The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-06-16
Chinese Immigration into Ihe VAL
ley of the Lower nissIssfppi.

GHhMeSe MmhMma& m2AuADm hm&D Hme W Ah~
ley Of the Lower mississippi.
The arrival of the first instalment of
Chinese emigrants, TO work on Cotton
plantations in the low-lands of Arkansas
and sugar plantations of Louisiana, has
been announced. The terms on which
they were engaged, are explained as fol-
lows by the Picayune
"They are TO serve for three years for
the consideration of IS per month, in
gold. Their transportation out to Amer
lea is paid by the employer. The cost of
this was e13 per head, or about s63, not
including provisions on the voyage, which
were also furnished by the employers"
The experiment will prove a success;
and will solve the labor problem in the
swamp regions Of the Mississippi Valley,
which are not deemed favorable TO the
settlement of European emigrants. The
Chinese are by nature peculiarly fitted to
withstand the heat and malarious infu-
ences of those sections which would af-
ford them an ample and useful field for
the display of their hardy natures and
their habits of industry.
In debate in Congress the other day,
it was remarked by California member,
that they ''can live upon less food and ac-
''complish more in steady earnest eff
fort than any other people since the
''world began. Father Durable says the
''Chinese foot soldier lives upon one mes-
''sure Of rice per day, while the emper-
''or's horsemen receives two measures of
''small beans for their daily subsistence.
In proof of their energy as race, the
same member referred TO the historical
fact of their taking up one Of their prin-
cipal rivers because of its terribly devas-
tating foundations and dividing it into a
multitude of canals for irrigating and fer
tilizing uses. Their great Wall-thc
self-same Chinese Wall which furnished
our Executive an apt illustration on the
memorable occasion of his Crossing the
Rubicon'-is fifteen hundred miles in
length is from fifteen 10 thirty-six feet
in height; and broad enough to accommo-
date six horsemen riding abreast. 1t Is
built of solid stone and brick and crown.
ed with towers and battlcments. 1t tray.
erscs mountains and rivers. According
10 estimates, the work required 10 build
ii is equal to five thousand such Railroad,
as our people are Boosting Of having con.
structed across the continent. The i'm.
mense undertaking was finished in five
years without any of the modern appli-
ances by which machinery and steam arc
brought TO the aid Of manual labor.
These cases are cited to show the in.
domitable perseverance, ingenuity and
capacity of that remarkable people.
a few years ago, the gates of our PA.
cific possessions were thrown open to them.
In the State Of California alone, within
this period their numbers have reached
$4,000. The stream was the triclle Of a
mere rivulet at first: but it has grown Il
the dimensions of a vast tide yielding lis
annual tribute TO the productive capaci-
ties of the country. And, now, we arc
informed that the Chinese are represent
ed in the kitchen, at the sewing-machine,
in the fields, the factories, the mines, the
shops-indeed, wherever Industry calls
its votaries. Possessing n population Of
four hundred millions, the Chinese En-
pire can send to our cotton regions all the
cheap labor they will require to restore to
this country its rightful supremacy in
the cotton culture. The arrival recorded
by our New Orleans contemporaries is the
first step for the achievement of this desi-
rable end.