The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-29

man problem, or the English or Swe-
dish or Polish labor problem. We nsver
hear Of these simply because there is no
problem about it. All is plain matter
of fact. Those foreigners from Europe
come here and they obtain employment
and settle with their families and be-
come useful citizens, enriching the
country with their brains and labor.
But with Chinese immigration, the
conditions are changed, and the har-
monising of these with the already well
established order of things constitutes
the problem. Cinnamon, when they
come of their own volition, and main
tain an equality as to wages, settle
down with families and remain in the
country as good citizens. have Just as
much right on u soil as any other for
eigners. But when they are imported
in hordes under a contract system
which is degrading and injurious
than slavery, il possible; when they dis
place men who have families to support
and whose earnings benefit trade; when
they live on scanty fare and send their
earnings home; when they demoralize
communities by their lascivious habits
and their low opium dens; when they
are finally sem adrift in the market Of
labor injuring the opportunities Of good
citizens; when they finally return home
with considerable sum of money; when
all these evils are summed up in one
massive dead weight to society, then
the problem appears. Statesmen ask
themselves if these injuries to the gov
eminent and society are tolerable;
tradesmen inquire if such disarrange-
ments to trade ought not to be prevent
ed; and the workingmen demand to
know IL their rights to keep themselves
and their families out of poor houses is
to be denied them. 1t is indeed a great
problem, and it has not yet been solved,
though it has worked great hurt, to the
Pacific coast especially. Nor can it be
solved, except the Importation of Chi
nese be prohibited under heavy penal
ties, and the celestials come to stay,
resolving that they will be good citi-
zens, and conform their habits and Gus
toms to the country. But as they are
not likely to do that the genuine prob
lem is still susceptible of solution and
must remain uppermost in the public
mind. And it is well to remember
that Cinnamon are not spurned because
they come from China, but because
they permit themselves to be herded,
and undermine the white laborers of
the country. There. is no prejudice of
race against them, therefore, but a
sound objection based on principle.
II the case at North Adams, is just
as the Herald puts it, no fair thinking
person can object. The Chinese who
remain there (about one-third of the
number first imported) are on the same
basis of labor as the American. No man
can ask anything fairer. They have
adopted American dress and manners:
one has even married an American
girl; while others are about applying
for citizenship, and still others have
embraced the Christian religion. They
have, in short, become Americanized.
To this lone can object while the philan-
thropical will rejoice that the blessings
Of civilization are being enjoyed by
them.
1t will not do then, for the rabid ad-
vocates of Chinese immigration to cite
the North Adams case in proof of the
benefits of the practice, OF in justifica-
ton of further importations. That is
M case out Of ten thousand, and it no
more proves that the Chinese a all be
Americanized and Christianized, than
does the fact of a few prospectors
striking it rich' prove that every man
with a pick and shovel is bound to find
several Bonanza gold mines.