The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1870-04-13
ELkS, Nevada NI.,rob -

! Baton
Advocate Of the Cd inst:
y ELks, Nevada. March Is, 1870.
$ Dear 1idrocate-In Difference to the .,
c OF the Soath for reliable labor TO till .,
: h'lis OF cotton and cane, we will on1oo,.(
: To give yo@r people an insight into Chine
customs, character and capabilities. as "
hnd them in the Pacific States.
knowing the physical condition of thoS
people you may form a generally core,
estimate of the amount of labor th., -
able to perform. Their food is Fl sb. mr. r,as
pork rice, sprouted mushrooms. n mnciI,
ginous sea-weed, and such vegetables n
only Celestial would eat. This is not tb
diei' you will say, for a strong moscpl;n
'aoorer, 1t Is the diet of ID weak ,ffemin,,
tace-the race that our people desire, to hav,
among them to do the severe labor of colt,
ana cane culture. Their size, you would liz,
! 20 know! Their average height cannot or
ceed feet inches, and their weich,. s,,
i@o pounds Not Brobdignagian. trnIv. bn,
are 'ney not strong and wiry! Accort!ipp tc
my IDEAS OF strength, no. 1t take, tr,,n
| Twelve to sixteen OF them to handle railroad
IRON That SIX whites do very readily and mucb
more quickly. On the whole. they are not
stronger than our home boys of fifteen wears.
Ouf planters can draw their own ,nf,.r.,no.
from these facts. -.
% iar as Gotten picking is alone con
9ei"eu. 'hry are certainly quick enough to
DO FAIR days work. But there is one tbi,o
:" th's connection that should not be oyer
''oAeu' Inc are Inveterate gamblers and
''os 50 'ractabie as is desirable in cotton
p'cNihS Tine. Ii they come to the opiniou
'''"' 'nty wi!l have a gambling frolic when
your heids are withai white, they will ra-
'i'h'ii iiti they give over their orgies. They
gamble and smoke till the sun beg;,s 70
"hileh the eastern horizon. will finish with
one more whit OF their diminutive pines.
then OH to dreamiand till the mantle of nigbt
Is spread er earth. and then-pay again.
There Is firm largely engaged in the i'm
rorta'i"n of these people, whose represcnto.
hons to the people of the South may be true.
ont II they are So tractable and such good
iaoorers as repr' scnted, why do the farmers
OF tins country pay from twenty five to
SIXTY dollars per month for white men. when
John can be had for fittecn! The reason i
obvlous-one white man is equal to four
Cinnamon, and the expenses of tinding nro.
portionately less.
To the disappointment of Butterflies. John
'ihe best country the world ever saw" I'm,
refuses TO ask citi- enship and the ballot
John only comes to America TO earn enouuh
to make him rich at home, and this acouireI
returns TO China.
His advantage TO the country is question.
aoie' From observation. l judge that one
negro spends as much of his earnings per
annum, among the people where he gains
Ills subsistence as twenty Cinnamon would
spend. How much capital has been drawn
from the circulation of the Pacific States can
hardly be estimated. and this money does not
return TO our country as circulating med-
and Knowing this fact, does it not behoove
the people of the South to look closely into
the Chinese question! ~
If We are TO substitute Chinese for our
present labor. we can safely calculate that
four million will hardly suffice These peo
pie will get at least four hundred million
dollars per annum. or one hundred dollars
each. Their penurousness is So thorough
that they will save at least three fourths of
this money. Take onc-half of our estimate.
which is already too low. and we have the
enormous sum OF one hundred and fifty NIL
lions of dollars drawn annually from the cir
culation of the South, to pay for the tea,
silk, paint, paper aud ininiaturc idols of these
heathens. --- ---
Money on the Pacific coast is from two TO
ten per cent per month, simply because.
China absorbs the capital. Can we afford to
have capital at this extreme figure IL our
country, where the farmers get their supplies
on the coming crop! Carpers may
exciaim' "iet the farmers keep out of debt |
and so say we. but las the twi. is bent, 81 |
the tree incline.h." and from time immemol |
rial our planters have been accustomed To |
this mode of business and are rather too we'll |
advanced in tie art of working on other |
peoples capital to abandon the time hon.
Dred custom. .I5. .tE |
Let our people fully consider these facts t
before investing in the experiment of Chi |
nese labor. am fully convinced of the cora
fectness OF the estimate make of these peo-
Pile; OF their habits, ability to perform the |
labor required at the South, and of their |
penurousness. TO conclude, will simply |
that outside of the Radical party, |
aborers. farmers, lawyers, physicians, and |
even humanitarians, combiIe in the effort to |
keep these people with their foul women and |
horrible leprous diseases from our shores. |
6od spare our already afflicted country from |
This crowning msery-Chinaman. ltil d I |
Ever yours, -....-t A. !! |
Albany girls are dangerous things One |
recently asked IN attentive beau when he |
meant TO marry her, and as he hadn't the |
slightest idea ready on the subject, she broke |