Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07


Granting that you can control ,b...
Legislators, what would yeu re onablr ~
pect from then?" eA'
wen, some want to see the Chin.
banished, their immigration restricreG
don't, because | think we can do H..
with them hope some day to be an WI ,,e'
ployer myself and ! think they wonI5 ~
me. SO with a hundred men here VIII, ~" ~
not mean to be hirelings all their lifetirs'
These Chinese are machines. We donit
want to see our steam machinery banishea
for It secures employment now for 500
where half a dozen could not find worl X.
fore. 50 with the Chinese; thew viii ra,,N
der possible new enterprises in which W.
all may have q chance, but let me saw =
they are allowed to remain mere macbiIoI
they will do good work for the capitaIs,s
The capitalists will grow richer and tbs
working-man poorer and you can imaoipo
whether that is the spirit of our ipstitr
tons, l would like to legislats SO w
make the coolie perfectly free, as we are IN
the matter of contracts.
"And then?'
swell, he is quick learner, and win
soon know our language; the first result nj
that will be that he will understand IL
rights and demand them, and be as obstin
ate as We are said TO be. 1t is his sure fta
that he will become member Of a tra5ss
union, and that he will unite with rs in
fighting men like Sampson and his crowd .
"a Chinese Crispin, in wordg
"a Chinese Crispin. And then what
does Mr. SIMPSONS great victory come to-
An OUTLAY Of thousands of dollars to nav
their passage here, the cost OF traiping
them, and the satisfaction of knowing hsf
III have gone right over tc the enemy's
camp 1t viii not be new experience WITH
Mr. Sampson"
"How SOP"
'He has already tried three or four ~.
tionalities with exactly this success. He
brought on lot Of fellows from Canada
here, who are the worst Crispins in this
town now, these French Canadians. He
brought on gang from North Brookfeld
Mass. Where are they now? Where the
woodbine twineth. Do you think these
Chinese are 90 ng to be bamboo2led?
don't. Sampson has the laugh now. How
long he can keep it time will tell
rs this true about the inexcuSable in.
terftrence with Mr.. Simpsons business of
which he complaints
"Well perhaps exaggerated. | suppose
the Crispins demanded the right of choos.
ing their own companions, and Of electing
their own foreman. That Is the privilege
OF every union shop in the land, As to
their asking for his books, it was simple
thing. He asked them to submit to re.
duction of price. They inquired Why?
Because of the badness of the times, and
the lowness OF prices. They said: This
does not agree with our information; We
viii take your books as our authorities II
they support your statement we will con-
slider your proposition. At the same time
! may admit that our unions and lodges
are occasionally arbitrary. Perhaps il
would be well TO have arbitrator, be.
tween us on the one side and capital on the
other"
after all, then you do not fear this new
invasion very much ?"
81 do not | would were it not that this
influx most be slow, for the manufacturers
will Only take the pick, and they will find
that we can manipulate few Just as raadi'
ly as they can"
''J)0 you suppose the Whole quarrel VIII
in the end be adjusted on the principe Of
right and wrong?"
'It must come to that in the end. Be-
fore it does we will have trouble, and III.
less this Chinese difficulty is settled at
once there is bad time in store 1t can
be settled easily by showing the employers
that they have nothing to gain by employ
ing Chinese and directing their immlgra'
ton here. The Chinese will never come
here unaided; his passage must be pad
he must be supported on the way eitherby
a slave driver or by a capitalist. Place the
Chinese on the same level with us, andyou
take away the motive of the crime.