The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-19
Especial correspondence of The Globel
PACIFIC SLOPE CORRESPONDENCE
The Ogre Of the Coast-Tho Silver Problem
About the Mines-Crop Prospects.

TuE OGRE or TUE COAST,
is the Chinaman, If we might believe the
press in general, and the great prominence
given to this subject by the press, OF the
stump, IN the club room, or in the party
conventions, amply warrants me in talking
about it as much as ! do in these letters.
/ 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-Chinese) labor--on
the arrival of tie Baltic from Hong Kong,
with 600 Chinese omigrants. The Chr0ni-
Gle estimates that $500 Cinnamon came
over in April, and that 3S 600 will come
during the year 1876, unless government
interferes, and stating the population of
California to be 100000, 200,0 900 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 inbabit-
ants"
There are only 100000 Chinese on the
whole coast, instead of 10000 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 a
fair criterion by which to Judge of the in
flux for the year, which it is not.
| In the same number of the ChrOni-
Gle 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 emgrants
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 30, eco 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 as the prospect is so very great of
the Asiatics entirely overrunnng us yet a
while. There are other considerations
which confirm the belief that we, this
universal Yankee nation, are not in immi-
nent danger of being swallowed up and
eternally done for by horde of ignorant
heather Chinese. Many Of the overland
immigrants come in families to settle and
remain here and increase and replenlsh
the earth;" none of the Chinese do. The
births among the Chinese here are so 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-
icle in the article spoken of, "not one of
them (the 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 cast, after
enjoying the splendid climate of California
year or two, could be persuaded 10 so
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 l don't think the United
States is in the least danger of becoming a
dependent province of the Flowery King
dom this centennial year. John is not ex-
actly the fellow | should care for an GssO-
ciate, but he has as good right TO be pro-
tected by law and given chance at " life,
" liberty and the pursuit of happiness as
the negro of Mississippi.
TIE SILVER PROBLEM,
which is now stirring the east as well as
this section, though in an opposite dlroc.
tIon-on account of scarcity instead Of
surplus of. silver-promises, think, to
settle itself. 1t was precipitated upon lis
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 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
slaught, while Flood e O'Bren's were the
leading mills, Keene was too much
for the bulls, and stocks went down
down, Till many were forced to unload at q
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 or
the market, the mines having ore enough
now in sight to keep its hosting works GO
ing for years-went down from 81 to G0f
but has now got back as far as "A. The
daily yield of ore from this mine is SOC
tons, and il turned out $4,000, 600 during
April. The California mine during the
same time turned out LOO, 900, its yield
of ore being $50 tons per day. The Bonan
"a mines show not the least sign of failure
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 five or six dol
lars per share of 800, and which will new
err, in all probability, strike ore. Many Of
these companies were organized in sincere
earnest, the organizers expecting come 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 remuneratiye employment.
: CROP PROSPECTS.
} The outlook to the California farmer
never was better. There has beer
} plenty of rain the past month
and an abundant harvest is assured Har
, vesting will begin there in three or fou
weeks, and for a couple of months
there will be an abundance of work for la
borers at high figures. Work on thu
ranches is one of The fields not yet invaded
D by the Chinese ogre. John can compete