, 1877-03-10

lawyers, acting under the sanction Of the Chris
tlan lnws uf the United States. The t1ulatry
anu tho Ignorance of the Chinese imn,!urana
nrc Fad realities 10 contemplate; tho vices nn,i
sins 10 which many OF them arc a,I,1ietc.i arc
anttder still; but tho ntl and encouragement
Nnn Wnc ass,s !e.e ia lat reesye from eoTa citizens
bly, TIC aadcst realities IN tho whole casc.
~ iaborcrs. and It Is III this relation Chiefly
TINT they arc brought into ass@taton 1sith our
nunctnai, natacnt, docilc, and frugnl. Thief
commercial l,oncsty is eqnal to that u anY other
Eeone ani -, efe, as cycrvMl.ere else, It Is ac
their taxes and their debts.
As to tic Insertion that they have ctcopcncd
,n,,or aa taks'' M employment awar irm white
figures and facts. A. the beginning OF tic tn.
n,lttsion Of the Chinese, twenty-five years AGO,
unski'lctl fahor could not be bollriit of tic
w!.s msa M on ti,c Pacii1c coast for less than 81
Ch'nan.an was Wiling to sell lifsklc,l labor for
lall tue price; anil herein began the war which
i1as H.. slnce been violently wagc.i against him.
re 'as .,as lie really rnoously ccapenc'i labor
vent nave indeed been reduced; and still, ut the
present tlay, they remaiu 50 high that capital
aasc @ i not venture to ln7est i! inanufactuses to
any yg great extent, and California ts obliged su
cxpost most OF her raw products and receive
n!atiiacturc4 gnols III return, while nearly
sssry year yast crops. OF wheat mud fruit are
!elt nnlarvestcd for lack ut iaborcrs to Eather
nusupr!lcd demand for labor In tho Guiden
Stats; for the white man refuses to work for
Prices which eapital can afford to ray, and thc
Chlnese 1s are not plentiful enough nor skilled
enough TO ans'Eer the full requirement..
About 3,6UU Chinese are employed as house,
servants trl san Fsarclseo; but, instead OF Etv-
ing cheap service, tl'cy rccciyo higher WAGES
| than DO d0ncstlcs In the Eastern Sta.rt. Noys
| OIL from ~ tn jH fFnpIi fCOn China.
ignorant Of our language 6ntl n,ctl,ods VI laor,
arc pnld f2 and 81 a week anu found. Youths
ttrco or four years older, who can speak 1. few
words OF English and have some knowledge Of
liouscwork, command s3to 60 week and fund;
readily get from s. to 81 week; l,ut such
men Or women could be hired to render cquaiiy
| Euotl service at reasonable rates. American
| laotisckccpers would not takc ChEnan,cn To work
| In ttelr kitchens md ctlambcrs were they not
tmpcllcl by the scarcity anu incttciency OF uilcr
servants. .Agrscnlturc, manufactures, illLins.
tries, households, arc forced to depend .nnlnly
npon the almund-eycd Foreigners for Iabor; and
s pa estea e l1cn c ths It fftse M fsao a
| actually enlarged the demand for wIlitc labor.
The report Of tho Chinese Commission. just
published declares TINT tlu labor Of the Clllicsc
tic ac!ltc States. It Is the universal tcstiniot,y
| Of Tho manufacturers, frHit-growora, mud agri-
cnlturasts .of California that, tlopsiSel of this
resource, their inustr'c. must to crippled or
discontinued, because, white, labor cannot bs
procured at prices whlcl, will allow their pro.
luctions to compete With t}lose Of the Eastern
Stasc.:. Even with tho ald of "Chincse cheap
kc,s Of California ~ they aro i, oiler parts Of
the country, Fur instanco: Tic culture Of
strawbcrric depends chiefly upon thy labor
81 tho Mongoi'atls, md vet Strawberries cost
% in New York, Philadelphia. attl Cilicago.
Tho truth Is, ~ Atr.. .Ubson demonstrates, tcrc
is no such thing 10 eheap labor yet known In tho
Pacific States: The demand Is still 10 for bcya,d
tue supply tint lAbor commando higher fntes
than elsewlcrc, mid capital Is consequently the
suffcrcr.
that they send or tuko homo tho sums they
have carried by tAbor asid saved by fragaiIty, md
thus rctlra!nlnE tho country Of wealth which It
satl Ill afford TO 1ose Mr.. Gibsona fIgurcs show
how much weight this ehasgu actually carries,
riylng In our p,rts laa l,cen tarcti IL f"r tho
'prlylegc Of lantnE:, Indeed, part Ut thu time
year llc pays poi.tax Of &c, and is lucky II tut
annually. Tlle Chinese residents OF, snn Fra1,-
cisco pay every year into the City Treasury
15O0of0r lfccuaes Dcsl1cs this, they pay at. III
tertal.rcvenuc tax Of $500 per antliln. Last
turetl in that city amounted to t0, 100, Or over
Sl,00o ior every working day. Tho tax paid OIL
ulina rea1 Ss.ate It. az personai RsopcFty nas soo
IAAA4!t4 III A1r tA HlIs ttll}eun TOnlAf1fs LfkG
grind total Of public revenue fro.n tl,e Chinese
magnificent sum Of $409,Oo0.
To set tlfs statement In fair light, It ehoull
be sAld tltnt t4ere 0ro more than 6U0N WhltD
people, ~ San frnnciaco who pay no taxcs At ali,
and 10000 others who DO mt pny altogether
$1,000. Which class could sun Franclsco the
oftssr t ao from pesun,ary Eol"t
Chinese, or q corresponding number Ut hvr lul-
pecuHtolls wllltcal
Ihe lsnIos.s on TUG article OF rice, collected
n the .1rt Of san Franeisce. amount to over
aud opam amounts 70 sa;oo I and ile tie tiu,ies % les
on other Imports which, with tho foregoing. arc
mainly brought from ChNa and et,nauEngtl bY
tho Chnamul', swell tho total sim to sa,000 900
per annum. Tho Insurance con,paues ol tho
city receive from tho Chinese over t50,0CN
annnally for INSURANCE. All tfo carrying trade
between between China and tllc Pacific Coat q done by
aul steamers arrived III Sin Franclseo alouc,
"Flowcry kingtlo.n.'
food and wcar cluthl,,g willie they exist III
America. Many. Ut tlci, wear cur garments,
Tistees vis nst 3ewst aad sew'nasss THsy
tnast over s5oo.00 annually. "lf We woniI
!leinlzo tho various products which they roll-
:,',tle," .,h says Mr tiioso, "we shall 'la1 that
h"SJ Wv WY sChA I4AHV VIII ~ QEk tEHk III tu9lf
earnings. Now, allowing each inan to earn slO0
year, ths will give $7j0,txU of their earnings
sont holHe to China, a. agafust E6OUU, ,UU u
tscir earnings spent In THIS country, AMI |
<S,!0o,0Ul pahl to our revenues in taxps AMI |
r!lsto'na." Finally, concludes Mr.. tlbhon, It |
s'lntild iu justice be remembered that An,prtt-,n
merchants III China atnass and bring hero for
tltnca ~G!i "nnlount every year, in The ai.,ru-
Rate, to aFo uncs more tI.arl all tlIcsp China
daily tall.''
Tho ckincse own ovcr $500, 900 worth af real |
over sl,M ,000: Thcru IL QUO other cuntrtbll- !
ton Hat!c by them to tho reytntle Vt thu city
which must not Ca forgotten, although It Is not
openly acknowledged nor recorded hi the o!itciat
aha,Mlant Chinesa authority, tho s.spccials' ot
tio iollcc DepattMcnt RECEIVE Is week from
earla ga'nbiIng'llousc fur protection. !" a few |
sourse Ut aii hour, ! counted eighty OF il.tso
gatnb!lngtlGMs, aud then did not count tllcl,