The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-07-16

tho peo pie of .he, North, exoept,a few
fanatics, care nothing for the ieQlored
man oxcopt as a., horse by which to
ride iu1to power, Just so the China,
man In California. is deemed brute,
and even the ytlest Of the whito race
will n9t associate with him. This
oonditi9n Of affairs is caused partly
by the natural antagonism of races,
but there is another powerful motive
tho olashing of interests. The
Chinamnn is thrifty individual.
Reared in o denAely populated coun
try, where. even the water is cnoroach-
Cd upon for habitatiohs, he is frugal
AMI i'm: ,:ustrious, readily adopt Z
himself to circqmstaLovs. He thus
oec"mes formidable competitor to
the l"Iorer and the artisan, Whj..
IN A.nrrcan or Irishman in C,Iir +
MIA dcmauds $40 month AID beard
for his Labor, q Chinaman will feed
himself aud work for S25 II month,
lie is also more +, Liable, and oricrsy
This Causes him to bs sought after fur
all occupations. in which he can be of
service. Potato digging, ah impor:"
tapt branch Of Labor is left almost cu-
'ircly to him, and as a vinicNltnrist
aud laundry man lie succeeds we'll
ns "lSo practically mon"poliz,s Cigar
making ir California. 1t has b, On CO.
timated that for every 1000 cigars
msndfsc,ttnfpd by white labor, i,5oo,.
600 are made by the Chinese. This
great disparity may partly be es-
planned by tie fac. asserted that while
the white man es i, knife to finish
tho tip Of a cigar, the: chinsman uses
his teeth, and can thus accomplish
more in given timc.
There are a great n&mter of Chi.
nese on the Pacific Coast,-5O 900 in
1870, aud the number is daily increas.
ing. so that they affect labor serious
ly. For several years past the legis
laturcs have endeavored to check i'm.
migration, aud no candidate can get
within gunshot OF the State house
without clearly defining his position
Oh this question. The first blow struck
was tho prohibition of female immi-
grafton, 50 that there arg, only about
two thousand Ghinesc wemen on the
Pacific slope. But Sam koe aud Ah
Sin and Hung Wo bought and stole
and swapped wives, Or else bore cell
bacy with fortitude-and still thcy
came. N,utling could keep them
from the almighty acllar.
Latterly, tho board of Supervisors
Of San Francisco have passed more
oppressive laws, aimed directly
against JJhn Chinaman's religion.
Firmly implanted in his breast is the
idea that when he dies he must 60 to
China. That Is, bis bones must be
returned to the spot which gave him
birth. Heretofore, every year ship
loads of remains ! AVE been parricd
back to the land of flowers. But this
custom will no longer continue
Ships will not be suffered to leave
San Francisco with any such cargoes
on board. For the first time in three
thousand year g, "colestial" dust must
mingle with barbarian earth. 1t is
also religious edict that no China man
who hos lost his queue shall return
home. This hirsute oppondago is not
msRls an ogna pient' i is tho passport
to the Chinese Heaven. And now the
hateful "Mellicap man declares that
evory celestial fclon shall have his
head shaved. His queue gohc,, he is
a wanderer and a >vagabond upon the
face of tho earth.
Another Regulation wau enforced
which might we'll be adopted in eve.
city. Every person must have 500 cubic
feet of air in his bedroom-equivalent
to room ten feet long, six wide, and
eight loag. This is II, moderate
amount, but is far more than China.
man requiros. Two years ago thore
was q house in one of the disretuta:
bio streets of San Francisco, contain
ing 6fty rooms, and in each room
slept twenty Chinamen. Twelve hum
drod Chinese, in place scarcely
large. enough for hundred white
mcn ! This is
"Coming it strong.
| Yet I state but the facts"
+ Besides these official acts, tho Chi.
nose are subjected to every oonceiva.
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