The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-10-20


thumbnail j0tter we're % stand Al ssh
Francisco strcef-c0rmer and watch
uadcsproccs,iau be would not require
very large ualI, certainly not that q
a Chinamun,-or 90 use micrOsoopical
writing, to note down those callin.s o.
which the Chinese might not furnish
representative. Bootblacks, ca--e01-
ductors, bar-tenders, mAsOns, express
men, hack-,lrivers and newsboys make
up the miserable few who have not the
honor Of daily competitor for bread
with the errant sons 81 Caihay. AL
other trade-calling without particular
izing-are vigorously pursued by the
Chinese, and very many 20
THE EXTENT OF MONOPOLY.
The means of livelihood from which
white labor has entirely, or almost en-
tirely, Deen driven, are shoe and slip
per-making, cigar-making, washing.
ish-pcddliug, the sewing Of flannel IN
derwear and mems coarse clothing. and
domestic service. This list, II Will be-
seen, includes about every thing IN which
white girls and BOYS could ind an hon
est living At the session Of the Sena-
torial Committee ~ investigation heid
last April. aud already referred 10 IN
these letters, officer Rogers presented
report 'of details relative 10 the dif-
fercut industrial pursuits which are
either monopolized by the Chinese, or
are fast becoming 50. - Had there been
"suilieient time, the report might per
haps have been made the vehicle If
some most valuable and correct status
ties. As 10 is, however, the paper pos
sesses NO particular value; and, when
the following figures have been taken
from 10. there would be- no use in en-
bodying Do here. THESE figures shOw
the numbers engaged IN
BIT -FOUR TRADES, VIZ.
Cigar making ....-. ............ .. ss
l-aundrc- ...----...-- --.------ ..'a
To these ] would add
Boot and slipper masers. ....---.......- .-s6
Hands In wooden uiI.saz iannerie.. ....- : -.
Domestic Underestimate. q Y...---...-----. %.
Vegetable Gardeners .-.--- ...---..---.-- -
fl-htrmtu .-++.+.----- ------...-.-- go
Total ...................-z. 577
These figures dispose Of the great
bulk OF the Chinese workers In the city.
The classification Of the remaining few
odd thousand, Is an easy matter-to
group them requiring oihing more
difficult than an obserVAni walk through
Chinatown. Although q thorough ~
ve-iigaiion of this quarter means being
brought into contact with much that j.
Objectionable and more thai j. foul, I
have no deiicacy in asking your com
partnership, since u viii not b. that Il
person. Besides, the trip to-day. though
scarcely A. touristically superficial 49,
the usual visit Il the Eastern arrival
who "does Chinatown" Will not Ne
cessitate the description Of such sights
as must furnish much Of the subject
matter for nay next letter.
CHINATOWN
4 line drawn east from stockton
Street along Broadway % keArnv. south
along keany % California. west along
California o. stockton. and north along
Sto ,kion 20 Broadway, would form au
oblung VI six blocks by two. with the
length living north and south, within
which all Chinatown may be- said o.
he, Ike the very rotten kernel 81
clean sheied nut. The names q these
streets mean bat little 10 the Tr1taae
readers, IN All probability: but they
mean much 20 san FrAnciscans. for
they ere those 81 four % the principal
thoroughfarcs II the city. and the space
within them should he the faire,i psrt
Of TINS far town. A. Vet the shell, alta
casual glance. seems snund and solid
enough; but look CLOSELY al il. md lii
tie black spots tel the story u impure
inwardncss. Which meGas-to Quit
nuttnE that al along these twelve
blocks the creeping. creeping. creeping
Oninaman has his cigar stands. and
wash-housos, and little wOOd-yards e.
labhshed-ugly fixtures, like the black
counters OF an undertaker's shop B-f
along Dupont Street, zap Washington.
jackson, and Pacific. aud down S-cra-
mentO and Commercials street. f-
these are the shafts and drifts thai strike
the copper-yein Ina all It's richness. To
pass from kearny 10 Dupont on q quiet
summers evening. time 6 80. l. the
quick transition from san Francisco 10
kwang lung. Let there be \ full moon.
for the moonlight wall soften the ohiec-
honable in is dark-gray shadows. and
Yet leave every thing sufficiently dis
unct in The yellow open.
sTCH A QUICK BUsTIE
and rapid passage 10 aud fro of these
thousands, who look as much alike as
one Sepoy regiment does another: such
activity within and without. the
restaurants, more brightly painted than
the courtesan's cheeks, CAV with Ian
terms Of all hues and shapes. and crowd
ed with guests; the commoner board .
mg-house,, under ground. swarmin-
with hungry workmen, whose chop