The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1878-03-16

md Labor is unanimously in favor
Il taking steps to check u evils
II Chinese immigration to the Pa-
.;6c coast. MIR. Willis, Of KEN
lucky. who as the head Of the sub
committee has very carefully OK.
amined the subject, is authorized
to report to the house joint rcso-
lution requesting the president 10
omen correspondence with the gov
ernments OF China aad Great Bri. 4
tain. with a view Of securing : =
change or abrogation Of any stipu :
la,ions in existing treaties whlcn
permits the unlimited immigration
Of the Chinese to the United States.
The entire committee, both demo-
Gratis and republicans, are agreed
Oh this point.
The report prepared by Mr.. VIII
lis to accompany tho joint rcsolu-
lions, presents the following con-
sideratious:
/. The statistics Of tho cns'om
house for the past twenty years
shows that, dividing said twenty
wears into periods Of five years
each, the average increase Of saia
, periods is fifty per cent. Estima-
ting the present number Of Chinese
. ON the Pacific slope at ioo,WV'
which is the lowest estimate from
|, , any source, II the above rate oi in-
crease should continue, by 1880 the
number Of Chinese would exceed
the native voting population, TO,
: ve,her with immigration fronl al
y other sources, over $4,000. The
's question, therefore, is not one OF
!. irrespective but of present import-
u auce. and demanding legislation, II
these immigrahtsare Objectionable
10 2. The class Of immigrants Is
= :. from the fourth Or lowest class o.
y Chinese, class among whom
y when in China, the marital relation
:, is ignored, pclygamy and prosti'u ;
Gu ton and concubinagc recognized
su II not lcyallzcd, children aud wivc
" arc sold into slavery, and sanctit'
Of oaths disrcgarded, infanticide
Fe, aid especially Of females, comn'o
~ ~ ana unrcbukcd, cleanliness almos
os' unknown, aud Paganism the on'
d religion. !.
Dr. 8. They are mostly broug'
no. here under contracts by which the
Mn agree to pay to certain brokers, {
''''' to the six Chinese companies,
~ ~ large per centage upon their pas
l"- ~ age money. Whom these Chine
''s' ~ attempt to return home they a
avg unable to do so,. unless these $
I'M companies give them a perm
r"' The companies exercise q CONT
y" over them greater than that Of 7
er'- civil government. The won
ing who come arc without except
'a"' immoral, and are bought and Sc
aa' like sheep in the shamblcs.
pec. A. Viewing the subject from
po, labor standpoint, the report 81
ana these Chinamcn live fifiy IN :
no. room twenty by twenty. II
uno have no wives, no children,
~. M home in tho sense in which
~. word is used in America. III
-. food is rice. Packed like sardii
, -, H. and enjoying none Of the comic
..voa of a home, they live on ten
twenty cents a day, and Il
,,,,,v whole life antagonizcs tho Am
,,;vs can idea of labor.
,t;no The report argues that 'hey
h,,,s unfit to be American citizens,
,a,,,v they disregard oaths, keep up
,sn,a gan customs, and that 1t Is i'm
80 sibIe to execute the lawsQyer I
~, or to make them regard san
regulations.
6. Tho chief objection to
. Chinese is their utter failur
e .,:s assimilatc with our people ant
stitutions. In this respect
r.. are unlike all European II
80, grants. They have been In
country for twenty-sevcn y
. 1 &c. and are the same to-day as '
-. they first came, the same in d
= -. religion, social habits and poll
- visws. The Chinese dlsclainl
- '.. a refuse to assimilate III the
s.ro., = 80 polite Of America.
49, az. The committee IL also cons
e "a - ing the form Of law to PR
~, :. -. - - further Chinese immigration
!. a.a holds that Congress has ali
, g ,',,;. s,,. the power to deal with the s'i
and apply remedy.
Mr.. Willis says there are
ss..,.' bcr Of supreme Govt decisio