, 1876-11-25

chants ~ho pay tne highest license, sa3, they
There were mlltititdcs Of white fncrt chants who
pay $l50 per quarter. lie never had experienced
any trouble With the sworn statements of white
as tess 5 @ 1ot ssem 1 Gs ,hn te d.
Mrs. Anna J.. Smith, who has hail experience
with the Chinese a. domcatics, always found
them fair and honorable. In Col0rado thcre
were few Chtnamen employed as Mrtanta.
There WAS no opposition to them there, anil they
received tho same wages as white servants. She
Ind kept laundry ia Colorado, and here she
Ind been nurse, therefore did not come in
competition With The Ce1cs.tals. Here tho
tntnt by tho Chinese. [senator Sargent read
from petition sent 10 the Commission by fifty.
nine Ban Franclaco wolncnt and submitted the
statclucnts 70 tue witness. The argument was
that tue Chinese lad
HUr THEM OUT
Of lucrative b11encss, aud kept them out by
thcr capabslsty to live on and work for less.
Tho wltncsh said, IN conirovettin2 the state
mcnt, TINT ft showed lack Ut humanity In c1n-
Tor making cheal'scs was 20 cents, which shn
said was not mitch lower than for the same work
in the East. She agreed With the Senator, how
ever, that no woman could live on such price
woman With i've children could 60 into ihc he
country on q rancho. and thought as long ~
women hefdcd IN the city there would be
plethora uf t1ltlr labor
bunjamln 8. Brooks. one Of tho Chinese coun-
employed BY the Chinese 10 advocate their
cause, but lad appeared before the Commission
merely az 4 volunteer: A. The time Messrs.
Roach and plxley went to Washington a. CHI.
nesc Commissioners he lad sent comnunra-
tfon to tho Committee on Foreign Affairs OF the
Senate suggesting that before taking action on
Chinese .t,atters they ought to inquire into the
fa:ts. Having done this nlucll, te felt In duty
han IN hnf4 inf t-.f1 ff<
opinion was that Chinese emigration had
MATERIALLY ENRICHED THE STATE.
AZ an instance Of tho valuc Of cheap 1abor, be
sa!d @ the w!'eat s.pp y at present .a!sed would
sssss Il eeap ait &c., s I'd ot s'p
any immoral effect Of The Chinese Influx, aud he
had nlways found tho Chinese honorable In
keeping contracts, and truthful In all things.
ns sa never known o. st brought aXast
and never for the non-paymcnt Of debt. COM
parlng tho populations, the number Of arrests
t0r crime were about equal In the whites and
% Ch'nesc. lie did not thiak there va esneral
this cty tho foreign voting population Tcro
Violently opposed 10 tho emigration. Nearly
all the Cataoiic lrtsh humnlcss and hood1ums
were opposed to tho Chinese, but the natlse
thing. This prejudice was founded on tile de-
prcciattun q! wages, and was very like the oppo-
Bittun In early times tU labor-savin9 machines,
and that which used to prevail against the Irish
anti Qcrnans when they first i>cEan coming
here. lilo thought there was no danger Of The
oHlNEsE BECOMING HATunALtzEp,
and 1t would require many years for them to
desire i even. Thero Is q provision In thu
lzastun, and that question was settled. lie be-
l,escd It would bc unwise 10 rcstrlet tho emigra.
tsUn. Tho reasons wrfo vRrlous-poilticul,
moral, financial, aud sentimental, In all Of which
ncse siloud not Ic excluded There ' IS m no W ap-
rrchtnsion anlung sdueatcl people tint thu
Chinese will oycrrun tho Statc. Hc thought
tic demand would regu!nte the supply, md that
the white latorer had nothing tu fear, as Ae was
and always would be, superior to tho Chinese III
MI. Pipcr-Now, Mr.. Brooks, you say tho
principal opposition to Chinese emigration comes
from Cathollc Irish and bumtncrsi
Mr. Drooks-lcs, sir.
Mr.. plpcz-Now, what il bummcr! would
Mr. Brooks-A hummer ia shiftlcss hanger
around, wllu processes to wani won't and dues
not; who hangs around saloon cx 1ectn9 eosne
Que to Invite Fin to drink, and Who is nays
asking for two.biss tu get something 10 cat.
MIR. Pper-You say that thu upposItton comes
from the Catholic 1rlsh. What IL your religiont
Mr. Drouks-1 rcaliy don't knuw.
Mr.. PIpcr-rlie whole drift Of your examina-
tions here has been prciudcial to the Catholics;
now, hare yOu my feeling neanst that rcltglulIf
Tic witness hcaltatctl, anil before hs had all
swcrcd tic question Mr. Plpers itnpctuosity
caused him to usk It the witness would prelcr
CLnese llere or m equal number Of New En-.
gland ProtcstatIts, Or Catholic Irish, Gcrmaus,
md Americans, to which Sfr. Brouks enil hc had
not thought OF 1t. III being examined by Scua-
tor Sargent, tho w!tbess Enrc 1t Oh his opjuuu
that Ch!natnan could not ret fair Jury trial
iii San Francisco. In reply to Mr. piper lie said
llc did not think Jurors were fair representa-
tion Of the intelligence Of this community, Ills
7f<.f~ fkf.
"brotllerfood OF man," ......'
TfH M0X8ThH DHMNMSTDA AT(nNH.