The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-15
Especial correspondence OF Tho Globe.l
PACIFIC SLOPE CORRESPONDENCE.
The Ogre Of tho Coast-The Silver Problem
About the Mines-Crop Prospects.
SILVER CITY, Nevada, May 8, 1876.

The Ogre Of tho Coast-The Silver Problem
About the Mines-Crop Prospects.
SILVER CITY, Nevada, May 8, 1876.
TpR OGRE OF THE COAST,
Is the Chinaman, If we might believe the
press in general, and the great prominence
given to this subject by the press, ON the
stump, IN tho club room, or in the party
conventions, amply warrants me in talking
about 1t as much as l do in these letters.
l am reminded Of it especially by the COM
ments in Saturday mornings San Francisco
Chronicle, that great and virtuous defender
of the rights of (anti-Chnese) labor-on
the arrival of tie Baltic from Hong Kong,
with 600 Chinese emigrants. The Chroni-
els estimates that $500 Cinnamon came
over in April, and that 3s. 900 will como
during the year 1915, unless government
interfercs, and stating the population of
California to be 100000, 200, 900 of which
are now Chinese, asks how long it will be
before the Chinese element will predomin-
ate and they will virtually control the most
productive and delightful section of the
Union. 1t says at will require but few
years more for the Asiatics to overrun the
land and crowd out all the white inhabit-
ants"
There are only 100000 Chinese on the
whole coast, instead of 200, 900 in Califor-
MIA alone, as claimed by the Chronicle, but
let US allow, for the sake of argument,
that that papers estimate is right, and also
that the uncommon number of Chinese
immigrants during the month of April is
fair criterion by which to judge of the in
flux for the year, which 1t is not.
In the same number of tho Chroni-
els are given the names OF the first
class overland passengers to arrive that
morning, with the addition, and 253 emf
grants. The day before the Chronicle said
there were 277 emigrants. There is one
train per day, and / presume 200 emiGrants
| from the east per train is fair estimate.
This gives us $4,000, to say nothing Of
those who come by water, at a low esti-
mate, against the Chronicles distorted esti-
mate of 80, 600 Cinnamon. have left the
first class passengers out of consideration
because they are mostly pleasure travellers,
| and reckon in only the emigrants and /
can't See ~ the prospect 10 so very great Of
the Asiatics entirely overrunning US yet a
| while. There are other considerations
which confirm the belief that we, this
universal Yankee nation, are not in immi.
ncnt danger of being swallowed up and
eternally, done for by ho,de ~ i0noran,
immigrants come in fami ,es to settle and
remain here and "incrta e and replensh
the earth;" none of the Chinese do. The
births among the Chinese here are 30 few
that they do not enter into statistics at all.
What few Chinese women there are here,
with about dozen exceptions, are prosti-
| tutes. Again, in the words Of the Chron-
nle in the article spoken Of, mot one of
them Ohe Chinese) ever abandons the de-
sire and expectation Of returning TO end his
days in the much Wanted Flowery King
dom" while very few from the east, after
enjoying the splendid climate of California
year or two, could be persuaded to go
| east except for a short visit. Aside from the
foreign laborers with whom the Chronicle
| and the spouting politicians wish to
| curry as much favor as possible, do not
think there is anybody on the coast but
sees through the fallacy of this anti-Chi-
nese howl, and don't think the United
States is in the least danger of becoming q
dependent province of the Flowsry King
dom this centennial year. John 10 not eX-
actly the fellow should care for an asso-
ciate, but he has az good a right to be pro-
tected by law and given q chance at life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness a.
the negro of Mississippi.
THE SILVER PROBLEM,
which is now stirring the east as we'll as
this section, though in an opposite direc-
tion-on account of scarcity instead Of
surplus Of silver--promises, think. to
settle itself 1t was precipitated upon us
by the prejudices aroused from the coming
of bullion into trade dollars for private
parties, and the trade dollars, though con-
tanning more silver and each being worth
more, intrinsically than two half dollars,
have been at discount two per cent,
greater than that on half dollars. AS silver
works into circulation on the east of the
Rocky mountains, where it has been de-
monetized for more than dozen years,
our surplus will be swallowed up and a
dollar will be dollar, as has heretofore
been the boast of the anti-greenback states
with regard to their medium of exchange.
ABOUT THE MINES.
There was a regular panic in the stocks
of the mines of this section the
past ten or fifteen days in San Fran
cisco, Jim Keene acting as leader of the
bears in a determined and prolonged on
slsught, while Flood & O'Brien's were the
leading mills, Keene was too much
for the bulls, and stocks went down,
down, till many were forced to unload at a
terrible loss Probably Keene loaded up
Saturday, for stocks seemed to touch bot
tom, and have been slowly gong up. The
Consolidated Virginia stock-the safest on
the market, the mines having ore enough
now in sight to keep its hosting works 60
ing for years-went down from 81 to 69t.
but has now got back as far as "a. The
daily yield of ore from this mine Is 500
tons, and it turned out $4,000, 900 during
April. The California mine during the
Of ore being $50 tons per day. The Bonan-
"a nihoo ono" nv sno io"os o'ku VI iauuio,
and the prospect is that the silver yield of
Nevada will increase for years. OF course
there are great many wildcat mines, and
there are hundreds of holes in the ground
which sell at from SOC. to nve or six dol
lars per share Of 500, and which will new
er, in all probability, strike ore. Many OF
these companies were organized In sincere
earnest, the organizers expecting some time
to strike vein Of ore, while good many
others are organized merely for the sake Of
selling the stock and affordiDg the officers
and laborers remunerative employment.
oRoP PROSPECTS.
The outlook to the California farmer
never was better. There has been
plenty Of rain the past month,
and an abundant harvest 10 assured, Har.