The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-01

expressed the opinion that the State owes
great dcal Of It's prosperity 10 tho labor o.
the Chinese, and that all classes share in
the general benefits derived from that cause.
Perhaps the most surprising testimony in
troduccd. at least to those who have been ac-
customcd TO read the accounts given
in the California newspapers OF the way in
which the Chinese population defy all the
laws Of hygiene, is that of DIR. \. i. SrOrr, II
member Of the state Board Of Health, who
testified that, as u general thing, the health
Of the Chinese is better than the whites be-
cause they live planer He said that they
keep themselves very clean, in consequence
of which the death rate IL loss among the
Chinese than among the whites. He also
SAYS that he never saw case of typhoid
foyer or of diphtheria among Chinese chill
drcn. The health Of these immigrants W juld
undoubtedly bc still better If they were Mt
in the habit Of crowling 90 closely together
in their sleeping apartments; but the San
Francisco authorities have taken measures
to remedy this evil. Col. Bee one Of the
counsel for the Chinese, in his opening adj
dress to the Congressional Commission.
described these precautions. ia Chintman
Is caught shopping in room with less than
five hundred cubic feet Of air, NJ is arrested
and imprisoned ina cell containing less than
two hundred feet, AZ an example of sanitary
reform.
There ia no doubt that tho Chinese immi-
grants are usually hcathcns, and that most
of them etil continue joined to their idols,
notwithstanding the Christian models they
find before them on their arrival IN this
III. L.,
EFFIGY SARGENT, and in othcr California
politicians This IS bad for their souls, but
still the public are not likely to suffer from
it, as the evidence Of some Of the leading
business men in San Francisco Is TO the eff
feet that they are exceptionally honest in
their business transactions. JOHN PARROrr,
OF the well known bnnking firm Of PARROT
4 Co, who did the banking business for the
whole Chinese population of San Francisco
for many years, says he never lost u dollar
by ChinNman.
As to the great bugbcar Of an influx into
this country OF millions and millions OF
Chinese who may ovcrpower the American
population and take possession OF the coun-
try, the facts elected by this investigation
do not seem to offer cause for serious appre-
hension. II IL true that there is a popula-
tion in China of from 0OJ TO 4po.00t,oOO,
but the evidence taken by the Commission
shows that the immigration from China is
governed 10y the immutable laws Of supply
and demand. II there is lack Of laborers
in California the Cinnamon come IN to do
the work required when the contrary is the
ease, there are more departures from San
| Francisco than arrivals. 1t is admitted that
there are fewer Chinese in California than
there wore twenty years ago; and thus
the intelligent reader can figure for himself
how long it will take to transfer 4J),o0o.0o)
Cinnamon from China to our soil. And the
fact that hardly any Of the Cinnamon who
come to this country show any disposition
to claim the right Of voting, shows that the
immediate political effect Of such mmigra-
tion is not likely to be overwhelming.