Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-05-10

From the Newark Mi, Courier.l
The emigration Of Cinnamon to this country
continues to some extent, the steamer China,
from China and Japan, which arrived IN san
Francisco on the Sd inst, bringing ,24S. Plenty
OF time has elapsed since the Introduction OF
Chinese cheap labor in this country to form some
definite opinion in regard to their proficiency IN
learning trades and rs to their capacity Tor max
ing good workmen. In San Francisco there Is q
yery large Chinese population, and in many OF
the factories there the difficulty Of procuring
white labor has compelled employers to engage
Cinnamon. The boot and shoe makers OF that
CITY have employed them in large numbers, but
they have been Obliged to vote them failure,
and will substitute white labor in their stead.
The employers say the Chinsmen are untruAt-
worthy, and when given piece work slight ther
| labor. Another cause OF grievance mas arisen,
too from the fact that as soon as they learn the
| trade they abandon their employers, and open
| ing shops for themselves undersen the Ameri-
| cans.
The shoe manufacturers OF San Francisco have
already begun the discharge OF the chinese IA
borers and are taking on white boys at three
years apprenticeship paying them, 1t ia SAID,
/ fair monty wages. but they have found DIM
Guilty in the case Of the boys which they propose
| calling upon the Legislature to remedy. That
| dificnlty is getting them to remain at work until
they have mastered their trade.
When the Cinnamon were first brought into
this country and placed in factories to learn
trades the very difficulty now experienced in Ban
urera for time would be enabled to make large
profits from their labor, it was but natural aftel
they should have gained an insight into the buei
| ness they should want to make more money toi
| themselves, and the fact that they have violates
their obligations in San Francisco and started II
| competition with their late employers, whom
| they can uudersell to fearful extent and thel
make larger profits than their wages preyiousl
amounted to, show that the Heather Chinee IN
derstands thing or two, evon though conceale'
: by his chiIdlike and bland countenance.
The competition now going on In San Fran
cisco has brought out considerable feeling. I'M
i bosses now say the work Of the Cinnamon
done in an inferior manner, and that they can
| not be taught the trade in all its branches q
| perfection because Of their Incidence and care
iessness. They do not have that "aptness 10
3 learning trades that was 30 fondly expected G
I | them. They have lost money in trying to edr
, | cate them, and on the whole are glad to be n
lieved OF the responsibility OF providing ft
them How much the fact that the now good
y for-nothing" Chinaman knows enough to 81
a gage in business for himself, and has leArne
a enough Of trade ''manners" to control the ma
ket by undertaking his competitors, has
p do with the opinions now prevalent in San Frai
r cisco about their ability % We leave the read'
Al to judge. They have shown greater "aptness
= for becoming familiar with the tricks OF trad
"a than the employers care to give them credit fol
ID and they are no doubt now impressed with I'll
ar belief that 1.-THE Heather Cbinee is peculiar
for ways that not dark and for tricks" NJ
absolutely vain.