The New York herald., 1877-02-28
THE HEATHEN CHINEE."

REPORT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE on CHI
NEsE IMMioRATIoN--A DANGER TO THE IA
cIFIc coAsr-coNGREss RECOMMENDED TO
PROHIBIT THE INCOMING or THE AsrATIcs.
wAsm.SoroS, Feb 27, 1877.
In the senate to-day Mr. Sargent. OF California; from
the Joint Special Committee on Chinese immigration,
submitted a report. and It was ordered that 1t bc
printed, together with the testimony
Alter referring to the resolutions creating i the re-
port says In conducting tho investigation required
by the resolution the joint committee visited tho
Pacific coast and examined l30 witnesses The testi-
mony taken 200 pages Of printed mat
ter and embraces the views OF all classes Of the com'
munty and every variety Of interest the committee
found n great diversity OF opinion, resulting from
different standponts OF the witnesses who ex-
amned.
In conducting this examination the committee d.
vided their work 10 first hear persons opposed to
the unlimited Introduction OF Chinese and to 'h's
branch OF the subject limited time given. They
then heard the testimony oil persons favorable to such
Introduction, aud concluded by aGording time Tor
Witnesses in rcbuttaL Although the subject by this
means was pretty fully covered, and the inquiry.
perhaps exhausted, tho conclusion to be drawn
from tho mass Of testimony may be different TO
different minds. In the opinion oi the committee
may said that the resources OF California and the
Pacific coas. have been more rapidly developed with
the cheap and doce tabor of Chinese than they would
have been without this element. So far as material
prosperity concerned II cannot DO doubted that 'he
Pacific coast has been great gamer
This Is true any rate, OF Tho capitalist classes.
If the inquiry should stop there " should be satis-
fed by the certainty that money IL nado out OF the
present condition of things, and not look to the
present or future moral political welfare Of our
Pacific states II must be conceded least that many
cnterprlslng men lind Their proht IN Chinese ini-
mIsration and the general resources OF the
Pacific bong rapidly developed by means OF
Chinese labor Among Others who testified were those
VINO largely employ Chinese arc interested III ther
transportation, ana who find n profit therein. These
testified that the results OF Chinese immigration mad
been invariably beneficial IN enhancing the material
prosperity OF the coast; but somo not entirely
clear there not social and moral evils spring.
Ing IRON this immigration, which In the future would
councrhaance the advantages gained by tho present
rapid production OF wealth.
Opposition TO any movement restricting the immi-
grafton OF Chinese was also developed among religious
teachers who testified before the committee that the
presence OF Chinese among us imposes duty and
gives an opportunity OF ChristmniziLg them.
VIEWS ARTISANS AND LABoRERs.
On the other hand the committee found that labor
we're opposed to influx OF Chinese, the ground
that hard experience had shown that they
thereby thrown out OF employment and
OF acquisition. But tho opposition TO Chinese
immigration was not confined TO iaoorng men and
lawyers doctors, merchants, dlvines Judges ana
others large numbers, speaking OF their own OBJ
rived IRON tho presence OF Chinese is deceptive and
unwholesomc runous To our laooring classes promo
tive OF caste and dangerous 10 tree institutions.
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
In the progress OF Their gation the committee
called before them the municipal authorities OF San
Francisco including the executive, Legislative health
and police departments, 10 ascertain the numbers,
habits and modes OF lie OF the Chinese IN San Fran
CISCO Tho number OF adult Chinese resi-
In hat cltv
a year about S. 600. The testimony shows that tho
Chinese live III filthy dwellings, upon poor iood,
crowded together III narrow quarters, disresardins
health and lire ordinances aud that their wees are
corruptng to the moras OF the city, especially OF the
young. Among the testimony Will DO found that oil
some twenty operatives, numbering nearly as many
trades IN which details urc gwen In relation 10 diier
ent industrial pursuits which are etner honopozea
by The Chinese or are last becoming So TINS
evidence shows that the Chinese have reduced wages
to what would DO starvation prices Tor white men and
women cngrossed so much OF the labor In the va
callings that there Is lack OF employment Tor
whites, and young men are growing up IN 'dlcncss
while young women willing 10 work arc COM
PEELED to resort doubtful means OF support Tho
hardships resulting from these causes bear with
especial weight upon women
II also shown thnt this distinctive competition IN
branches Of labor operates us communal menace
and inspires tear that the establishment OF these rum
Ously rates Will extend to all employ and de-
ton of a scrve class From tins cause among
saI feeIus toward the Chinese, which has exhbi.ed
Itself sometimes IN laws and ordinances Of
doubt iu prOpricty and IN the abuse OF individual
Cinnamon u and sporadic O mob violence The IN
fluence OF the better class OF society Is thrown
against all violence toward the Chinese, although
those exercising that influence may be convinced that
the presence Of the Chinese in California is un-
desI rabe As long us there Is reasonable hope that
Congress viii apply remedy for what considered
great and growing evil, violent measures against The
Chinese can be restrained
THE CONFLICT OF RACES.
To any reading the testimony which we lay
be the houses II Will become painfully evident
that the Pacific coast must in tine become either
uhneo v.p IA, frnt,
which Chinese immigrants may swarm, and circun-
stances may send them IN enormous numbers 10
Americas, are already IN active opposition.
They do not amaeamate, and all conditions are op
posed to any ASSIMILATION The American race is pro-
gressvo and in favor OF responsible representative
government Tho MOugoan race seems 10 have NO
desire for progress aud to have no conception Of
representative and Tree Institutions While conditions
should be favorable TO the growth and occupancy Of
Pacific by our own people, the Chinese
have aayanases wh,'h r0 w,l put nem lar
They subsist where tho American would
starve. They can work Tor wages which will not fur
nish the barest necessities OF life 10 un American.
They make their way in California as they hive IN tho
islands oil the seanot by superior iorco or vrtue or
even industry, although they are, us rule, indus
trious bu, by revolving characterslics and by dspcns
ing with what have become necessities In modern CIV
zaton. To compete with them and expei them tho
American must come down 10 their lovel or below
them; must work SO cbeapy that tho Chinese cannot
compete with him, Tor IN the contest for subsistence
he that subsist the least Will last the longest
THE QUESTION MORALS
Upon the point oil morals there Is no Aryan or Euro.
pcan which far superior to the Chinese US
class. Full and interesting details Of Chinese morals
and habits in their country Will oe found IN the
testimony fully warranng this assertion. That tes.
timony comes from intelligent travellers, ship CAP
tans merchants, and others, and some of II is too
revolving tor miscellaneous reading. But 1t
was proved satisfactorily that tho Chinese
merchants In San Francisco honorable
IN dealings with other merchants Tho only tes-
timony affecting the integrity OF this comparatively
small class was that they evade, to considerable ex.
tent, the United States revenue laws.
There no intermarriaee between the Asiatics ana
the Caucasian race.
Tho presence tho Chinese discourages and retards
white immigration to the Pacific states. TINS clearly
appeared evidence and probably arises from their
MONOPOLY of farm ana mechanical work through the
low OF their lauor making subsistence difficult
TO procure by the poorer class of cnigrants.
WHAT THEY WOULD WITH THE BALLOT.
iurthcr appears from the evidence, that tho chi
desire TO become citizens OF this country,