New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-10
TIE NORTH ADAMS CHINESE.
THEIR PROBABLE RETURN HOME.

THEIR PROBABLE RETURN HOME.
DESIRE OF X. SAMPSON GIVE WHITE LABoRERs
wORK-wAs THEIR EMPLOYMENT PRoFITABLE'-
ATTEMPTS AT EDUCATION.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass, June 6.-Thc move
ment to suppress Chinese immigration that is asitatng
the people OF the Pacific slope has received much at
that the question has become national instead
Of y sectional The mpaints against the cncrOac
meuts Of this chcapabor element have thus far come
from California hut the few Cinnamon living in New
England naturally looked upon by laboIing competi-
tors ntrudc especially the depression in maui
featuring Industries is throwing large numbers Of mill
operatives and tradcsmen out OF employment II Is not
at all improbable, however that most o! the North
Adams Cinnamon Uhe first with whom the experiment OF
introducing Chinese labor into Massachusetts was madel
will be back TO San Francisco this Summer. This
town suffering severely from the temporary stopp3ge
OF large manufacturing establishments, aud Mr. samp-
son. the employer a the Chinese feels that IL may he for
the best interest OF the town 10 dscha rather not
10 reGngage his imported help thus enabling him to give
employ ment To residents Of the place.
Has the introduction of Chinese labor into Massaclfu
been profitable To the manufacturer PERHAPS SO,
though the general opinion is To the contrary To the
c0mmunityl No, IL hardly he considered when
il IL remembered that the Cinnamon not taxpayers.
and that they have peculiar ondness for sending their
earnings home where their hearts are and their hearts
are certainly In this country. All things considered,
perhaps the that he SAID OF the experiment III
North Adams that Il has been attended with Indifferent
success one the good results Of the experiment, or
which has been most beneficial to the employer. has
been the breaking OF the order Of Crispins which
formerly controlled the shoeshOps OF that section of
Massachusetts. In 1870 Mr.. SAMPSON having suffered
much from tie strikes Of the Cispns aud being unwll
ling comply with their demands, sent his agent, MI
Chase to San Francisco for Cinnamon, mainly for the
purpose OF breaking up the order between which and
himself bitter warfare was wssng. The first hnpora
ton consisted Of 10 boys. lor most Of them were
between the ages Of Ii aud 20 years. Since that
time several lots have come aud returned Tie
number employed in the factory during tie past
six years ranging from - to upward OF 100.
The prcscnt number is -, OF whom 40 the latest ar
rivals, imported yeGrago Some Of the first impor
iuon remained four years, and then returned to CHINA
and have since back this country and are now
working at Gellcville n. j. The Cinnamon mere all work
10y the month contracts for three years or longer.
Tie prices paid them have never been made known h.
the public, though they supposed ~ receive from so
to S25 per month";. Over 40 OF them at liberty TO 90
~ any time term for which they hired having
expired They are IN harry 10 return aud would M
douhedIv he glad their contracts. but the
pOrtWi To do 50 Will probably not u" giNon them lhc
employers plans, however, have mol beth ANNOUNCED.
TLcre could have been place favorable FOR the
Introduction OF this class oi ahor or Tor Ia, hinF'
mont OF Tie Cinnamon than ms erierpFisihs ), bug
Land town. They have been given Constant cnpotiu,h
ard nad rare Opportunities ZOE learning valuable
~ III undertaking. lie may satisfied with n, Uu BE-
docs express himsclf very Enthusiastically on The
on. ,nd be has bat tt, fant To- Bni vito them, and
that is about all he does Bnt The fact that al other
been admitted oven after working fof wears ~ the ric
shows at otner inahudi ncrs do not nave eonni'ne'
to- exchange skilled American help Tor Tue -0r,lrI
All marked though during the first year OF two alter
mn -, ai ~, tou 49, ~ i,r, 49,, ,, and a.,
cllcctua condition OF the heather Strangers it 'nr"r-
.cd 10 believe tha. the work IN their neal would bring
I'M "a ul
cuusetls received much attention, Of have Jctd
favored with as many opportunities Tor improvement
Us these Cinnamon. Sunday aud evening
school, have opened Tor hcn and they have been
admitted into some Of the finest families OF cultivated
New England society for free instruction. The kind
hearted Indies OF the p ace have devoted themselves with
an untirng real Of educating them, aud OF
raising them to respectable social position The work
has never seemed hopeless one aud now II c1nn" be
called wholly ruess, Tor it, good results can be seen
but IN no proportion 10 the beralIty Of the means used
Tue bread east upon the waters with lavish hahI
puL some OF IL has returned again. but much has dilcd
away and been seemingly wasted upon the TIDE OF sho
rance and superstition. II apPcars Improbable mat
the same advantages given to other classes OF
foreigners would have been unsatisfactory im-
prnycd The Cinnamon better than when they
came here or rather many Of them are but the improve
eut took place during tho nst years of their stay. The
unpitiDu which they showed at 1rs apparently wearing
AWAY with the novelty Of their new stuiton Ihcy I'M
proved up To- point aud there they resting
'I,uy learned To read and wIlir, hut alter
fee or AK wears study Of them Tar advanced
TIE Churches have welcomed them, and nave gone OUT
after them many AMI various ways. bat ic" ~ any
have manifested any change O rel ouS bcicf Same OF
cm attend the Baptist Church and sunday sch""l rg
Larry hut idcous face O what tue VISITOR calls an
Idol looks down upou them from the wall ~ th'lf com
mon silt fr-ruuu, and grug upon their superstition ms
they burn incense before the barhJrous shrllc lh'N
nave adm .tei 90 pdturs botn o. receive
AMI a. c aud OF thcm have adopted Amer
,an costumes but rot many have laid aside their ui
eU ala manner, and their ORIGINAL clothing Ihcy nave
had every opportunity for leaning OF the duties anu
pry Of American tZ.n-tlp; nut OF the "holr
number only known u have declared an lhtch
ton of becoming citizens. and these the only ones
who have been willing To sacrifice tIcIr queues 10 sopi
Ia .'c AMI civilized customs Inc climate agrees WIN
Them and they lttle time through ness or dle
ue.s less than wurkncn Of other Indignantly III INC
tralr, j. the cause that mas maze Tue
employment of them at all dcslriuc. rs 10 c'oiohN 40
rule amp lcs them all some Of them spend N'fv
small pnrtoH OF Their wages while others scnu n'Ty
an uxurics Their s:isnss are almost lhNdIdb5 tc
Ia China or t. their agents In San Francisco To- invest
uel England need have no Tears conc flihS thl
uc.c iun. grdun. There ODiy few ludusifc III
wldrn they compete with Eastern ldDutI-, ann u
takes them long tme 10 Learn trade. Tie Chnhh'h
al Hcll.yic ~ j., cmpnyc ina laundry whrIe th'i
competitors mostly gh- Ia roS SPECIAL eases OF
fms Kind they perhaps nisa b5 employed, but inc ~
troll cu this Inferior Eud o labor !s NOS hey 10 ID
nj AL general in the East. WAGES are 81 10" now lhN
.y de- not care come ami making bd gains ,hry
nIvts expect guarantee of .teddy employment VIA
~ c-s .urcd on Il gold bass. Tao do1btin scceSs o
tnc experiment IN tins place VIII certainty hot hiFod
fond licy to increase Chinese hnn grafton 10 Tic Last
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