The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-05-08

Kweng II Chin-Chinese lmnigration.
To the editor Of the n. Y. Tribune.
The letter from the Rev. DR.. William
Spcer, dated at Washington, Penn,
March S, 1879, and published in your
issue of March 8, deserves particular at
tention. The letter shows that the
latter writer has full understanding of
his subject His conclusions regarding
Chinese immigration, and in particular
regarding tho administration of the
"Six Companies" ct San Francisco are
90 correct and yet 80 likely to fail OF
universal acceptance, that l cannot re-
frain from writing you q few lines IN
confederation of them. l will confine
my observation to three points, viz !:
~ The extent of territory from which
Chinese immigrants como to this coun
try (2) the supposed danger OF "Aood"
OF Chinese; and 60 tho six companies.
l Having been born and brought up
IN the province OF Canton, having lately
spent several years in the United States,
and having observed the facts concern
ing tho movements of my countrymen
from tho very first, do not hesitate to
say that e-tenths of the Chinese who
have como to this country have come
from that province. The remaining
one-tenth are from the province of Foo
kin. Probably there is not single per.
son in the United States from any 9TH
or part of China than these two provin-
ces. Tho only exception which is to be
ID a. a. - nj
certain Of the Chinese government stu.
dents who have been sent to this coun-
try for education, and certain members
of the present Chinese embassy at
Washington. And although the Chinese
educational mission was first established
in Shanghai, IN the povince of Kiang
500, where the students whom We have
now were selected, yet more than two.
thirds of all the students there obtained
are Cantonese. 1t must be borne in
mind that Shanghai 10 more than 800
miles from Canton, in o country practl-
cally destitute of railroads. The Can
tonese boys, in fact, were tho only Chi
nese who were easily to be obtained for
the mission. The people of the other
PROVINCES of China have always showed
an unwillingness to 60 to foreign coun-
tries.
2 From The San Francisco Oriental
Chinese Newspaper l take the following
statistics concerning Chinese immigra-
ton and immigration at that point for
the years 1877 and 1879. The figures
purport to have been taken from the
custom-house record. In 1877 the num-
Der imported from Hong Kong was
7,249; the number exported to Hong
Kong, Honolulu and other countries
was 1871. In 1873 tho corresponding
importation was 6,675r.and the cores
ponding expectation was 1857. These
figures may be taken to represent with
substantial accuracy the entire impor-
tation and the entire expectation OF
Chinese for tho years named. The
number of Chinese in this country was
thus diminished by 1882 persons IN
1877, and by l,137 persons in 1873.
These results are not symptomatic of a
food.
3 OF tho so-called Six Companies five
belong severally and respectively to five
different parts of the province of Can
ton. The remaining ono company be-
longs to China in general. Tho object
of the companies is to promote justice
and fair dealing between the Chinese
immigrants. The officers are regularly
chosen once year. They are selected
for their special capacity, and having
fixed salaries. Tho companies do not
in any way Cypress or enslave tho i'm
migrants. Nearly all the Chinese who
are in this country have como. as above
stated, from Hong Kong. which is q
tree British colony.
You will indulge me in these few lines
concerning matters which are of great
interest to me, in common with other
of my countrymen, and which should be
intelligently understood by voters and
others IN thus country,
kwONG HI CHIN.
Chinese Educational Mission, Hart
ford, Conn, March Ii, 1879.