The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-05-16
THE STANDARD.
THURSDAY. MAY re. 1875.
Western Christian Advocated
Smokers.

In July, 1876, the Senate appointed
committee of three to visit the Pacific
coast, to ascertain the character, extent,
and effect of Chinese immigration. In
the same month the House of Represen
tatives appointed like committee to go
on the same errand, and subsequently,
by concurrent resolution, the two COM
mittees were authorized to act as joint
special committee In February follow
ing the committed reported, and the re-
port was ordered published, 1t makes
book of about thirteen hundred pages,
mostly filled with stenographic report
of testimony taken by the committee
Among other witnesses examined was
Frank Muther. From the report of his
testimony, taken under oath, | make a
few extracts:
"What are their the Chinese] habits
of cleanliness in manufacturing cigars 2
"If you watch them closely you may
bring them down to fair cleanliness, but
when they work by themselves, their
habits are simply ridiculous.
What do they do p
"One thing they dosis to take cigar in
their mouth and put spit on it to get 1T
smooth, and then they will take it in the
hand and roll it to get the shine on it,
what is called Chinese polish.
as this method of polishing cigars
practiced in Cuba?'
at is practiced by every Chinaman, if
you give him chanceT
as the Havana cigar prepared in that
wayf'
THE imported cigars are principally
made by Cinnamon p
"Is this method of using spittle on ci-
gars employed in ordinary cigar making,
or is it popularity of the Chinese|
at is popularity of the Chinese.
"And not permitted in well-regulated
establishments p
"No Another thing which they do
commonly with the wrappings which |
will state: Of course there is certain
amount of wrappings. The Chinaman
gets to sweating; and / do not care how
many sores he has on him-they are all
as you see scarred-1 have worked with
them in shops in this city where the Chi
namen were packed around as thick as
herrngs in keg. Under such circum-
stances they would get to sweating and
it was a common thing for them to take
these cuttings and wipe their arms and
faces with them and blow their noses in
to them. 1t may look rather bad, but it
is fact"
What becomes of the Chinese cigars
that are made ?"
"They are eventually consumed by hu
man beings. They send a great many
East"
do understand you that cigars are
made in Havana by ChineseT
"a great many"
What proportion of them p
II can not say but according to W hat
l can get from men who have worked
there for years-Chinamen who have
come from there-about one-half | do
not know that there are so many made
there now as formerly, since they passed
this law about cutting off the queues.
The above testimony sums up about
like this: The Chinese in San Francisco
alone make over one hundred million ci-
gars annually; a great many of these are
shipped to the Eastern States. Nearly
or quite half the cigars made in Havana,
are made by Chinese; every Chinaman,
unless he is closely watched, will pratice
the most revolving denominations upon
the cigars which he makes. When work
ing side by side with white workmen, un.
der white overseers, they do it in spite OF
watching Have cigar?