Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-08-16
CHINESE FEMALE SLAVERY

Chlnese female slavery and prostitu-
ton in thisIcity has lately presented
such hideous front, been the subject
OF SO much indignant comment, and
received such active attention on the
part Of the police, that any particulars
of the manner in which the women are
brought here will ,be,of interest. Two
Chinese merchants of responsibility
and influence, who have long been resi-
dents of San Francisco make the fol-
lowing statement: Hip zee Tong and
company, inaugurated the base traffic
here in 1852, in a small unostentatious
way, and as time progressed increased
their facilities, and by each steamer
brought more and more from China and
committed them to a. life of shame,
Most Of the women were kidnapped
and brought thither by force. In 1868
the Six Companies, with leading Chi
nese merchants, succeeded in partially
checking the importation of .wo-
men, and returned many who were
detained here, home, expanding many
thousand dollars in. the good work.
Three years afterwards one Choy Poy
established q restaurant and vile retreat
on Jackson street, between Dupont and
Stockton, and Hip Yee Tong began sbu-
siness again. These two Williams, Poy
and Tong, made a common cause of
the war against the law, and by uniting
their strength created force OF fifty,
then one hundred, and finally three hun
bred fighting men, exclusive of super
intendents, which represents their pow
er in number to-day. These men are
armed and otherwise equipped for war
against Celestials who attempt to- in
terfere with the Legitimate traffic car
ried on in tile dens of infamy, or who
may be otherwise obnoxious,,aAs soon
tas the China steamer arrives, carriages
are sent to the wharf to remove the
females imported to Hip YeeO Tohg's
house, where they are stored, as goods
in warehouses, until the owner or own.
ers comes forward and pays the forty
dollars charges, with the understanding
that in cose Of aidefault the woman will
be sold to pay expenses. It is calculat-
ed that Hip Yee Tong has imported
over six thousand. women to San Fran
scisco and realized about forty thousand
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4 'aaa'd9s oHEcKtNe TRADE. a'ea .eaa
The first practical step~toward abol-
fishing of the infamous eoolie trade was
taken by the supervisors last evening,
in unanimously passing to print an or,
der introduced by Mr.. Goodwin. The
order not only forbids the scandalous
traffic in Chinese females, but also the
maintenance Of any description of ser
vitude among the male Celestials. !, u II
penalties the holding of man or wo-
man to compulsory labor for any money
advanced or debt contracted, either in
this country or any other gloRAAg1g .
The order, if made law, will ruin the
business Of the ehterprising Chinese
companies, who import Monaghan pau.
I pers and make them work out the cost
of their passage hither, maintenance,
etc., John Chinaman is ashrewdE indi.
vidual, and when he finds that lie can
defy the terrible power" of the com
Apanies and work on his own account he
Twill not be slow to avail himself Of the
liberatingT powers of the law. The
first consequence will be that the coolie
Importation viii become a losing opera.
kion and therefore'sdie out in a short
sime.- San Francisco Chronicle, Au-
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