, 1870-06-20

makers at Their Rcnches-Eeo1s
They Lcorn-Naa. Thcy Cost.
Asrth Aeams, Mass, tJane 49, Correspondence C.
the Ne1r iork Tribune
1nefe arc many REASONS 8hv the experi
mcut Just begun, Of the introduction OF CHI
| nese labor into the shoe elops OF Alassachu.
sets. is especially interesting. It is the dcu.
rerate resort OF the manufacturers against
the growing and unbearable c1ac,ions Of The
hnlS4ts 81 81. Cnspin-the most formidable
chusetts or New England, and the strongest
IN the country except the coal miners of Penn
syirania- It is serious check, if nat check
mate, to the hopes of that order, which had
begun to count on having entire control OF the
shoe trade of the country. Il brings face to
day. and labor wholly content with 10 cents q
day and bunk in ba1rack. And, moreover.
it is the first real attempt to bring tie over.
flowing population OF China INTO contact with
american civilization in it's best form. The
Cmnsee 4re m C.!fo1niA under protest; they
ence; they are pelted in this streets; they are
6e1nnE1lizcd by prostitution; they are con-
dcnaned without a hearing. Il New ENGLAND
u is = aif. sioE, hearty hand-Hasp il glren
them, the children run to teach them to Rad
English, the Sunday School teachers prepare
be welcomed as voters in the town
meeting tomorrow. Jean and Pierre.
and Patrick and Bridget look At them
froMning,y, and declare that thei, coming win
be the min q place which has stood one
slze Iankoe Is quite willing to put his ciyiliza-
tiun to the test OF assimlating them, and Is
quite cure that kind treatment on the basis OF
perfect equality will have with Ah Ny yery.
different result from any that has been devei-
oped on the Pacific coast
An inspection Of the cheerful little colony
just established in the factory Of BIr Calvin
T. Sampson certainly produces different i'm
preston from that received by accounts from
CalifoEnia or China itself. The quarters pro
Tided for tho Strangers are filed with young
which seems to have no syllables, al smiling
in a supefabundance of good spirits and
good nnture, and Ill neat ~ wax. Il
seems impossible that these can be the class
Who built the Pacinc Railroad, slender md
Light as they are, with faces sparkling will, in
telhgence. and hands smaller and more deli
cate than those Of .hc average Of American
women. And, indeed, they are not fair ave-
rngo of Chinese laborers; for Mr.. Chase CAIr.
Simpsons agent) obtained picked men from
company Of ,000, selected especially for their
qu'eknese and adaptation to q business reauir-
and agreeable impression to New Highlander
10 see party Of emigr1uts, freshly arrived On
American soil, employing their first DAYS Of
rest, not IN smoking and drinking, not in quar-
reling or sleeping, but IN reading diligently
diaries in blank books tber hare brnmrt5
for The pnrnos-' IN e,nfr;nt1 ,,;tt1s viIe H.
with Their uationsl -do;,r
machine OF beads on wires. and in Ies1n;nr to
read and speak English with an eagerness H.
most painful in its intensity Of application.
Remind Berkshire man that these are Pa
7s m sgn.aosa asoa $; sh
ideae, and he points Won triumphantly Tn Mr.
Al Sing, the leader Of this companr' vI,o %
after eight years in California, wears the gar.
speaks, reads aud writas Enp,isb il co,,rteon1, 49,,
and dixnifed in manner. and be1onrs ~ ~ tho
Methniiat Church. The No,t1, A5sms .,h;'
losopher is entirely cnn6dent ~ hr,Rnr ~,
every one Of these stsanrern mn to Air X
Sings standard. in ,nuch less t,,s = a;nht 800.
rnd thst once acconn1ished IiII " ',,.,;tas
ready to take lheu mn liz cS,-s ~ ~ r. auas tss
parlor. A'1' >1A'1 III ~ An'o nls
mi nf eonrsa Aha f;ro+ ,--.,+ ,.u.;
answered il regard to these Tnan n y not . ~ 70
er tl.ey viii become chr;st;.ns a ~. aaEa "us.u,
cit1zena Int Thether thse e.n ,aa ano AeIean " @
The way. 70 be- taught fhey rn5,at hara ~
structors, and thn Cf;sn;na d;ract +i,a;r A'9 "
attack aenir,st this nn;nt 1890 .e nnuie
and bribe away the Eboc1n aIars rho 20 oo tash1en
TO teac1l, and threatening Ii sorts Of mesan5as
againstithem. But there are men Of nlnrEand
.skNAsASSo Ctt%A6u III naaEAt3IS1cCttr,
IN tie shoemakang trade, to resist these meth
oGa o. persuasion. and think Mr. Simpson
VIII oe able TO 1nduce them to stay with him.
Inen Il Is not easy to teach an apprentice 30
e!apofaie and NICE an operation as bottominY
ehoe, Wien by bis ignorance OF the language
nc becomes as inaccessible By Words al II he
were deaf and dumb. Everything must be
cone by example, nothing by pre-
ccpt;, the simplest: question can
not be understood, the bTiefest e1pIa-
verbally apt at imitation. viii esrerneae a. N
Learn on ono side anf1 1,of3nnra n tssch,,.sS ~
the other, even this Obstacle dim;nisnca mn.
ed body of Frrnch1oa, - Hno nas init.act
they could speak an Fnrt1s} sentnnne .ni.t uJe ~
SEQ them captured eFen more on;cE1v Nv tta
Crispin Or1cr, need not shrink at The task ~
educating Cinnamon. As to tho natural f,c;].
ity Of the new hands, therc can 10 no question
whatever. They are deft Of motion and keen
Of ngLt to besin with They are not annalled
BY the intricaciee Of machinery. They is.rn
elowly enough never to forget What llley hara
7nce acquired. They a1e ready in CORRECTING |
once pointed out As write. the (
itst learners have been engaged but few |
LOUIS; il being thought cxpedient, with the /
United force OF instructors at Mr., SIMPSONS |
to teach but few
It a time. and let the rest gather from them
more gradually what they have gained.
But already one has undertaken that most ial-
cate and 3iff;c1lt ~ rnachires, thc nen,vin7
MACHINE ~, o,,n-.+or ~ rrh;cL y vaw e.n3
an to1.n,. ~ -. ...os y. ~ = 90 ,nsr
'elous pro.ress sin n coHtroI,;nr its deT;nns and