The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-08-24

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23d Of July, and three following days, in
which manufactures of 'two- wheeled vehi-
cles harness, and mechanical appliances
connected with domestic and real indus
try, horticulture, etc, could exhibit their
goods II was open to competitions from
all parts If the United Kingdom.
The Chinese Question
There are times in the history Of every
nation when new questions ARISE, giving
tone and character to public sentiment,
divide the people in opinion, which,
being expressed, originate parties Such
is the case with the Chinese There are
in the United States eight millions Of men
who make a living by hard work. They
are the producers Of everything that man
kind eat, drink, or wear in the civilized
world NJ article IF staple use or luxury
could please the eye, the ear, the smell,
the taste OF feeling outside Of natures
demand and supply until, in some shape
the raw material passed through the hands
Of that vast multitude of energetic, in
dustrious producers and protectors Of q
nations wealth. They are now compara-
lively happy and in the enjoyment Of work
enough, at reasonable prices, to support
themselves, their wives and children
Such has been their improvement and
prosperity that the inhabitants of the old
world are attracted by our wide prairies,
dense forests, iron mountains, marble
quarries. granite hills, flowing rivers, bub-
bling springs, grassy fields, copper lead,
coal, silver, gold and other mines Of all
kIula knnNn r1naKa aar4h
farm or lots in town where their skill "A
mechanics and agriculturalists may have
an outlet for the useful employment Of
their skill and industry. They are taken
by the hand and welcomed TO this CONT
nent Of hopeful bliss. Germany and
Ireland are pouring in upon US in such
numbers that their own governments are 80
alarmed as to be talking Seriously About
enacting laws to prevent their coming
A4v AL thsse s .tHe Ts rHeH a dE = cH coHntrY
iron ore, cultivate our soil, penetrate the
earth for the precious metals, and populate
our country. They bring with them their
wives and children, who consume what
their men force can produce, and interfere
with none that are here. All such are
welcome to the land. Color is immaterial
None If us are white until after we are
dead, which only takes on marble sur
face for few days until eolored again by
process Of decay. There is an American
instinctiveness to admit al TO the parsdice
Of God. A. found on the continent Of
America and the isles Of the seas. All are
welcome. But lying 9ne month west Of
as is All Empire Of four hundred millions,
whose whole life is inconsistent with our
nation Of equal association. The people
Of that nation forced upon ns fair Ssm-
pie Of their ingenuity IN arts Of war, where
stink pots are used to drive away the
enemy. They themselves serve an MAS
matte matter sufficient to contaminste the
atmospheric a. well as currapt the body
polite. They are the seed Of desease,
from the itch to the smallpox, and are
unfit for improvement in the common scale
Of humanity. They cannot assimilate
with our people, or take part in the pro
gressiveness Of our institutions. They
come among us without families, and take
the place of our laboring men, reducing
them to beggery if they accept the wages
they will take, Or drive them away from
our cities with their families, and thus
vacate our houses, reduce the price of
property. and depopulate the commercial
marts Of our now happy country. They
have ten times our population 70 draw
from with more lsborers in proportion to
ours. In China the lAborers are more
than one to four Of the population, while
ours are one to five. Ours, including all
the civilized nations Of the earth, bring
with them their families, and live with US
as we live with each other. But the Chi
nese come here with their labOring slaves
t. do our work, receive the money, and
send it to China tO help their families "a
virtue in them, but injurious to US. To
Illustrate our position, let us suppose that
We have a city Of 10000 inhabitants.
4 Thirty thousand Of them are men who
labor for the balance, and support their
families. Suppose We could introduce
thirty thousand Chinemen without fAIni-
lies men who would do the work Of our
I laborers then AS = resulting consequence,
our people must 40 away taking with
them, of course, the population dependent
upon them, which would be 100, 600.
! Thus city would be completely depopu-
lated to accommodate the vampires Of
American happiness. The Globe Hotel,
in this city, is said to accommodate z, 500
| Cinnamon. This block 10 more than twelve
times the size Of that hotel Then build
up the block in the same way, and the
whole thirty thousand would be aceommO-
dated on the one block. The balance OF
4 the city would be q waste. Then who
would they work fori Greeley proposes
to make them all voters. Then farewell
TO our liberties The few men Of wealth
would bargain with the mighty chiefs oI
each of the six Chinese eompaAies for tbs
votes Of all Of them, and the people Wh'
own the country, wOuld be . lAughinl
stock for those who govern the State. I
the laboring men Of this city desire th'
continued increase Of Chinese labor, or K,
with them side by side TO the polls thsI
they should vote for Greeley. But if the,
wish TO curb the insane deaire to fore
upon them the Chinese slemrnt, the,
should vote for Grant. Choose ye betweeI
them. FraRcisco Enterprise.
In San Francisco there are twenty-s si
boot and shoe factories and sixteen alippe
! factories. OF these, six boot and sho
factories and fifteen slipper factories ar
, owned by Chinese There are e ,564 pei
sons employed in these factories and ANA
! shoe shops. OF this number I, 400 az
men, 262 women, and 400 boys, and S6
> Chinese. About 9eO, 900 boots, ShoeA, m
: slippers were made during The past twelv
, months, and the cost value of tllese eOOc
: amounted 20 q, 30A 600. h which som
20 per can't. Or $50 0OO, wAs paid for labo