Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-24
"hoopmansehap d 60 :,

The good people who have really entertained
tie fear that we are 10 be ruined by Chinese
cheap IsIoT,' viii be relieved by the statistics
e. forth In an article by Julius y Palmer. ir
in the Boston Transcript. Mr.. Palmer seems 70
have been concerned with KoopmanschaD in
tie CliEe-- importation business. and il a5Ie to
sUYIl, some curious Information upon the sub
Jet. T. ears that the common idea tina. Koop-
msIs,haU IS Chlnsmsn is a mistake, to begin
willie g. Jolly little DutcLman. In the
nest Ila,5, kC0PmalscLap has not the least
Interest la the wages. labor, or persons of a
s-Gals Chinese in the world. The current in
preston IS that he is pecunisEiiy Interested
ia every dollars worth Of labor produced
~ the f..,'5en CbIase. lie simply engage,
these men iu China or san Francisco a. a
broker fer thee wLD need their labor. lie
C,aIr = vessels and makes arrangements with
tIc Par.E. railroad for thrIE transportation by
Which l- takes them 10 ;Ee.r employers, chang
J. : tie later, say s.Nsy dollars apiece, aui
paying Gas himself. lie thus makes ten Dbl
lars apiece g. q Common cggTier, ju-t Is the
agents cor bringing European emigTal,s 20 this
country 90 Jl5m. The only difference Is
that tie Cinnamon come on tie contract
system. Which means simply thai being tirIid in
Their nature. they Ike 10 have their WORK eu-
ga-Cl tefrre they leave Hong Kong or San
under the contract system. II seems that their
employ ers, after going TO the expense or paving
their tran p7ItatLJn, have really no hold. on
them. They can break their contract and
engage tlgiI services to others. and their
CuIt0ytf Who pail their fare from China
OF san Francisco, have no redress. THIS
tact has operated greatly 10 retard the
disposition amongst manufacturers and
other employers 10 experiment with Chinese
labor. For every hundred men wanted it Is re-
CUi-.te g deposit =, ECO OF $1,000 down in some
bank. subject to the draft Ct x. * Co.. Oh de-
livery Of the employees. This l. a heavy sum to
TisA, without security that they shall be able %
keep the CLraneH an hour after getting them,
and the consequences has been that after
making e. Iuries the employers have usually
declined o. put NJ the money. For similar
reason here has been failure II procure the
desired 'ltuese labor Or domestic service. A
house hc.rer. ''F5stgred to death with Biilr
and llaH, may l0pk with longing ewes Tor 4
tcciie- ues--HaU,ied, iulI>-riJU, Cuinaman -
take ttsir places; bur here the obstruction is
from IL other quarter. Tie tiInid Cinnamon
viii Ict eln' Sr--e sEsly, though they are quite
willing @, come IN colonies. TIE only way %
secure t-.- class Of labor i to pay them we'll.
treat them vel, and I.us up capital H5arafly.o
iLLuce t.sn % come. Then asjer several colo
lIes are dgu.cilud here il may be DJ>,i ole in
The course ct years 10 secure the much cogeteI
domestic relief.
Tie ,-st aGvices from san francisco rsport
nothing coin. IN eiriETating % the east, and
further, tstt tie InHuN Of the Monaghan race
into ia lttrrta is On the decline The Chinese
cCmYgri,s which have been bitterly attacked
~ The ''au,i-cOOIy' Jem8 ,o.ues are in reality
their t,-t allies. They are nothing m)re nor
les tsan mutual Insurance sJcietles. su.raa-
6ciEg u, IlCers against loss Dy bal d21ts. neg
ieCt III siC!I.ssS, suffering from lack of employ
meIt. an burial on foreign shore. Now
What :ner must pay damages for, they are very
EkClE - make the attempt 70 prevent. Conss-
.uentiy, iof year past, the Chinese companies
have been discOuraging imm grafton. Thsv
Rave IN authority in the matter, but they have
dome 60 cut u regard Tor the prosperity OF
their lTeseE members.
Thus, tie great national problem" sinks
rto neIi.'d iESigniicance, AMI some schoolbov
o, The future. who reads the clever parody
W ?" iHs Father hooPmauscaap, three hmm.
c. 90 "a, ~ All c.Crs.''
VII 't>r 'z grandI athsr OF the h!> DIV o. that
gentleman Win the pagan name.y
g Large bodies move slowly, used to be a copy
a. ;he Eead OF the page in one OF our writing
books, AM TO this the emigration from China
VIII be 10 exception. IL it ever becomes at all
general, it must be the work OF centuries His
Tory migAt be literally quoted to prove that
such movements start moderately, and increase
IA importance only as the supply falls short OF
tie demand.