The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-09-23
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TIE Ca..to.r5z Dislike Of Kim -rd us
Causes-Eis Stead I2croactnent Upon
Ever Circle.
A. 10 whether the importation OF Chinese
70 the United States should continue there
Is a division OF opinion, but not so lar as
California is concerned. There Is nothing |
upon which Caliio.uiaAs are 50 sensitive.
Anvbcdy in favor o. the Chinese has no
friend IN them. If the people IN San Fran
cisco had their way tomorrow or the day
following there would nc; he 4 Chinaman |
within her borders. Tie people here EN-
uIoy them because they Ca;.nC: help IT. a
90. female W.litg servant here costs from
81 40 80 = month, and abe wants all her
.iteruuoEs anu her Sundays. \ good Chi-
.ssnan who can speak En- ISL and Is an
sxcelient house-seryant may De had n IRON
"a To so per month.
Those who have lived in the South COM
u,a.n 0. the negro labor since the war. HE
-,.yanls leave their places upon the slight
ct pro.ocation, but Others may b obtain
cd without delay. But it takes some time
% train them, and when they are fairly
trained 20 your liking, away they go in a
IaiT about some triGe, and you must look
again. In the East, the "heip" Is mostly
Irish. II you get 3 good Irish girl you
mus: treat her with the utmost considera-
ton, or she viii give you notice to quit.
Ioa cannot deny her an afternoon TO visit
her cousin, however much you may need
her services, il she wants to 80 away On
Sunday, you may stay at home yourself 10
look after the house. II you have two o.
three servants it is just the same. They
are nUre troublesome than one. Other
cooks may get drunk upon the slightest
provocatiOn. How many old housekeepers
IN Washington and New York could certify
10 this, j doubt il there are half dozen
who have not had an experience OF this ma
ture. But who ever heard OF Z China
mans getting drunk? Who ever
knew Of a Chinaman's asking TO go
out 10 zee his cousin? He is up in the
morning and has nothing to hope for but
hand work during the day. He does not
expect half dollar every time he brings
pitcher OF ice wafer OF mails letter. But
Caliiornians are opposed 10 him. There is
10 doubt of that. 1 had long converse
ton with Anderson about the Chinese.
From him ! learned much about their
economy. lie says that six Cinnamon can
make their meal Oh 81 cents. They eat nj
this frugal meal pork, rice and tea, and oc
casionaily bread, although they eat little OF
the latter. Two meals day, which are all
they eat, cost them not more than 60 or 20
cents Tor six people, or q little over 10 cents
each. Where l. there the American, the
Irishman, OF the negro who can live Is
CEeaply. The Chinaman la this city pays
Tor his quarters, where he cooks his meals
and sleeps, from $50 to s. month. An
GeTson thinks il would average about 81 4
month, and that iJr - a month accommo-
daiIons far better than ordinary could be
had for three peIsons. Thus, Tor less than
- :: month a Chinaman may live. If they
can teach Us habits Of economy, why not
allow them 10 do il "The great trouble"
said Anderson, with The Cinnamon is that
they are TOO economical. Six or eight OF
them occupy quarters that would be too
small for one person. They sleep under
ground. They have no fresh air, no ven
tilation. a white man would die in their
quarters in single night. I.have known
SIX and eight of them TO sleep in single
roum not SIX feet squane, withou; window
except small aperture leading into even a
worse place. Their quarters are generally
underground. They seem 10 like il. They
viii sleep, cook their rotten fish, smoke
opium, and eat in the same den. One dog"
continued Anderson, III he were 4 decent
dog, would lie in such place"
WHY THE CHINESE ARE NOT LIKED.
"DGt Why said !, do not lhe city au-
thOrities prevent such overcoming? Why
do they not require ihat each I,rson with
in the city limits shall have = certain
amount Vi space?
Nonsense said Anderson, there was n
cubic ordinance in the city, bat OF course
ii was not executed. As Brigham Young
can buy the United States Congress so can
the Cinnamon buy the City oil san Francis
% and IL government. tell You they IRE
a pest, : blot, n sore upon the lair body OF
the Pacific slope. They are like rats, and
yoImay as vel undertake TO regulate YER
min by law a. to attempt 10 regulate the
Chinese. They have taken the nsalthiest
E8a fares; portion of San Francisco and peo-
pied il with thousands where there ought
not To be hundreds-from Broadway TO
Pine street, embracing Stockton, Dupont.
jackson, Pacific, Commercial, Clay, and
other streets, and coming 10 Washington
street, which is the natural thoroughfare of
the city. They have become 20 engrafted
III the city that do not believe they can be
driven out any more than the rats. China
men are eEcroaching everywhere. They
have loads of money. They buy every
thing they want, and day by day they are
e--tending their possessions into tie heart
oi he city. Once before have they taken
lie pes, portion Of the city, and with their
uitless wealth they NAV 20 where they
ease. Where is the prote on?
L cannot" ! answered, sec the terrible
dition Of aiiairs you describe The
q inamen seem to be a quiet, peaceable
reople, without progressive OF aggressive
Idencies."
You know nothing about the question,
and cannot understand il Until YOU have
shent years in studying it. Strangers never
understand it, and they 90 away in sympa-
thy with the poor heather. You know
very well that white people are starting in
The city. They come here from the East,
hoping to get rich. They read the news
papers, and think this is land of gold,
where fortunes may he made without work.
They come here, and they cannot even
find work TO keep them from starving.
And yet, there are now lG.00O sewing ma
Chimes worked by Cinnamon ma
king clothing for Samson and Front
street merchants and ou,doing the
lowell manufacturers. White men are
starving on the streets. Capitalists will
employ the Cinnamon because they can
work for smaller wages. There are 1000
shoemskers working Tor merchants here,
and about 5000 cigar makers, making Ha-
vana cigars which go TO Chicago, and the
people suppose the cigars come from Ha-
vana"
"iIow many Chinese are there on this
coast?n
There are" answered Col. Anderson.
turning UP his eyes and looking wise,
5000 in San Francisco. There are about
100000 on the coast from Oregon along the
whole Pacific slope. In this mean to in
ciude California, Oregon, Nevada, and
Australia. There are 200 burrowed with
IN a lot less than so yards square in this
city.'-SGs Francisco Cor Near York TriJtae.