The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-05-19
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west.
Chinese labor is not an experiment, because
IN Louisiana it has been sried with great sue
cess, and very much, to the satisfaction OF those
who have procured it. ~, u
It is iraoortant, however, thatz this labor
sbonld be procured from the rural districts,
since the labor brought from the seaport towns
is likely to be very much demoralized, and not
likely to give satisfaction.
5Yfle Chinese laborer has shown himself m
dust:ious, frugal, obedient and attentive TO the
interest Of his employer. He is, by nature
nature mild and pacific. His shrewdness and
wonderful Initiative powers enable him readily
to ACQUIRE the necessary information and to per-
form with facility every kind of farm labor.
Admiral Semmes, who has had opportunity
to:ses these people at home, says in his most
interesting work e Service oat"s--that ethe
Chinaman is born to industry :: :" that "he Is the
cheapest producer on the face of the earth, be
cause his habits are simple. and frugal" Ihe
same distinguished gentleman, speaking of
visit TO an English merchant, residing IN emma,
at;wllose country seat he dined and spent lne re
nighs says: His household was pat.e1In u
neatiless and comfort there was an ar OF clean7
Illness and neatness throughout hlch one rare
lvaversees in q bachelor establishment. Hisser.
yant, we're all Chinese and males. Chihi and
Hn-Chin. and the rest of them ploughed his
fieldi. moved his hay, stabbed his horses, cook
gf his dinners, waited on his guests, washed his
linen made his bed and marked his game OF
billiards. If there had been baby to nurse,
It would have been all the same" We think
that the Chinsman cannot be surpassed, either
as servant or laborer, by any other, whether,
YOU place him in the house, the garden, the
field, the workshop, or on the railroad.
It is gratifying to your Committee to be able
to report, on reliable information that the Chi
nese laborer can be brought into our State at
price within the means of most OF our planters.
Say ut an expense OF not more than one hun
dred and twenty-five dollars per head, the
whole or q greater part Of which would be re-
funded be.tRe laborer. In one instance, when
q number Of Chinese laborers have recently
been brought to New Orleans, the cost per head
was sixty-five dollars, all of which the laborer
contracts to refund from his first earnings.
These people have contracted for FIVE years at
fifty cents per day, and all lost time to be ac-
counted for at the same rate. They work from
sunrise until sunset, allowing one hour for din
ner, and agree to obey, unquestloned, all orders
from the owner or manager. Your Committee
think that it is only necessary to use the SAN
means to introduce the Chinese as Is employed
for the introduction of other foreign laborers.
Money and concert of action will bring them.
And they are needed A vast portion of Dur
lands are lying waste and uncultiyated. We
can give employment to all who may come and
while giving a hear5y welcome to others, we
hope the Convention will not overlook that
source from which an almost inexhanstlble sup
plySof labor may be obtained, and which, per-
Chance, may do as much towards developing the
resources Of our State as any other.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
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