, 1877-02-24

JOHN IN CALIFORNIA,
An Ensllsf, View Of tho Chinoaa rrehlem on
tho Pacific Coast.
london T1nts Ftb. I.
Gfyen State Is large aA 0rcat Britain and
ireland, with the richest agricultural land In the
world. with an abundance Of mines anil almost
every species Of metallic wealth, with fest.
pcraturc never cold md rising frequently to 1900
IN tic sl,adc, an average population o. four
to tho square mile and concentrated almost ctl-
ttrcty In tho noighborhood OF tho chief cities,
and, finally, with the wages Of sklltel or un-
skilled labor almost anything tho lahorer
chooses to ask, what Is the want likely 10
be found most pressing, and ho. can 1t bc
best sclscvcl1 Such n Stats ia California,
nnd tho natural cry OF California Inns long been
Tor moro labor, Tor better labor, 1ar ct'cai@r
capable Of being matla aYaila6ln fol, llartl and
unpleasant uses, Tho cry has bccn heard nnl
answered ina eonsewhat unex xpcttca quarter. 4
supply Of labor, OF tho precise t1uailty aenanl-
cd, has been scslt ftun source practically un.
limited. White fabor was not forthcoming, anu
was often troublesome when It was found.
better, but. effective, llaek, iabor y q com
middle terri, has fortunately been found
tn yellow labor. Chtnn will, 1sr tscn-
inn millions nnl hundreds Of millions
Of inhabItante. has sent over few spare thou
many moro as often as they may bc hskc.l for.
They are precisely Of the tyne Of which Ca'itor-
MA ias been in most want. Handy. sulYlsslye,
good workers, patient under l.uBaRct no "strtk-
man would demand, they hare proved, IN every
way, most ,,sefu1 set of fellows. Their serv-
Ices, onco enjoyed, nrc nlready beginning to be
pronounced Indispensable: They DO tho hard
Which no l ono W elsc caa BE- found, and they do Il
we'll, and quietly. md cilcaply. So far from de-
grnlhg white labor, they havo raiacd It by re-
Loving 1t OF nl that could be Thought degrading
hayc conferred priceless obligations and i'ayo
asked for nothing III return. Their presence In
California has already Increased BY cltaff tho
taxable properly Of the State, and manufactures
taken with would bo simply fn,possltlo With
out them, aud would at onCe perish II tho sup
ply Of their labor wcrc to ,c cut oil.
Il sounds strAnEe TO l,e told after al this that
rather, Tint they arc regarded IS an ayii q
which II would bo '1ioat desirable to got rid.
Tho fact, however, has been more tllnn once cx-
planned by our San Francisco correspondent.
A. no rcs IN not s letter s monng Of
consist. Of foreigners, and good many Of these
arc 1rIs|n,cn. Now, Irish labor throughout THO
Union has. long appropriated to itself
tho sort ol pafL tnht tn!ncap ianor mas
n marked difference. Raw 1rIshluon hare hccn
ntInnst M costly "A II tl,eY hull bccn tho best
work,ncn IN tho world It IL natural enough
tint thu half idtcrs who ayo been tctnpte. Into
Ing of a ucW class which bids tair To bcat them
wholly out OF tho field. To compete with ticIn
by fair means would liavc been unpleasant. sosne
measures, however, llayo had to be tried, a[neo
fair rivalry Was out ol the question: The rowdy
elnsscs in California, Foreigners md natives too,
have found means tuote rcu1y to their hantts
md better adapted for easy use. They have
nobbcd tne Clllnese immigrants. stoned then.
In the strects. mud treated th0tn with per.
sonal brutntlty ,slcA as no other clYil!xo1
community over openly pcEtN{tted. The law In
California has tcen on tic side OF the offenders,
nnd las further atdcd tlicm By m uEoQualcd
iii most bartly upol tho Chinese, and worse III
| It's execution than IN lta dcstgn. But all liaa
been IN yain. The Chinese havo tllriyen and in.
! creased IN numbers In spite Of all discourage'
mcnta. Their treatment in California r,ay be
! late upon In ChInu, aud II ia compensated by
waKcs, low, Indeed, aecor1lGg to Californian
standard, but suFr,a,sslpg ANYTHING tho
EXPECTED EXPECT at hou,c, and with = margin oi
oxruss far too large to disappear under the re-
tluettons to which It has boea eublected. Tha
| Chinese, 1t Is declarc!l OH good authority, arc
| not only bctter than tue negroes, wAo haya bec,1
! ter, TOO, In every way t!lau thu majority which
| tlaa becn most hGatllc to them, aud which,
upart from lfs new-folnl zeal tor morality, tlas
transparent Ecasona Of its own for Wishing tc
| yet rid ol tlleIn. :
We will pronounce no opinion ot cur own on
tho whole lney1ts pf cusc wllcl, IL stl! bcfpre
the Judges. It Is likely that colony Of 0rieu.
ta!s, planted as .outcasts IN stralgo country
AMI cut oil from tullle restraints and from al
fu1uliy Tics, slloull 10 fnr from blameless It
| their personal 1ahfts. But It Is even moro ccr
taiu That They aru ycry uacfu, and most certain
Of NIL that the outery against them ha.
ioua virtues than BY. the!r rral or supposed
vices Tlle repoEt of tho Committee. favorable
or unfavorablr, will appoar, W. presume, il due
course. Tho Interval Of suspense Is not lnto!cr
how NO ourselves should behave ,,nder IN in
fiction Of slio kind from which California I'M
bccn suffering, md whether VIC should ho will
!ng that the Chinese, II expelled from Galifor
qnd, + may be-, 'noFs hosp'table, shores %
| when they arrived Lahorers who would neye
"strike," domestic servants who would do jua
. mouths warning, would 10 noTsl cxpcricnc'
for III, and ws should not be sorry u
give Il i trial. 1t woul.l bu strange enough tt
tlnd ourselves served by dumb mcnlaIa whom
dress With phfascs which NC should know wcr'
not halt understood AMI we're very lskel!
to be wholly mislntcspreted, TheFs Ia bu
little sympathy even pox Eetwcen employoF.
ED eplyyel. GetTsen TIE ,Inlag.ro9m e. x a.. sns
Iower Eunks wcfn male up Of be!ags whom VI
could scarcely recognixs ~ human, who's
thoughts, and feelings, aud interests would b
absolutely distinct from our own, and lnto tn
aeercts Ut whosa tnaer lite We could nsysf OBJ
tain eyan passing. glinspses rhs different
classes Ut English society arc uysn now fn nan1
polnts puzxlu to ons smother.