The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-06-28

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ton IN which the cheap living Chinaman,
\ without home OF family, mere bunker
/ IN filthy den, can underworld them The
/ loss to our State from the unemployment
Of boys and girls in several pursuits suited
e their ability and strength is not to be
measured merely in dollars. Thousands
might have been rendered useful who have
been doomed to idleness and exposed to
vicious influences And there was no
economic reasons for their exclusion from
industrial pursuits While some firms
gave a preference to Mongolians. others
Kept white men employed, and the conse-
guence has been that the latter have main
tanned their business uninterrupted, while
the others have had to change their sys-
tens
TIA TREATY WITH CHINA
Five years ago our leading merchants
auJ capitalists assembled at banquet to
\ elcome u our state delegation Of dis
tugushed citizens IF Illinois The great
advantage that would result to the Amerl-
can l Mon from the ratification of the
Burhngame Treaty formed the staple artl
ne ~ laudatIun Of the speeches made OH
that occasion. In that treaty il is provi-
drd that the Chinese shall have access to
our public schools but as the United
States have only few in their Federal
capacity. our local schools would not be
open III them But the Chinese have IN
that cause a concession which IS made by
treaty to no other nation and IT would
look as II the Government Of the nlted
States intended IN good faith, on a grand
scale tu give TIE MonEohaus all the adj
yauta-ys NJ hrst-CAss American eduCa-
uuu Five years have elapsed since the
treaty Was ratified. and the uthcIal returns
du mot show that there has been any mate
rial increase IN Chinese comm rec, or that
the result i IA our favor In 1870, which
presents fair average Of our commercial
intercourse with China. our imports were
Sl4.G3s. 4S7. while our total domestic ex-
ports we're 81. 42l 1913 a balance against
MS Wa the declared entries Of over -, 900,
900 and "a large portion NJ the exports
We make To Chinese ports Is 70 supply the
wants ut foreign commerce 50 that AS re-
CARDS what has been accomplished III IN
grrasug our markets among the Chinese
themselves. We may safely state the ac-
account - follows That We import Sl4,
upu. 600 from China. while hrr trade with
us dawes unt exceed - .OoO, 600 In addition,
Iuuch money Is carried ont ot the country
hy returning Cinnamon, and We pay the
China Mai Steamship Company one mil
H.n NJ dollars annually for carrying on a
portion ot that commerce.
As tu promoting our commerce. the trea-
q, has been sublime failure; AS a means
nt promoting the unity Of civilization, II
has been a fraud We are confined 70 a
few ports IN China, and the slightest step
beyond the limits assigned 70 our people
would result u their death. from the ia
uttical hatred nj the Chinese toward all
I foreigners Ne have made attempts 70 i'm
( prove the %. nal condition IF the Chinese
\ hy lavlshlu. money on missionaries, not
merely tu convert them from paganlsm,
. but To prevent the Wholesale slaughter OF
female children who are put to death te
prevent their toe rapid increase That is
. "a worse CRIME than = practced by the can
uIbals NJ e have endeavored o. improve
the morals Of those who are among Us.
But visit their quarters and YOU will be-
hDld vice In IT'S most hIdeuus aspects ia
mllarzuL our children with scenes that
inspire horror by their Infamous character.
Yet
tn LOVE uF THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR
/ Has induced many families "a employ the
I sleek looking China Toy. ar full grown
man III nv their house servants They
prefer him tu the Irish -1rl who Is blessed
I with having cousins who are ''decent boys
I enough tp come "a see her m the kitchen,
and tu the German (irl who likes t. enjoy
herself occasionally az the entertainments
usual among the children of the father
land Bur such families run a fearful risk
F.. Bridget ami Katrina will set the children
uI y,Il example. they will not be corrupt
er- III their morals. which Is a danger {,
be dreaded from the employment Of male
servants u bedrooms, Pee they Europeans
ur AsiatIc>
The treaty with China has not increased
uur ymmrr.e, and there Is un hope that 4
nIll ever dp ,u largely. IL l. proved C
exert an ujudIclous effect on labor, with
consequences which are only in the begin.
ming of their development.
LET THE TREATY BE ABRoDATED,
| Or modified, as We have right to DO and
At a very short notice | have read every
treaty made by our government since oul
existence as Republic, and ! knoW
whereof ! speak our treaty with Eng
Ilui dates from l--2. Modified Al different
times Our diplomatic relations with
France commenced ia l17s. modified
later by the treaty With the First Consul
With Spain III 1875. modified AZ varIou:
times since; ana with China our treaties
we're modified ia three occasions, lS44
I 1898 ana 1868
Experience proves that the latter change
made through Mr.. BurlIngane, has not
/ been an advantage t. our merchants nor 4
benefit To our mechanics | have no race
preJudices, but IN forming the great State
that Is to arise on the Pacific slope. | pre-
FIR that it shall be peopled with the highest
! types ~ the human family. | DO not wish
to see the admIxture Of Monaghan and
Caucasian blood, for it would result IN q
crafty and inferior progeny, bearing on
their persons the marks ~ mental and
physical degeneracy. On these shores the
favorable condition 81 the climate tends Il
make race OF men ana women whose
forms VA fair to rival IN beauty the classic
models W antiquity, and whose under
standing may he capable vt unraveling the
great secrets of nature, whose unfolding
viii be more valuable tu humanity than
the commerce NJ China hundred times
multiplied.
Through the Rocky Mountains.
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