The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-29

The London Saturday N.r5,r, COM
msutiug upm the report uf ia specla
commission appointed o. investigate th,
condition %! Chinese coolies iu Cuba,
SANS.
Oue sentence iu thecunmissimrra re.
purt supplies tgu4hIy mrmatluu " Oi
the more than lto. uNu Chinese who sailed
tur Cuba, upwari ui 10000 died duriug
thv voyages. With few exceptions
tho concurrent testimony Of tuu witnesses
bears evidence o. ana amount uf suffering
endured uu the passage which almost
surpa~sys belief
The wrvtchyd creatures were couiiut
W the holds were beaten without mercy,
ia SOME cases even unto death we're sup
pArd with hai food and insufficient
water were shut mp Iu bamboo cages.
ur chained Ia Iran posts some were
" kicked "a death hy the sailors, AMI
" others uu the point uf death. hut mot
dead, were thrown overheard No won
der. then. that numbers sought relief la
suicide. One witness saws. twenty
men thl7 fellow pas-yHgersl " east them
selves overheard 20 eight jumped over
board, states another and opium lent
lis nd to rid some ut the sufferers uf
their misery.
ON arrival what happens 10 the
eoohe2' asks the Chimes, government
On landmg, replies ualyh-Shuang-
chm, four ur five Foreigners uu horse
back, armed with whips. lci us like u
hcrt ut cattle to the harraeuuns TO he
sold These men were then taken tu
the market, and were compelled 10 sub
mat q treatment which o. Cinnamon.
whose sense of dyc,ury ls keen. was
peculiarly ubhurrrut They were obliged
Ia remove their clothing. $50 tha. their
persons might he examined and their
prices tixei This covered u- with
shame, say tittE-twa petitioners.
After the evidence brought forward as
10 the WAY Ina which thr csalles arc treat
"a during the various stages ui th1r
Immigration anti. they reach the sugar ur
other plantations ut thg island. the qura-
uou " DO employers treat coolies kind
~ sounds lthe uWoekrrE hut lt might
~ least have been supposed that self
interest would have induced the masters
tu keep the coolies .n good bodily health.
Even this motive, however. seems to
have been insufficient ta work any good
for thc immigrants They are mdyrtri.
uyrrwurkei and treated with grtat bar
har.ty Maze and bananas form the
staple food allotted 10 the
Many stated thAt, contrary % the r,gu-
latluus which limit the hours ui labor tn
twelve out of the tWtHtN-fuur. thyy were
made u work frm four .u the morning
uuul midnight Sunday brought them
mo relief. and guv attempt t1 rest WAS
punished hy mgrsalc-s glagnue Album
aaut evidence les furnished that the mug-
der ot cualles was mot at all lulrolue eut.
and eases uf suicide hv hanging. by
jumping lutu sugar cailruns and hy tax
mg opium. were If common occurrence.
These statements appear So Incredible
that We naturally uE for their confirm
alton ur rUtufAuau ta tle statistics fur
ulshgi 10y tlr commissioner, and from
these wc learn that aut ut ll4. .u-l eAs.lrs
Who landed in Cuba during tine twenty
Years ending 1873. 52, 504 died In the
island These figures speak for them
selves. And IL cannot be said that in-
ilrmles arising from old agg had Wy.
thing to da with TINS high u,cuf mortal.
ltv for, according t. tbe commissioners.
.av COOLIES were a.l vmung men,
The fact, therefore remains That during
the twenty wear. ai#He uamul. urarly
htty per gentum uf tae yuuug aa8 uatu-
rally vigorous Cinnamon who landed IN
Cuba succumbrd t1 tA, effects ut the
cruel treatment "a which they were SUBJ
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