, 1876-07-28
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

In Missouri, md there Is even Rome iD ii.
beside the one In Now Yorkia
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
Vlaws at o ChlcaRoan In San Frane.sc.
10 fha Editor af Tas Tribune.
sAN FRANCISCO, CAL, July 15.-aians tn,.
to tho Pacific, ard an intimate acquatnt,,s.
with some OF tho best minds OF tho count
hayc caused me to give my hearty eymp..b,.,
to tho auti-Chtncso movement. As d citizen =,
Chicago, and lover OF the Golden State and IT,
prosperity, want to give you soma Of thu nm.
vincing ideas which l,avo como to me, nt tae IL,
Of repeating what may pot be now to yoq In
your readers.
In tho blttorncss Of tho controversy, thai.
tclligent citizens do not forget or uodcrsa,o II.
Immense good the Chlnpman has bestowed I'M,
tho 1and. Indeed, they admit that, thopebs,
no gncane IN unqualified advantage, tlley III X
day, in certain respects, Indispensable, H.,
have built tho Ccutral Paciilc Road, and pt;,
formed as laboress, In developing nlaaY t.,
neess That Tsn toav nsw YOU'D Ss0anscy a
Tho scarcity and high wages Of wiise labor r.
Chtna1nan cannot be spared at present, bocaus,
as servants. 1nun,irymcn, fnrm-hands, and iabo,
ess OF eseEy description, they ara as efficient u
wages which form a healthy, though nd
r.utnous competition to them. 30 the s!luatIss
Tho chtnamnn has benefited us. We p..5
sSoss ess thS hna "tS e s5s. 1' susS Hs Ta
unalterabiy.tiesplcable cifiscns. They I Sop,un.
absolutely nothing domestic. There arc in]uss
nlcnts IN o,1r land for millions to como here mi
preparations are. On foot: to pour IL sssaa,
nfftu T1nu
rntsoruhla citizens, becanso thcir social srstcp
their religious md political ideas, as liaud1
tloSn to then, through long sges, are uha..e,<
blc,-aze a. axcd and immovabse ID aaatnantit,
s lSe s1e Aa oRSss EJsy TO our Gsu @
because they arc clothed and fed alls
Ecthcr On Imports. Hats, si.oes, and c]othIn,
they got direct from their Fathcrland; and IL
same ID tho case with thelr rice, dried fruits nd
so On viii we esy ny nt9ge1es sgg sun st.
Eastern friends Il California REust Know s'Ia tha
these fhsth hare 1nomentons beAranE upon IT,
prosperity Ut tic future. About one-tcntb i
What IN impetua to trade aud Industry woaN
exist wcro they ordinarily economical M
eumers Of Our agricultural products, NEST.
eletaing, and other necessttica and co,nfoni
which whites must bnyc. But, II denied tbe,
hcucfits with limited number, conscnplsts
tho near future, and behold their increase Il
numbers Infinitely greater than now, Bhth
would aggrayate the present grievances un
hcarahly, by placing wagcs where our fellow.
c!ttzcns positively would star7e, and by raising
immensely dangerous to our industrles. RI.
poets, too, Of intcrncc!no war, and i
poor 'defcnse' from such creatures i
case Of foreign wars, arc Of more TIM
incidental Importance.
But, to illustrate By singlo instance tbs
poncr. which their low wages and practical sJt
lem Of siayrry--whirh think Is we'll und.t.
stood IN the Euat-glve them as prospect1s
n,onopolizara Of our industrial interesta, let n.
stato tho caae Of large American ahoe-mapu,
labor and obtain It's advantages. After BIZ
Cliinamen bud learned the trade, their master
established competing factory, withdraw thet
slaves to their own concern. md ato rcaptctt
profits Which 20 other ey!stcn would admit d
latontion and policy; and the growth and d.
yelopmeut Of Il wilt become national calamity.
hut worse: aa hatose stated, they do nat eoa
sumo domestic products, and these profits ~
not employed y any local o'itsrpslecs witch VII
complain Of the unfa}r and rulnoua compctt!0l
Of mechantca who come to as from
Europe with their economical hsblts md
Low wages, aud with somc reason; but
ducts, aud the splendid cittzens which tllsi
numerous progeny furnish us. Lot Chlrsss
place Chfnaman With bis pecul!aritics In III
place Of each irish, Gernnln, and, Norwegh!
beeona 50 s' Infinitely i se wer.s ss@aatua tas *'d %
ay. for szteFmInation would bo louder:.i
that Of Hang 'em" at our reiolp,
M,assT3sottnEs' mass 3t,! But bat suppose that mos. q
opium-cating humanity, whence daily +
suo the thousands aud tens Of thousands d
Torkngmen,, carrying couta9ion to all parts ol
the community, IN comparison to whch Bridge
port With her zcphyrs Is prize Of great value
Il fs - San Frauciseo today, whero mere thap
BO,o0O Chlnalnen exist, and the small.p .po1h
rigging TO q frightfal degree. None Of th{s lht
Californian protests cgulnst.
This land Ia 80 remote from the rest Of the ~
ton that her wants md rights 4re esteemed
lightly by most, and their comments on TIL,
question coma here IN tho shape Of sneeza aM
rldlculs: They look superleially At the sltusr
tlon. They read oi Chinamen wfiose house, ~
6epqye 97e6 81 he5 IT.. spas % VIZ orc ,g m1ltr:a
tiiaea aiN murdered. Ut % fasse fa are eAu Of ''ls i:
circumstances On the contrary, their right
arc respected even In small detail as you m,y
seo, iq ono instance, from the fact that ono q
tho printed rlllGs OF the atreut-car roads Il ~
always stop the car Tor Chinauan, bccausot b
Is somewhat more awkward than tho wh'tc mai
IN jumping oil when the car is In mutton. But
tho accounts OF the abuse Of the creatures work
tic heathen Is exa1ted, and The truth 81 til
matter disappears from their hight.
:. The Union may we'll be proud Of Caltforuh.
She possesses no moro patriotic member; and
to rcfuse sympathy and aid to fcr In such rlM
matters would be to offend and estrnnge most
worthy aud important Commonwealth.
Before concluding, want to mention so, con
Qlalut which hear against our own city. Niae