The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-02-15
THE MONGOLlANS.
Checking the Evils of Chinese ImmIgra-

the Evils of Chinese ImmIgra-
ton.
The Committee on immigration and
Labor in the lower house of Congress
have agreed unanimously upon policy
that will check the evils of Chinese i'm
migration upon the Pacific coast. The
committee has prepared joint rssolu-
ton, requesting tho President to see
what can be done by corresponding with
China and Great Britain, with view OF
abrogating the treaty stipulations per-
hitting unlimited Chinese immigration.
The report supporting the resolution,
prepared by Mr. Willis and approved by
the whole committee, makes the follow
ing suggestions:
/. The statistics of the custom-house
for the past twenty years show that,
dividing said twenty years into periods
of five years each, the average increase
of said periods is so per cent. Estimat-
ing the present number of Chinese on
the Pacific slope at 150, 600, which is the
lowest estimate from any source, if the
above rate of increase should continue,
by 1880 the number of Chinese would
exceed the native voting population, to-
RtbHtr Will lHluiRIublOH lIOlu oohci
sources, over $4,000. The question,
therefore, is not one of prospective, but
of present, Importance, and demanding
immediate Legislation, if these immi-
grants are Objectionable.
2. The lowest class OF immigrants are
from the fourth, or lowest class of Chi
nese, a class among whom when in China
the marriage relation is ignored, and
polygamy and prostitution and concu-
binage are recognized if not legalized.
Children and wives are sold into slavery;
the sanctity of oaths is disregarded; in
fanticide, and especially of females, is
common and unrebuked; cleanliness
almost unknown, and paganism the only
religion.
3. They are mostly brought here I'M
der contracts by which they agree to pay
to certain brokers or to the six Chinese
companies large percentage upon theil
passage money. When these Chinese
attempt to return home they are unable
to do so unless these six companies give
them a permit. The companies exercise
a control over them greater than that o
the civil government. The women wh'
come are without exception immoral
and are bought and sold like sheep IL
the SHAMELESS.
4. Viewing the subject from the labo
standpoint, the report says these China
men live fifty in one room twenty b,
twenty. They have no wives, no chill
dren, and no home in the sense in whic
the word is known in America. Thei
food is rice. Packed like sardines, an
enjoying none of the comforts of home
they live upon 10 or 20 cents per day.
5. The report argues that they ar
unfit to be American citizens, that the
disregard oaths, keep up pagan customs
and that it is impossible to execute Tn
laws over them, or to make them regar
sanitary regulations.
6. The chief objection to the Chimes
is their utter failure to assimilate wit
our people and institutions. In thi
respect they are unlike all European III
migrants. They have been in the cour
try for twenty-seven years, and they al
the same to-day as when they first cam
the same in dress, religion, socli
habits and political views. The Chimes
disdain and refuse to assimilate in th
body polite of America.
The committee are also considerin
the form of law to prevent turtle
Chinese immigration. They hold thu
Congress has already power to deal wit
the subject and apply a remedy.