The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-06-24

The Chinese Question.
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Sooner os later Il must " met An Of
she questions Of National and Territorial
concern, upon which 90 much time and
hbor arc spent, fade into insigniicancc in
prsscncs OF Ibis. As far ~ they relate ia
the people Ut tho Pacific Coast, the qucs-
tions Of tariff and internal revenue are OF
minor importance. These questions simply
refer 10 tile tr,ent to which our property
sloniL lie taxed. The Chinese problem If
unsolvctl. signifies that We will shortly have
but little property upon which taxes can he
levied. Reconstruction Is an accomplished
fact The reformation of tho civil service
and the question Of Minority Representa-.
sion" are only just beginning TO attract the
attention which their importance demands
while their determination will belong to
the East and in their settlement the West Ut
large will have only u ''s,ill small voice, !"
and Montana mono. The Chinese question
10 only another name for the "brcad and
butter" questionable ono which lies ct the
bottom of oil true craftsmanship which
under tho names of Freedom" 10 acquire
property and Law" to protect II when &C.
quircd, reaches to the end Of all true gov.
eminent, viz: The greatest good to oil, If at.
ta,nsbls, and If not, then 1.-The greatest good
u the greatest number" 1t is useless u en-.
large upon the evil effects Of the heavy emf.
grafton now setting into the Pacific Coast
from China. They are too well known to
require repetition. Chinese labor comes
Grst in tho attitude of a supplicant besccch.
Ing the crumbs Of employment which white
men In their days of prosperity arc willing
to throw away. Through their wonderful
talent for CO operation they in short time
scquirc sufficient means 10 enter into com.
petition with the smaller trades and employ.
ments carried on by white men, and speedily
annihilutc them. Next the small marufac.
turcs arc monopolizcd Ivy them. With NC
cumulatcd capital, acquired through co.
operation. they next enter the mines and in
sthort time again tho most valuable placers
and water rights pass into their hands. At
every move they make they displsce Ger.
tain number Of white laporcrs or small CAPT.
talists. With the increase of numbers tho
small trade which they at first carry on
with white trndesmen and merchants ceases
With goods imported direct from China
their merchants supply their coun;rymcn
with oil tho neccssaries of life, and they be.
conc class living by Themselves com.
munity of aliens or pagans, living in the
midst OF community Of natives and Chris.
tisns-having no. connection with the out.
side world except to drain it ofits resources
until It blceds at every pore. Unfit TO be
citizens, they contribute no.hin: eithar to
tho wealth Or knowledge Of our people.
In California tho white laborcr today
goes without bread, not because there il not
y demand for his labor, hut because Le
SRRs~Aas xitA AL Rsaalale aeapepy ssa!I !y up.
The small property holders arc now begin.
ming to feel severely the effects of their
composition. With the financial ruin OF
the small traders and property holders, tho
country becomes resolved into TIVE classes:
1st. The large capitalist whose soul lies in
bis money, and VITO, from tic power his
u'oucy gives, inevitably becomes corrup
ter Of politics and mors!a And I'd, the com.
mon day laborcr in nm overs:ockcd labor mar
ket, living from hand to mouth, tho prey
on the one hand to tho exactiens, corrup.
lions and expressions of wealth. and on tho
other to his own n,sddcned passions, cngcn.
dcrcd by want. We see this illustrated In
the lawlcss mobs which have sought TO
wrcak their vengeance upon inoftcnsivc
Cinnamon ty harbari,ics which disgrace
civiliza.ion-and again in tho recent whole.
sale but pitiful bribery by which . railroad
company bribed tbs laboring men Of San
francisco to vote for swindlins tax upon
the property Of that city, with tho promise
that the funds 90 raised should only 20 for
the employment Of white labor: The main
support of I'll governments and above all Of |
. Republican Government, lies In sustain. I
Ing and charging the class of small prop. |
crty holders OF those who on the ono hand |
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and ,nonopolizing tcndcn.
cics Of large and concentrated capital, and |
on the other tho anarchy and mob law
which tho pressure Of want upon tho poorer
classes 10 sure to produce. Destroy tho I
middle class and the Republic dies cithcr
through corruption or anarchy. A mining
from Ito lack of varied indus.
Try, affords .: best but comparatively few
facilities for farming or sustaining large
class of this kind, but on tho Pacific Cea,t
It 10 painfully apparent that the
sise 10 rapidly di'ninishing from year tosI
gear. The result u solely due 70 CLlncss /
inmigrasion, which BY deprcc;siing thal
value Of white labor has forced the whieAl
labor 70 b contest with bass Subsistence
|astsad Of being . = the rass, heavy 60. |.
The QUESTION y frequsatly asked Ia ~
East: "How = Il possible Tor Chinese h. i
Dor to como Into sach ruinous competition
With white labor. win not the law 81 sup
ply ard demand. regulate the question Of
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