Litchfield enquirer., 1877-03-01

hEmnasss4s fs sEy person. &s Mr. Vivian Sn<Smzssn e av0sd s.few drawback" by msmaznw kAem to her; thirdly, that the cSsek6ezx do h . large measure the work of Ehmsr o<wPeopae. and do not enter into me<zwe 1a@peszkloa with the whites; and. suzxzAav. fhak the domestics least of all SzsexEans wifh any legitimate labor getting sn rxAHR gg w&gsS that were making San Frmneznne fairly celebrated for the extor- sssms uf laa h0nseh0id servants. These sAnwx ESwA4 have been pointed ont, and aAo1 oxex h0w very small mole hill this szsGy isnSssa; but they may easily bel mlAama1 e pMsA- Take the matter at the San EramEsscaas' own estimate; grant that wn@m mAiae Hen have been driven out of wssk ana oas finds himself asked to reSm ia a cumdemnnkion which is on its fnua bukh childish and imprudent-and wAmA wuR&n both wayG Are we to con- 6nmm- cAm@ which has come into com pekSksea n trade and industry, and has RzSn@a wummmssinm of certain branches be- Gxzss k eAsiozsly carries on their simple wuzk aAaw @Dsa to the community than mz1zMsrezsass vii any capitalist or in- tzzsnk Inbcrer be wiling. to make Q ggmaFmA mpmAinmEsun of this theory?
 whszher the CalifOmians seriously be- 6Ese thnt rural Chinese population, work inn om mxws and ranches, and doing we'll tAe lnsesk mechanical labor, is ''driving o1k-@AMm industry whether they serious Iy 1e4n b fold their hands and vail in- ses@a Of enforcing proper fishing laws when ehe Chinese 6sh their bays destruc- tIvs1y Cd they dol lremains to be seen. Of the@s swo points they have as yet said k<tfA Earning by white men is not yet oa the decline oa the Pacific coast: and EzA sain abound in the streams and bays Gsh@a there for centuries.
 ~Bak" says the San Francisco writers of thSs part of the subject. ''the Chinaman sez1s his money out of the country; he does us 70 good by using it shere." He wuE&s for too little money in the first Ps2ces he defrands the white laborer by the hESnous crime of being "able to live o2 r1ce, ,drled 6sh, and desiecated vegeta- bGezS= and then he sends hls ll-gotten gMzns oak of the country or into the cof- fs<s of his own countrymen. "HIs indus Ersal tnnmphs" (It seems he has them) s-ezxseh another land, not ours, says the ~SSmn Francisco Bulletin" of March 27, ISgk SHe is simply here cn a foraging expedition The bread which he takes 093 of the mouths of our labOrers goes to CAlzA" But here some farther facts cs@fr0ak as-
 In IesI, Californian legislative com wsKkss exMmined c table of moneys paid ImAo A@exScA by the Chinese population of tha SkMta. They paid S5O0, 900 of du- tles as tha San Enncisco Customs house; $SS9s s6s8 Eor frGgat and passages in ships fro0 China$S7 900 for rents and storage; e I6A2 In State taxes and licenses; 1ors than $5,0O0. .OOO for American pro- dacks iR the State Gncluding San Fran czsco expenditures1; more than S. 900. 900 for water rates and mining claims; and a great number of of smaller items which swxEled the total tO SIS, ,974 .9O9.* This table n pronounced by a leading author 5ty-.sabzkanklalI coErect; its leading items fr02 oekcsAl sources. are So beyond ques- kSsa. For lS67, careful estimate of the s&ms matter placed the total at $18. .OO0. ca in gold; that is. the Chinese contrib. uasd ak the rate of nearly $45 gold for every white inhabitant then m California. Ia the meantime. too, their aid had rem dsre3 possible the building of the Pacific raSlroad. Bat these statements were for ten ysArz ago; the ratio of this contribu- tmnm hms been kept up since. can any one sAow proof that is has ever failed to keep Mscarake pace with the immigration and CAins~s industry. Do the Chinese send Ogt 0f the country any equivalent for the~e amounts plus the value of their la- boxe
 To take up finally and briefly the third California complaint; that the Chinese 3re in themselves . vicious class, and vIle and cOrrupting element to introduce into . conmunIty. It is well for us here m the East to remember how this point w@a sAanad by the San Francisco mass wSeking's address; 1t gives Q clear idea of the spirit, both of justice and accuracy, that 2ninates much of the anti Chinese movement. "They fill our prisons. asy- lams and hospitals are a grievous burden Co oar tax-paverS. they will not ooaeorm m their habits of life to our san- ItAEy and police regulations. Their dis eases are infectious and horrible; their vices are the result of four thousand years of practice. They buy and sell Wo- men for prostitution; they import peons ana hold them to service, against the seslrst of our laws. by the enforcement of tAeaR secret tribunals . In the city o4 San Francisco there are not less than tea tAousand Chinese belonging to the criminal classes, and ttheyl. number amoag them the most abandoned and 6Anxeroas of criminals.
 Resolved, that the presence of these people in our midst has a tendency to aemoraEiRe society and minister to its w@ask vscess 1t aids to corrupt and de: hameA oar yonths and the labor of this seRwSAe class comes in direct competition ~StA che labor of American citizens. It aegT@aes industrial occupation. drives white labor from the market, multiplies saaeEs and panpers. and is a menace to C@sasas&n civilization
 Thas far the address and resolutions; perhaps they carry so much of their char acaer upon their face that the fewest woras of aIi will be necessary here. In lS6a. a joint select committee of the Call iSor1ia legislature made report to that body. in which occurred the following p&ss@ges:
 s-Ia Is charged that the Chinese demor- slE1s the whites. We cannot find any gTOaDd for the allegation We adopt none of their habits. form no social rela- tons wlsh them, but keep them separate and apart, a distinct and inferior race. They wsgk for us; they help us build up cur State by contributing largely to our taxes. tS our shipping. farming, and me- chAnical i1tcsests. without to any extent catering the departments as competitors; they are denled privileges equal with ether foreigners: they cannot vote nor te.sify in1cOurts of ins6ce. nor have any voice m making our laws. nor mingle with us in social life. Certainly we have noth- ing t0 fear from a race so condemned and restricted: ou the contrary. those China. men who remain here are educated to our
 
 prostitution by their women is as abhor- rent Co their respectable merchants as it is 10 us. They have made several efforts Co send these women home to China, but their efforts have been frustrated. under the plea that lthis is free country, and these women can do as they please. The convictions in the police court, San Francisco. for ehe year 1861. were: Whites. 2,7S3. Chinese, 168 Average of