The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-04-21
CHINESE LABOR IN THE EAST.

!. considered "the land of promise" and the Ian
Of gold, where every man by ordinary industr,
could secure ct least a competency, IL not
!. superiority. Of that which is considered tn
"root of all evil. }" 10 now fast becoming place
: to be summed by the laboring classes. Thu
constant tide of immigration which has beer
; pouring into that State from China-the i'm
portation of an inferior race of deprayet
I heathens who were nothing but serfs in th,
land from which they emigrated-has had Z
blghting effect and 10 proving curse to the
people of California.
The time has been when labor in that State
received not only fair but liberal compensa
; ton, and thousands of men from the Eastern
and Western States wended their way to the
golden shores of the Pacific in search Of new
homes aud new fields of labor where they
might hope to repair their shattered fortunes,
The new Eldorado fully met, If it did not ex-
coed, their most sanguine expectations, and a
great, powerful and prosperous commonwealth
was built up by these men on the Pacific coast.
But now the scene has changed. The same
inviting and remunerative fields of labor still
exist. Other branches of industry have been
developed besides the hazardous vocation of
mining, and yet but little il any inducement is
offered for the encouragement OF white labor
to seek the golden State in search Of employ.
ment, Not less than two thousand white men
IN ha ali as CO. al
idle. with not the slightest prospect of obtain
ing employment, and not one of them have
dollar wherewith to obtain even the necessa-
ries of life. That they are not loafers and
vagabonds is amply demonstrated in the ankle
ty evinced by them TO obtain employment ut
any kind Of work, as evidenced by the rush
made to obtain work in grading Ycrba Buena
Park, where regular lottery wss held and
tickets drawn for the chance of procuring em.
ployment even for few days The San Fran.
cisco Call. in referring to this subject. in
connection with the immigration humbug, uses
the following language:
Meanwhile the physical. business conditional In.
duccment % immigrants Ia. thousands Of men out Of
employment IL the Immigration advocates IN
earnest 10 do good 10 others and 90 the State. Why
cannot they set apart portion Of their bread
and leagues Of land for ihea1 honcst. Industrious
men, who only ask 60 bc allowed TO woFk Now il /
thu time 90 their sincerity Set tho unemployed
si work before inviting others 10 come.
California does not stand alone 10 this mat.
ter. Nearly oil the papers throughout the
Eastern and Middle States give the same dole
full account Of general depression in business.
Of ali kinds. and deplore the fact Of thousands
oil white laborers being out Of employment;
and We learn from the Springfield Mas Re
publican that the contractors for the last forty
mica OF the Midland railroad, in tho State oil
New York, have engaged one thousand China.
men, to be imported direct from China, to work
upon the road, and hare agreed TO employ
them for FIVE years at The rate of $40 per
month each aud ralions-tweniy-s days 10
o month. and twelve hours days
work. II is also stated in some Of our cx
changes that o movement ID on foot for The i'm.
,ortation or introduction Of Chinese laborers
nto the city OF New York, the first insiallmeus :
being one thousand Chinese cigar makers, and
his in the face of thousands and tens Of thsus-
lnds of men and women OF our own race u
Ind kindred who are asking and pleading that y
hey be afforded an opportunity Ito cat their '
'read in the sweat Of their brow" They are .
lened the privilege, and the sordid greed Of '
ain Of the possessors Of wealth incites them
o give employment TO thousands OF an inferior a
nd alien race in preference to their own couu. u
rymen. The signs of the times are ominous, y
nd an irrepressible conflict" between labor o
nd capital Is inevitable. The Democratic
arty has ever proven the friend and protector q
the laboring classes, while the Radical party p
the day is controlled by the capitalists and 1
'ulless corporations throughout the country. p
no are robbiug and plundering the Govern. 81
ent of gold, bonds, and public lands, under m
e specious plea Of lite being the age of pro. W
Tess, and under the cloak Of loyalty. Fraud o'
emily proclaiming the ratification of M IN
to the Constitution which places al
ur millions Of negroes on political, if not 10
cial, equality with the white race, bringing no
e black race In direct competition with the VI
bite laborng classes in all fields Of labor, and 10
{ not satisfied with this degradation Of their gu
w countrymen they now propose to pursue 20
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