, 1877-02-23
JOHN CHINAMAN.
Ills Value IN California to Farmers AMI
lIousehespers-htso TO AlanufsctuFcrs.

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His value In California to Farmers and
ltouseitespers-htso 10 Manufacturer.
Tat ias. g. Rrit'e' IN the Cena, teatio "a n.
SAN uuINAvEHTuIts. CALI Jan. IL, lsi7-The
wr.ter u tllis article has tesnled III Call orns
a9uut eleven years. During moat Of this t,no
but often tliau9c1 lis lGlp frum Eltnc.e to
American, ansl tIcn bark IL Chllcso agaiu. liz
tecls thcfefore. Il, measure prepared, in TON.
III recaru 10 this class Of our population.
California, as at preacAt situated, cannot,
Without grcat loas anu suffering, net along with.
out sle Cnl1cse. -, As duulcstir hc1ncsa tlcy sse
iuina.o lvlnesttes in tuie State. They eann,t 10
obtained. Twenty dollars month In coll Mi
not tempt tho lrul K'rls Of tho oret.ssockel
East to gunc tyct and he,p tls. Ten THOUSAND
of tlluln could lind employment In thus state to.
~ $50 n'ontl, fnS K'r] for t,rtlhnry. lo1sc-
work, u,'tf nevtr lessthan fa. Nov, what tG1lt
the oytrelxul ll0llse,slrcs Of Tits Stntc lu In
this condition oE tnngs Ch!unnlcn are our unlY
rollancc. Tdx1 thcsn nWay, nftIl cry of tl..rps,
will ~ up fruln the eonntry houses, mud In the
city. Bald harsl-wurkct housewife tic ufhtr
layt "Bay What you Will against tic Chinese,
y9u don't xucp tnu'', 5ou can't koey ths wo'n.
Nor can Tho farmers do withont them. Lato,
Is worry high. Twenty-Five and 80 n niunth
ia guild is evorywhetr paid. We can gct TO
white laboscrs Of my kind beiow Those llxl,rrs;
yet VIC tarfners often lind NC cunrnt pay tAese
prices without running iehtnd., Tho white ia-
borers feels insultoI Il wc uiIcr him less. Anl
many Of nnr t!e!.is would 70 unQathescdlf Nc
c0uld not hifc Chinese t. llelo ~ ot,t. Tnus tbs
only b 10 10 cents bushcl; ahl beans Only
about % reMts bushcl sack anI nll. 'Chtnska
heb atono tan cllablo lis to compete with the
world at tllrse priees.
pcrate and reliable taln tic geHeral.ty Of
wintv 1ab0rs 8ue Of my neiEhbors irnsa
steam thresnatnacl'.nc. llls rang of whi,u
l,an1s was usunly 50 sadly detnoralizrd By
little on Monday save gather up his scattered
i6recs. Reluctantly ha WIS obliged, In lnro
self"leleHse' to GET a gang o. Chinese; ald ior
two 5e.rs ho has IL yer lust an hour's run IN
nclgh0or Of this lnan-a large farmer himself
got 8tcufn treai.cr atlu rcsulye to rl1n It " III
Am. rivan or rlntc labor. He spoke A>orn'uy
Q. the Ch1ncse; but hc did not run his ma :hIus
mont1, Gro he, too, changed Ills mind, md
hlretl gang Of Chinese.
The Cni,tanan Ut Cnlt .ornla Is great producer.
4 grcnt manv industries Lnt fur hIn wuul
langusll, or else had never been started. Oar
Ing is largely wrougIt BY their nimb1o tng>r,
| and supple backs. THEY also do tho cooking III
| a thousand hiiningta,lius, and, besides t,:5.
| gather weekly many thousands OF dullss Ia
TINT white men Won't work tncui. il Is MT
| opinion that they. glca1 rum deserted m!nes
| weekly moro gull ttlan they send ba.is in tnn
same TING to tliila ~ tho net tcwns1a oi thar
| toll. California Is Aery year ina u richer tt
millions u lollars through this much dcsp!eel
rntu.
| Tue Chinese arc peaceful and usually qulet
and temp rate Hook. It makes my Heart htccl
and often aruuses my cio1er too, to think q t4s
pcrsccut.o1ls and eruelt.es daily INFLICTED IN
tllese uncompt4.n4ng chidren Of tlle East-of
rather West, as II Is 10 rs. IN Los Angeles, lust
cast Of my llousc, iaclr quarters were burnt aud
hntf tlozeu shot dead, alll many wounded and
abused, ~ . nloe o! wniso men. Aud taouaa
several OF the mob were CONVICTED In court VI
murder IN tho tIrst degree, all wcro sgt at
liberty! In th!s city, sun Dncnavcntura, The
t'ru Company assaulted ono ol thclr worxluusrs.
and Tho psstrt:s Attorney looScd on, a1,l sax
no cause'tor interference. Aud 90 avcrywMrd
| tho mob Is AGAINST them, and Justice ttlpla
afar oif. After tho drcman's raid, aboyc referred
to, tho pour Cinnamon took the Largo heap Of
solid clothes, md a.tually cried as they bore
ha TX to tlIe5r oNncrs the near.v ruined articlrs
Even elil illrcn atu often nilIwcl to insult ChIaa.
mon without rcproof. Hence tho houl1un ot
our elites. Yet ,n genera1, there Is In this Stats
E1od, ,legEcD OK protection even to tho Ehtsi-
men.
Nor are the Cinnamon 10 low down il, tht
scale o: intelligence as represented. Nearly al
0. tl,om can read and write lucnt1y their nillss
tongue. Ihclr skill In mathematics Is nearIl
oqusl to that OF tho average American. haye
many tlmts bctn astonislicu ut tho rapidly aal
aecuraey of their reckoning. Tho Ehlnamaa
already distinguishes tic difference between
minister ho alwasa expests to ind frienl; ID
tic church {l'rotestaut} house Of refuge; and
tho chnrelhncnIecr lio ncvcr expects 10 Halln
the ul99, unless ho 10 . member Of tic Roman
turns home land they aro couiu9 aud going
back coat!nually), he always speaks. In biggest
terms Of the Irjtestlnt cA.lrvll nr,l ministry
ind tolls Of tho foe sthool taught here 10,
CEina,nen, and Of the kindness anu sympathy
| hN n3w0pH 11nJ1H fhf4 frfnr,fz Mt .1e2rs
And II III, Journeys wlthlu o few iniles Of a u +
slonaFys ho llastens to g.eee him as FRIEND,
md comnlcnds him warmly. to Ills eountfYmen.
This clear dIs. rim'natipn dailg becomes more
and more widely extended IN China.
the host susceptible 10 Christian influence
They readily cnter our Sabbath schools MI
churches when kindly invited. And not q fer
ldolatry is fast losing its hold upon tho i5 ,on
or u, 00 now In this State, 0ne Of them, whta
nskcl, fcw .tays aeo, "Who was th's csl
whose festyal' you arc observing" tep', -; T.;
be he onco big raseal-all sumo aS 1Ioo4lam-
But Il Is said: II. not checked, they viii over.
Enn the State. and take po session Of the an4"
tiictr numbers. but tho same Ia thcuretlc a1
truo of tbs buttons Of Europe. liow soon the!
could lnod 10. end carry aWnJ alt our ehcr!shsa
instItutionsl nut shcy hays mt. 80 opIac j.
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Of homo aul native 1and Is wonderfully CO...
scsyat!Ye, anl " u,akea ns rather bc.sr the ali
We l,aye. than ~ to others that wc know not
Of" Hence II q tnat tho poor girls Of Eastern
eitlcs thfong the intelligence ollces, seesioi
work ut low wages, but sannot he indu 81 %
come to tho Go!.len State. wllcro tho r lrosl:Is
ars; no. rot With assaEnnee Of kind Treatment
plenty OF work, and 20 month in gold, T..
There Is O good deal Of human nature, too, y
! Chlua,nan. llo Ioves home. and Kindred, apa api
nattyo land, and notllin. bnt hiKlI wages h'3
tempte.l hin, here. Why don't Cll'nau,cn a9od
New York, anl Doston, md Nsw Enciandt y.
cause there Is not temptation enough IA tn9'
pr'cs Ut labor, Depend upon u, thu prIse o.
labor must fall greatly In California. Ilt'c
will bo an e1ull4briutn. between the pr4.e
Ut i4boF III California nnd tho East, anl tnat u
the not distant future. Wien thnt takcs ta,f,
tho Immigration from China will faii oil, at1 e
formidable no moro, 6olnU may rc,na, IT. i.
more n.ay rome. Possibly they NAV ronslaae
to cast III theis lot With US, possibly bceoas ~
THE WO9L-GR0WeRs.
CIxc1sNArI, o. Fob. 22s.-Tho wool. .gsoFerii
ct uAio. tu4!ana, Kentucky, West FtEQt,,ls enS a'
Il. Il L.. L.. IN