Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07
NAE CHINESE QUESTION.
A Reporter Interviews the Shoe.
makers-WLat tAey say.
From the New York World.
Are vcu oornered now ?"

care you comered nowT
III locks like it; but after all seyenty-fve
Chinese make but drop, and a strong, in
fuential organization OF American working
men, who will have the support of every
working vote in the Upion, is not likely to
be checked efiectually and forever by Calvin
T. Sampson, smart as he is, and backed by
his money and his friends.
'Do you undervalue, then, this move Of
hisY
"By no means; as I understand it, it is
by far tue most important step which cap
ital has taken here to parpetuate its
tyranny. 1t is, in fact, the only way in
which it can meet our organizations .
"Do you suppose it will successfully
cope with you?"
''As | said, it looks like it; but we have
many resources, and | can assure you Meth
er our friends nor ourselves are likely to
sleep while the movement is in progress
tn is but the thin edge of the wedge
We all see that II we do not prevent its
ingress at once the whole fabric of our la
Dor system will split into pieces We have
now rs Chinese here; year hence we viii
have 000 two years hence we will have
5000 IN five years gangs OF them Will be
as plenty in each little machine shop as
small engines are common now They will
not be confined to making shoes and ham
mering iron. They viii take the place Of
Gretchen and Irish Molly in the kitchen,
they will Gust Sam from the dining-room,
they will occupy every position in domestic
service or in ordinary manufactures. BY
-, Sill, the workingmen of this country
are going to stop this movement, II they
cannot divert it to their own advantage"
Surely you don't mean to imply that
violence will be used
You are right in doubling that to be my
meaning. No sir. We are working for
success and liberty, not for revenge in our
trade operations We are keen enough
here to know Il . every act of violence will
injure our cause. We shan't blow up Mr..
Simpsons shoe shop, or shoot Mr. Chase.
have no doubt they are pretty d1gged
fellows, and not over satisfied that up to
this we have forced some liberty from them;
but if their shop was in ruins, and II they
adorned its door-post, would that stop
this Mongol rush which is now tiding
hither? No, sir; not one bit. Two or
three fellows were foolish enough to yell
and shrek when they landed the other day,
and or two were violent and got locked up
for it, and deserved it. All that showed
that the majority OF us did not see our way
out of this COMPOUNDED mesh, and that we
Mr.. Simpsons victory.
Then there were some rash chaps at Troy
wto threatened to mash the coolies but
much worse, | repeat, FOR us. Anyway,
would it have prevented Mr.. Chase or, If
Mr. Chase was shot, Mr.. Sampson, spend
ing another IS, 900 to bring out an addi-
tional ,band2 Mr., Broadhead may be the
man for Sheffield, but we fight different
fight here"
"What is that"
"The fight Of intelligent voters in free
country where the ballot-box is omnipo-
tent.
How viii YOU fight it out on this line
Of legislation?
OF various political parties. l am Repub-
lican myself, and so are most OF my fellows
in this section. But, nevertheless, as work.
ingmen, we hold the balance of power if
we unite on any one point. Now are we
likely to vote the Republican ticket here if
the party wishes to drive us to exile by
putting Chinese in our places? | was
bred, born and raised within sight of that
old hill there, and am not going to be
pat off here by these machines intelligent
as you say they ale and skillful as they
promise to be. No, sir, / talk coolly on
this point, but feel strongly on it, and say
that the politicians must protect US, sir, as
well as the manufacturers. When ] say
this only say what every one around me
vino is not Az employer says daily
Has legislative interference ever regU.
lated what is properly subject to the laws
Of supply and demand2 Would it be the
interest or the right of the State to inter-
fere in such case;'
"Let me tell you, sir that the State is
not so mighty scrppul)us about the limits
OF its powers and OF Us rights. 1t won't,
either, in this case, where Ii has to select
between its own children and people and
the MonColians Besides what it is asked
to do is no, much. 1t may object to re-
strict this immigration, but it can declare
illegal these forced contracts, thi, coolie
system, this new slavery. Put the China
man on q level with us-let him enter into
free competition with US, if you will; but
We do not want to see him receiving one
halt what 9 white man receives. We do
not want to see him bound by an agree
meat which won't be tolerated II the case
OF an Irish or German emigraut."
"What DO you al.ude to?'
GAS l understand it, there is . law rem
dering null and void those bargains which
il was the custom for people TO make on
board ships before they reached Sandy
Hook, in which, not knowing the price Of
labor here, they were not able to protect
and frequently contracted for
j loug period at an altogether inadequate
price Now, this is the case of the Chi
lese. They work for Samf son 4, Chase at
prices which / am sure we could not work
or, ion although they are going to live
well, as you tell me, they have 10 families
10 support here no Injuries to indulge, no
title ezuayagauces o. any kind which are
necessary consequences Oh our stage Of civ
,izsuon is ii not hard tAat t4e State
should have helped to place as where sic
have these artificial wants aud desires, ami