen,
| in currency. The above figures are given as
being rates at which c,ptracts can be made.
From Memphis to any point in the interior
of Tennessee. Mississippi, Alabama Georgia
and South Carolina, upon the lines OF the
various railroads che rates will bs one cent
| per mile.
| SPEECH FROM CHNAMAN.
One of the most interesting incidents Of the
| Convention was speech delivered in broken
English by Tye-Kim-Orr, Chinamap, who
was present, attired in the national costume OF
the Celestials.
be said he was q "Chinese" [laushterl him.
SELF but he left China IN 1863, and since that
| time he had been IN the West India Islands,
and seen q great many OF his countrymen at
work. aud he could tell them much regarding
them The emancipation IN the West India
| Islands, he understood, took place in 1880, and
the colored people became very lazy, and then
they cot laborers from India and China, and
they were uow in large numbers in British
Guiana, st. Vlncspt. Trinadad. Gaudaloupe,
CubI and other places. They are all heath
ems, as the gentleman from Mississippi
SAID. Laughter ] But then, there ls
more necessity to christianlze them:
[Laugher.] You say, Come over and help US - y
[Applause.l They are ready to till the fields
to build roads and to be the broLhors OF the
people here, and therefore the people OF the
South may be the means OF turning them from
nfdelity 10 Christianity as he had been. AL
though pagans in regard to religion, they were
ducile, obeIIent and affecnonate, and would do
anything for those VII we're kind to them. II
they were only talked to kindly they were never
tired OF doing something tor '.msssa," as they
called him. In rep'y to euudry questions, Eye
replied that although not so strong as the
white people, they could do great deal Of
work. He warned the people OF the South in
regard to bringing the Chinese here indlscrim-
inaley, and when this was done in the West
Indies nothing but misery had followed.
Agents had sent them Dy The Wholesale, the
good and the bad, the Industrious, the law
and the worthless. IF they wanted to get g 'od
hands they must 20 into the interior OF the
country, and especially evoid the town rats, :"
who were to ba found in the cities. These
town "a 8" left the country on speculation to
see foreign countries, and would not work when
they got here.
Barbers shoemakers aud tailors were not
wanted, and they must steer clear OF specula-
tors, as they only worked for percentage. He
commended that the Chinese were generally
faithful to their contracts, and few Of the labor
mo- a
ury like ch ,mpagne in this country. Their
food as principally rice, salt fish and vege-
tables, which they raised themselves. He
thought if they wanted good Cinnamon
brought to the South, tuey ought to send some
good t. .usty man 10 China, who would go two
OF three hundred miles into the interior, and
pick out field hands and he felt sure nineteen
generally made contracts for about five years,
and the best place tv get them from
was the southern part Of China, in the
provinces OF Canton and Amoor. Ii any OF
them brought their wives with them, they
would also " rk in the feld:, for 1t was only
in the cities that women had small feet
[Lsughter.I He went on TO remark that field
iaborers were about the middle Size, and
worked best under Chinese overseer, with
white superintendent. Their pay was about
$15 per month. while the overse 1rgot $40 or
S25. They were wiling to do anything, and
we're not trescheIous or vicious. Very few
we're fond Of liquors, and they don't like
whlskey. he only knew one who liked whiskev,
and he opIy took one drink every Sunday.
[Lsughter.] They get along with the white
people very well, bat when brought into con.
tact with the negroes they sometimes fight,
and the negroes beng stronger get the better
OF them. He said they were we'll acquainted
with all kinds of farm work, and would soon
learn to do any kind Of work on cotton plan
fat, fhavU
tried to do what they we're told, beside beng
docile and qulet. he hoped that those present
would put no faith in speculators who traded
IN Chinese to make money only, and then re-
tired amid applause.
BE was followed by Koopmanschaap, del
esate from California, who also addressed the
convention.
EXPERIENCE OF SOUTH cARoLIN1AN WITH
CHINESE LABOR.
General Forrest read communication from
NJ. W. Gibson, native Of South Carolina, who
had lived tor several years in the Sandwich
Islands, but who now resides in New Orleans.
He is commissioned by the King Of the Sand
wlch Islands to proceed to Asia and procure
colonists for the lslands. In speaking OF these
Chinese laborers, Mr.. Gibson, who has had op-
portunities to judge, remarks.
have employed them to plant sugar, co.
ton and rice; also to herd stock, as shepherds,
as shearers, as boatmen carpenters, butchers
cooks and as house servants. 1t is ali lmpor-
tant TO select them i'll China IN reference to
the work required or them. There are strlk-
log differences betw cen races like Hakas and
Punkis as between English and Irish. Some
take readily to the plough and hoe, some have
great aptitude to manage stock. 1hcn you
have the shupkeeping and artisan races. have
had much to do with Japanese, and they are
o very desirable class OF labortrs. ii not quite
30 energetic as Chinese. they are more ducIe.
and would become desirable colouists and
permanent iaborers. We have imported the
cuules into the islands at cost OF S70 and
contracted with them for Two years at $4 per
month, with board. lodging and medical atten.
d ,nce free. Icoud now import them at much
less c)st. I think 1 could deliver coolies IN
San Frauclsco for $50 head; aud l have been
talking With Pacific Railroad agents who think
they will he enabled to issue emigi ant tickets
for s75 II shipped round the Horn. cooiies
could be delivered at le-s cost than by over
lund, but it would be much moro desirable to
pay o lillle mure aud avoid The long roy Lge.
However, yun would nave TO consider the pns.
sbility Of dpsertiUn by the overland route.
At the lmu Time, Unjust say that all Chlpcss
nave empo,;d stick faithfully to ther con
traces. Yju can work fabulous results with
Chipese lmmlgrutiom. Tho n.ghty reservoir
If Labor ls reI,il to low lnro jour iich lln,!s.
n2rJnr OF THE COMMITTEE on CHINESE LABOR.