The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-10-28
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we puUhsh 10 Gay IN article sent VI y!
friend. The. subject is John" The cou"
sci: Read and reflect" 1t IS evidently
from the pen Vt Mr.. Hs's.cati. editor OF the
Commercial. and 10 the best phase In which
the Chinese problem can be presented. Let
US see what merit it las. 1t comes from .
city where not one person in ouc thousand
l,as ever seen = Chinau,an. There - no
evidence that the writer knows anything OF
them save newspaper reports- The prola-
bilitics are he does not. The earnest, per
sis,cnt, Intensified appeal against the
Chinese las come from the Pacific Coast,
where they IRE known by tho evil they have
done In many years, and are doing; from
tho pens Of men who see the practical re.
suits of Chinese labor. Docs not Mr. Hal.
stead therefore endeavor to mislcad his
readers at the outset, and, - we'll, weaken
his argument and insult his cotenpOrarics,
whose opinions arc certainly worthy OF as
respectful consideration rs his, by applying
coarse cpithcts in the second breath.
lie says the Massachusetts, Cinnamon
have not built joss House, or taken to
rum, opium Of tobacco. No better evidence
Is needed that the Chinese experiment In
North Adams is not vet sufficiently tested
to warrant any conclusion a. to the result,
yet in the face of the directly adverse tes'i'
mony Of years, the writer cites this negative
virtue and smplities it into culogium. Tic
normal condition of . large maj ority OF
80 .s-- z-..s's~ o~.-., "~''"e ~'e''' ~
ten hours per day, Is the supplied intox'ca'
ton produced Ivy whisky and opium. His
attendance at Sabbath School, adoption of
American costume, aims giving. ETC., ETC.,
Is certainly astonishing, and bctrays that
fancy supplied tho absence of fact to tho
editor compelled by the cry for copy" t.
grind out half column leader, FROM 50 in.
sufficient material rs Chinese virtues.
1t is asserted the North Adams shoema.
kers have been driven into cooperative
manufacturing associations by Chinese 10
bor Has The demand increased proper.
,ionatcly to the supply! Ifnot, has MOI the
Chinese labor compelled American work.
men 10 labor for less, suffer from want, or
come in competition with capital. that by
increase of China labor will finally freeze
them out! IL there enough work in the
laundries to employ the former laundresscs
and tho Johns tool f." "" .. ..@.
There 10 no necessity for thcorizing
about Massachusetts. California, to-duy,
has less white citizens than it had thirteen
years ago. Whyr The Chinese are occu.
plying the mines and workshops. They
are the plastic tools of monopoly and self
ish capital. They arc taking the bread
from tho mouths of lsborcrs, artlzans and
working women. 1t is tho middle class of
America that is its vital energy in! peace,
i:e bulwark n war-the great produeGcs
and consuming rEorLE, in whose grasp
abiEes the inherent power Of tho, Republic
Whose requiscd industry has developed
the Contincnt-whosc civilization has built
the schoo! house, tho church and the rail-
road, and dedicated America to enlighton
ment and freedom. Think you, who by self.
ish interests or Misrepresentation Of the re-
suits Of Chinese occupation. favor it, that
they will see tho land overrun, with tho
swarms Of inpoycrishing Asiatics <srr;rg
tho foundations OF American states, the
plucking of tho food from, tho mouths of their
wives and little ones by an imported horde
who have no sentiment In common with
them. and who in no manner compensate
for tho injury they do! We mako the
assertion that in no State or Territory on
the Pacific Coast to-day, esnsthr dominant
party. however much in the minority, pack
the Chinaman on it. back and elect single
officer in single commonwealth, and this
will pcrvade every State - soon
as the question Is rightly understood. We
admire generosity, but it is right to 10 first
just. Charity is ''greatcst Of these" hut it
begins at home. Self preservation 10 the
first Inv Of nations a. of individuals, and
while this We proudly claim rs the land Of
the, free, offering home and freedom to the
1t every land. we are gIatifIsd In
believing false ecntimentalis,n will not
encourage US to welcome an oppr< ss0r. -
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