, 1876-05-21
THE HEATrHEN CHINEE.
The Hon. P. A. Roach, Of California,
Drumming Up Hostility Against
Him
He Says the United States and California
Will Be Ruined By Chinese Cheap
Labor.

e HHl DE- NulHcU W CNlUfSE CneAp
n Labor.
Some Faots for Mr. Roach's Considerable
al from California Sources.
e Interesting Statistics Regarding On
Acknowledged Citizens.
, CHINESE CHEAP LABOR.
WHAT An ANTI-CEIE5TIAL sAY3 ABoUTT.
: About 300 persons gathered in Farwen Hal
last evening to listen to the Hon. z. 4. Roach O
: the California Senate, lecture upon the Chimes
: cheap labor question. Though tho admission
! was free, the sparseness Of the audience showe
how little interest is taken in this question il
this city, Among those present on the platform
:. were ]. DeBarth Shorb, OF San francisco; TIL
Hon. John Hise, Commissioner BurdicE
A. c. Cameron, and nlessrs. O'Donnel
and G1yeray, President and Vice-Prcs
+. ident> OF the Worktngmen's Union
A. G. Cameron was called upon to preside, and
introduced the lecturer, who is rather medium
sized, white-hai1ed gentleman, we'll preserved
and pleasing in his address. Mr. Roach Is about
S. years Of age, dresses with becoming taste,
aud is man who takes well as Speaker,
of bis chief virtues. On coming forward he
apologized for the present being the first time
he ever visited Chicago, and then proceeded to
euiog1ze her greatness, paying a, eff-dcservcd
tribute to that Phoenix Of which The TRIBUNE
readers have heard and read SO much. Such IL
city as Chicago, he thought, would hare the
| courage to aid the Pacific Coast in her endeayor
to get rid OF a calamity which
! THREATENED uER MORAL INTERESTS.
he alluded to the monster meeting Of april
I held in Sun Francisco, aud spoke of its nlagni-
| tude as gathering OF the people. That night,
if there had not been good counsel, there would
have been trouble. But wiser heads pre-
Vailed: The: Working classes were only held
| The object OF lis going to Washington vas to
ask Congress that Arts. and Of the Burlin-
! game treaty be repealed. They wanted trade with
China, but they did not; want Chinese immigra-
t1on. They did not want a commercial treaty if
tho immigration was continued. Everything
that China produced could be produced in other
countries. And he said that our women, il they
knew the extent Of the evil, would desist from
drinking tea, necessary. lie drew the con-
t1ast between
CHICAGO AND SAN FRANCISCO
during their carly contest for supremacy. He
held that when Chinese cheap labor began to
fell of: San francisco, with her o.ie-third
population Of: California, MAS 2o0, GOO behind
Chicago. Chicago was out Of the lines OF
Ch1nese emigration, and had been settled by
the GET, Tueton. swede< Pole, aud Bohemian,
spoken in this city. He meant only !
to discuss the labor question. The tendency |
was to do away with individuals to give place to
corporations. Little thread and needle stores !
and laundries were done away with, and every /
thing Was now done by capital, which was Ill ]
the time making itself stronger There was no |
chance to compel corporations to live up to their
charters Good Judges were through their in
anences thrust from the Bench, through tie
machinery Of conventions. He had known OF
good Judges in California having been com
PEELED to resign By: these Corporations.
lhe atmosphere OF to-day was changed, and
was falling upon the heart and hand st labor,
backs had been boarded when they were plenty,
and SO With gold They had been cornered and
wALI-sTREEr sHARKs,
VINO ruined merchants and bankers on that |
memorable Black Friday in September. The
trade dollar in San Francisco had been REDUCED
f9 IT, 81 1Se5a eents by the Pacific Coast Ring.
less. The capital Of New York banks aggre-
gated $S0,000,000, while the profits there last |
year aggregated nearly SIC, ,00J0 000 Such could !
&c 20. be the case with well-rcgaiated commerce,
4 few years ago in California they wanted
heap = labor for everything. This was before
California had adOpteff n Constitptioo | ,
Ihoy wanted to Introduce slavery
and peoroge, but the coolie system was fnaily
adopted. In 1853 the Assembly passefi A hill le :
,alizng contracts made ia otIier t0t,ntrjas Th;s
le had opposed in the Senate. and made are /;
BORT against it, which he read, and thcn nredirt
d what it would do, and It had so come ont.
some had said it was a nrophecy. Int he had :
'nly deducted certain results Sroua certain
auses- He held that =
THE cooL1E SYSTEM
1as against the Constitution, becauseit was mt
voluntary seryitude, and WIS made for n tcr1n y y
+ years. They had $1,000 Chinauen in San
'rancisco, and 40, 600 in California He said =
hat the Chinese were fearful liars. II was ths :,
ifferences between their Statements whirb +
ave an idea to outsiders Of the Truth. The
opulation Of California is about 80, ,OO0, one
,nth Of which 1yere Chinese. They u.r,. m. ! ~
osed to the manners and customs az the nnpz I
~ !ney represented larger element than | F
early all Chinese men in California; and fasr ~ ~
omen aud children. They had Id mn wiz" s
en- in California who SUPPORTED fsn,;1;es an ~
e State, while tile $1,000 Chinamen oniy srn- r
)rtcd themselves They s,1nnort cd nnhn33 ~ -
cmsei.es. nc naa Seen attempts to Chris 81
anlZe tile chinese tor twenty-seyen wears, but ! II