St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-25

them clearing lanu Tor the farmers, ana
in the harvest field. Some of the best
wcavcrS in the Oregon City WoOlen
Manuiactury, as the agent states. are
7 Cinnamon. They make the tin eases
and put up most of the salmon on the
Columbia river. White men will not
allow them to catch the fish, which is
done at night. but the owners of most
of the camnc!ic>. say they must and will
emplny them to put up the fish because
they can rely upon them. Many white
men they say get drunk on Sunday and
hardly get sober before "Wednesday and
thus fail when most needed. In ia single
month last season the thirteen camneIicS
did not take less than an average of
i1.WW salmon every night. making :SW-
900 for the twcntN six li>him" nights.
The take ran from 900 to :}.3OO for
each fishery Il number of them getting
as many a> 2.2OO mp To 2.JOU fish
The number of salmon taken in IL.
loWrr tnlumhl rilci during tn. m Il
i"nr rm"nth> of last season WAS not less
than .uWD.uW. that averaged when
dressed sixteen pound. each. making
| l6.WM.tHhl pounds of salmon tor the Sea-
sens fishing tor cannin" and eating
purposes. OF This nUmbcr 1JO.Wm we've
canned, making 2JO.lhW eases of l.
| pounds each. valued at - % per case
lIrllIn% = ,-l2.JiW Ii is said that
HHh.oW are paid Ia England for the lin
annually consumed. Cinnamon make.
most "f the tubs. pals. and wa>hhuardS
Tor the northwest coast trade under the.
! guidance ot one or two eastern men
| with machinery. Men fear To hrwiu or
To encourage manufactures lest China
men VIII u>ulp the work. Ii is stated
that they make al! the slippers and
women ) cnII ser shoes. and mems also.
The tri>pims ''Struck" hut came back
and were put upon the fine work. thus
/ California can compete with the east in
/ the export trade. The owner of the
/ Mission Mills in san Francisco said
that he could not run them without the
/ Chinese. With them he completes with
the eastern mills The Chinese miners
are hnN Ing and working proiitahly the
old placer claims i'll California and III
/ Oregon. They have done most of the
rough work on the railroads. and they
mostly keep the roads in repair under
the direction of the road masters.
They earn III the aggregate vast >Um>
nt money. which at first goes To pay for
then food. and then to the charter
PARTIES who brought them from China
and who take them back. a> many re
/ turn annually. say lU.mO from the
whole coast. Chinese merchants huN
c.iI goes at tlouI tor Chinese run>rmp-
/ ton: tol the Use of oIr hlcad>tuti j.
rapidly increasing in China. \ captain
of one "i the Pacific Mail steamers said
that tMr,-ioIuIl~ of their rltgor> To
China are Hour. and hut for this trade
their line could NOT hc kept up. Mil
lions ni feet of our lumber 90 To China
annually tnr their navy aud merchant
m.ilInr. tor then WhIrNc>. bridges. and
houses. The trade with them has only
begun: then IutiuN to our coast H. la-
h"IcI~ has only commenced. Nearly
one tenth or from -O.Un to lOO.OOD ut
"ul .WhI.Wn "i population west of the
R""kN Maintains are. ~ estimated.
Chinese.
W hen the three oI iuIT continental
railroads are done. NJ, MAY expect IL
have JUhl.WW. They viii huild the
roads: they viii ill many nt the mann
factories. The Presidents recommend
alton +" C"m"Ir>~ t" stop ''thc c""lic
and the W"nru traffic" a> iaI ~ the
treaty permits. l. right and we'll hut
can t"n"lc>> pat Il head tIN OF 80 al
= lun ON these lah"Icr> aud hl such Il
tain r\cludc them They cam from
. twelve "tNrntN cent per day in China.
/ ana = 90 hrIr. y" common tlN would
/ i'm them ont. They are smart : when
/ the whites refused I" employ them in
making slippers in >iu Frauci>c" they
/ bought buildings and set up the business
. Il Ia
market. \ Chimes, merchant met a
manufacturer OF nNrI.Ill> and asked a:
Nv hat d" y"u pay women to make
/ these Twenty five cents apiece. WAS
/ ,hc reply. We will make them fnr five
cents apiece hc said. He thrnc,tnrth
got the job. They run sewing machines
with skill: over ~ Chinese were run
hin" ;IS MANY sewing machines in the
4 san Quentin prison in lSi;-. making
wooden shirts. Not Ion" ago some of
them were cl"ppin" wood and making
charcoal for Il blast furnace. There i>
not Il business in which they are not
employed in some way. or for which
/ they cannot fit themselves. They de
/ she 10 improve: they attend Schonl>
taught 10y Americans in the cities they
/ attend the sabbath schools: they make
rapid progress in their studies they
learn rapidly to talk in the families ;
some hnu>el>rcpcrS teach them To read.
Three Years ago II Portland. Oregon.
city school teacher went to RoSchIr~
2'O miles south. Ia teach IN the public
school; She also taught Il few Chinese
III the evenings: more came and dr>ir-
ed her to teach them and paid her NOR,
than she could get from the district
and gave her many presents hcSidrS.
She married and "aVe up teaching. hut
they still ask her To teach them Om
the Sahhath she and her husband teach
from 20 to 30. who come to the church
after the other Sabbath school is out
The 90 OF 80 Chinese boys NOW in
New England Sch"ol> and families. at
the Chinese government expense. pctl-
toned their Emperor last winter to he
allowed Ia wear our kinds of clothing.
They love our food and enjoy ouI
tables and do our cooking as well a> we
d"It. lhcN Use oIIr speech: their La ahor-
erS begin t" wear our clothing: they
charter our ships, learn our trades. and
begin I" conduct business in our modes.
hey are absorbing our ideas. and slow
~ Imblblng the spirit of American life.
With such facts. and more crowdng
upon us. MAY we not see the hand OF
God lifting he veil from China. and
leavcning her 4OD.OOO.O 900 with the
ideas that fclmenl l0.OOO. 900 of Amcli-
cans Portland idrcrtiser.
Squibs.
Rhode Island clans are ripe.
Red Cloud parts his hair in the mid
die.
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