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

C0OLM ALIAS CHEAP LABOR.
We have repeatedly warned working
men, in our columns, of the insidioas char
acter Of this Coolie importation and
the significance which should be attached
to the movement a. bearing upon the great
labor question. The Coolie question is
rapidly vending its way to public favor.
IL is useless for workingInen to shut their
eyes to knowledge Of this Important fact,
aud the part it will play in the building up
Of the new American arlstocracy Of capital
in the flesh and blood Of workingmen and
women. The bloody drama which follow
81 the exit Of African slavery, is but drop
in the bucket compared with the contest
which the "Coolie system is sure to in
augurate. We are aware that this declara-
ton will sound strange. To the surface
thinker it may look more like the ravinv
Of = mailman than of sober reality. But
we call upon labor men and women to look
at the facts which We shall present them,
and to weigh them Aml, before they SHAH
pronounce their judgment against the
opinion here expressed. Be it borne in
mind, we are not arguing the political dog
ma of party for power and place, nor are
we desirous to excite any more intensely
the bitter hatred ~ workingmen against
the " Cooie" We are fully aware that
this feeling is already at fever heat, and
We do not desire to see the contagion
spread. But onr purpose is, to meet the
question fairly at the outset. Thus to
arrest the wrong and outrage which will
otherwise follow What then we inquire,
is the dnim,ts, the real design, or proPelling
power which calls so loudly for cheap labor,
and prociaims the failure Of the African,
the Irishman, the German, and indeed Of the
whole Anglo Saxon race to meet the exces-
sive labor demands of our high civilization,
yet at the same breath has hymns Of praise
for the advent Of the Mongolian. In other
words, why is it that we hear 50 much said
about the pressing demand for more and
cheaper labor We Answer-lt Il the lust
OF gain, fed and sustained by millions upon
millions Of national, State, Cities, towns,
and other corporate stocks and bonds
backed by two hundred millions Of acres q
wild lands donated to soulless railroad and
banking corporations These headed by
Jay Cook, T. s. Grant and Company, have
demands or charges upon labor, through
these paper representatives, without return
of more than two billions Of dollars pei
year, and this demand can easily, without
any additional Legislation, be increased
tenfold How then can the present labOl
force, meet this pressing, ever-mcreasins
demand Of corporate capital We answer
it cannot. The only mode to supply thu
corYnoIant demand for cheap labor, is tn,
importation Of these Coolies And thi
| uUfng.
The subsidy granted To sustain steam
navigation from the Pacific coast to Asia
and pay 1t oct Of labor by national taxation
is robbery, has Just this significance moth
ing more, nothing less. But here we shall
probably b. called upon for proof. No
that the fact Of the creation Of thes
untold millions Of bonds and stocks, no
the donation Of the millions of acres Q
land, OF Of the subsidyto the Pacific Steam
Navigation company, or Of the rapid impor
tations of the "Coolie will be denied
But the Gnimts or motive power, the de
sign, which We have ascribed to these move
ments, are what will be called IN question
But be not hasty, you shall have proof t.
your hearts content We will not prolnis,
it al this week, but will make a commence
ment with the New York Times At it
head was Mr.. Raymond, one Of the ables
opponents Of this cheap labor system. On
the l4th of July, 1868, Mr. Raymond said
The southern planters protiting by fre'
labor, have discovered that more money car
be made out Of freedman's labor, than from
that of a slaves We are glad to hear it, In
the old days Of slavery We always told tn,
Southern people this was the case"
Again-On the 2lst Of July, 1869, speak
ing Of the advent Of the great AsiatiC
slave-dealer, Mr. COMPROMISING, tn,
Times says
'It was only few weeks ago that tn,
name of KOOpmAnschAp was unknown to fame
Suddenly it has emerged from the obscuritS
with which the appelation Of ordinary NOR
tails are surrounded, and OCCUPIES A
LOFTY NICHE WITHIN THE NATION s
FAME. Everybody Is asking who is Koop
manchap, Fortunately he has arrived in the
city Just in time TO answer for himself, TIN,
question as propounded to him by our report
er yesterday"
Well, what was the answer to this won.
derful question to the slsvetraderl
" 1t is the importation n these Goodies .
in the past and the PROPOSED Transportation
Immediately, of hundreds Of thousands more
to supply the demand for labor everywhere
and in every industrial department, and es
pecially to cultivate the neglected plantation.
of the south, that have made the name Of
KoOpmanschap famous in the land
The wooden factory Of
Lazar6eres, in San Francisco, employs 300
Cinnamon, who make splendid hands, although
they were entirely ignorant Of the business
when first employed by that firm. This wa.
! INC years A&Os Wneh the IriSn nAnds refused
70 work more than eight hours - day. The
fnn immediately discharged them and EN-.
ployed the " Coolies, paying the latter for
ten hours labor day, only 81 90 per diem,
on an average, while to the Irish laborers,
they had paid on nm average, g. 90 per diem,
or from $50 TO 500. per month.
:" Mr. koopmanschap says that he does no,
bring over Chinese women. They are sure to
follow wherever the men 60. The Cinnamon
will import them for themselves
The Cincinnati Commercial, another
noted advocate Of cheap labor, sings pean,
Of praise to the cheap millennium which il
to mark the advent of John Cinnamon.
1t says:
"Weavers of cotton and silk, can be had in
China for two or three dollars month, and
skilled artizans receive from five to eight