Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-04

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WEDNESDAY,. DECEMBER 4. 1878
SMALL THE CHINESE voTEs
The naturalization Of q Chinaman in
New York the other day Is hailed In some
quarters q the first case Of its kind in the
country. This Is . mistake, for q number
n Chinamen have been naturalized at the
Eaet. ouour Lee, Of New York, was made
= Citizen In 1872. Two years afterward he
eerved e 4 iurymsn, and was the first
Chinamen that ever acted in this capacity
a Europc or America. Wung All Ling
~ made Q citissn In 1870, and q number
a othor Chinamen were naturalized at the
same time. And in addition to these,
Yung Wing, now IN accredited Minister
from China, In Washington, was natural
iEed in Connecticut ten years ago, and has
voted four times in that State. With such
precedents IS these, 1t is easy enough to
zee that the question whether Cinnamon
oan become citizens is still an open one.
Il would be : most deplorable thing for
this State, il it should ever be decided thai
these people can be naturalized.
The foregoing is from the San Francisco
Stock Report. The naturalization of Chi
namen would be q deplorable thing, not
alone for California, but for all the Pacific
Coast States and Territories. A strong
move in this direction is not imminent.
but II may come in after years. At pres
snt the Chinese do not place sufficient
value upon citizenship. This is proven by
the course Of Yung Wing. According
10 the Stock Report, he was natur-
alised in Connecticut ten years
ago. and voted four times in
that State. And yet he turns up as the
accredited Minister from China to our
Government in Washington. This proves,
We should say, that Mr.. Young Wing, when
he renowned his allegiance to the Chinese
Empire 10 become . citizen Of the United
States, did not place a very high estimate
upon the oath which he was required to
take. And he is probably above the aver
age Of his race in this country. There
ought mot 10 be any question about this
business. II our laws do not forbid Chi
nese citizenship, they should be made to
do 20. A people who insist that their
Sonss shall be returned to their native
hnd are not proper subjects to enjoy the
hestimable privileges Of citizenship under
eur free institutions.
TmE DESTRUCTION OF TIMBER.
The Sacramento Record Union has al
article on this subject. It is especially
savage on Nevada. 1t is unfair enough to
say that the people Of Nevada wantonly de-
stroy the scanty supply Of timber which
grows upon our mountains. 1t goes far
Their. and advises Congress to confer the
additional power on the Secretary of the In
terror. asked for by Mr.. Schurz in his re-
cent report. in order that he may be en-
abled 10 better protect the timber lands Of
the Government. We quote:
The writer Of this article has personally
witnessed the destruction Of timber which
10 going on in Nevada, and can vouch for
the truth OF the statement that the forests
Of that State are in imminent danger Of
being demolished so utterly that it will be
impossible to replace them. The same
process is said to be in operation in Colo
RADIO and the Territories, and there can be
question that at the rate the timber is
being removed in . few years must COM
plete the work Of destruction, and leave
wast tracts. formerly wooded, completely
denuded. The men who are engaged in
this work, Of course, find it extremely
pro6tablo, and rs they carr nothing
Tor posterity. they take no precautions,
bat make . clean sweep wherever
60. In two or three winters
after Ill the timber has been removed
) marked change in the climate Of the
Affected will be perceived. The
will no longer remain On the
but will sweep down into tho
as ~avalanches, or will come down
With the first thaws or rains, as Hoods.
Tho valleys; which heretofore have re-
ceived . steady and gradual supply Of
from the slowly melting SHOWS, will
Be entirely deprived Of this source of fertil-
Ity. The torrents from the mountains will
ID the first place sweep away large areas Of
poil; and after the food will come drought.
The water which should have rendered ex-
tracts fertile throughout the year,
will 10 no longer available. The lands be-
low the mountains will become uninhabit-
Able. The whole economy Of Nature will
b d~isarrahepd, and sterility and desola-
Non viii en6uo. These are the consequences
which have desolated once fertile tracts In
France and Spain, and which will assur-
sdly follow the same auses here. II Con-
srsas shuts it, eyes 70 this pressing danger,
and refuses to legislate for the protection
q the remaining forests while there is yet
time. Il will deserve and receive the exc
c~rstions Of posterity for its faulty and sell
Ashncss.
what would the Record Union have tho
people Of Nevada dor In all parts Of the
State the timber supply is limited. Not
more Is taken than is needed for fuel and
shining operations, and il all the timber
Il value Il required for these purposes.
how can the evil complained Of be rem
edied7 Enough 10 left on the mountains
70 reproduce the forests removed, were the
climate adapted to the rapid growth Of
timher. which it Is not. The dry seasons
With us sre too long. Secretary Schurz
may prosecute our people for trespassing
upon the public domain, bnt we submit
that II l. mot just the thing TO do, until
they have irst been given an opportunity
" purchase their lands. No such oppor-
tnnity oan be offered until the Government
shall hsvs surveyed these timber lands and
lhrown them npon the market. Will 1t
pay the Government to do this surveying
among the craggy peaks Of our rugged
mountains? We seriously doubt II. And