, 1879-02-28
THE CHINESE INFLUX.
How John Came to Turn His At.
tention to the United
States.
Departure Of the First Celestial from
Canton---Growth Of the
Stampede.
subasquent Emigration, and Preseni
Chinese Population In
California.
What Thsy Do and Where Thsy Lf5s In Frisco.
rs Cleaned from Chinese Merchants.

Nhot TheY 10 and Nhtrb ThAv Ity8 In sFrite0,
a. n,.,,.a f-,u, r.t.,s, u.~.h,,,.
~ o'"As' "'"' '"'"s'' '''''N""t''
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Sp't'a! c'rTesponoenee Pc 1'. o. ~ a"F !fto"he:
DAN fAAHoisco' roo' sl'-lhe eaonHolian &C
t"pus ., ""e 'a'.enea ~ len'ac'co upon tc rs.
guy eioe, nsla Is la0t oeslsoS's Us commercial
",''4 sos'ai tI!e' lhc peop'o u tAls fe91on cry
a.oua UNI .hey may oo suceoreo III .te'e e1-
1'e,a'9t' n''.! 1'at ule Sn's1 E1ccusso ol tna
'as'oh may nave VIC molhi bravery 10 pace MS
=, ~. 70 measure WHICH VAL pE1nE tIaa Ic
ne'' lhere nppeafs TO DC nut one ccno 10 INC
recent act ol Congress, uni tllat is, "6IEn the
bilI and free US from the lcmorallztnE md de-
grading contact with The present coolte system |;
limit the influx Of Cclcstfa1s, md protect the
fndnstrlcs, ana health, and homc-Itfe Of our
people; lit the burden that has borne us down,
NH El'c 10 tic progressive inhabitants OF this
section M opportunity to Jeyelop it, resources
upon prosperous null compromising bas!s."
You lava nlrcady Learned by wire how curnest
and emphatic nave been thu nrotc.ta aroInst
vntony tno f,h,ao,n IN, ~ s aS~sHos
,or.. s ,,,, WY eM'sso T., uu.' vns ~, peop'e "efo
oc'cF 'noic IN earliest III thcsr lives. Ills
NOT An ENDORSEMENT OF KEARNErisM
i'll iss blasnut form. Kcnruey doesn't speak the
mint ~ ,l., s,nn. "'1 'sopesseo'' VIZ
"'I"s ~ wy nt"le, ..-.-.....
AS thls subject ia being dEscussed. II may be
interestingly to consider for a moment how md
when the Chinese began f}ock,u, IN mr. .horn.
All flaw who ia viii We d., Ta>,,e t.s,""'.
~ m,aa,, ....n. - "'s s.e oa'n lcoup company,
w oapont se'ee'' sh's .lle nrst Ch'hanRa who
came to America was Chun Ming, nutiye mcr-
chant OF Nat Sung, q province OF Canton. ue
was at Intelligent md entcrpr,,,n1r ,non' .r5
ca,,s oyor tora f,n, 1T. 49, - 1o." r'''t '4'u
fro,n mia mint n ria mom,,,.,ns ~ -, .a."s nns
~ ~ w 'o"'"e.' nv peean
o0p's.s' tn'. ".sa n.,' "as successful III nnd-
lnB soiu. Tue discovery caused him
to conycE tho Intelligence To friend named
Chcong Yum, In 1873, nhd tllis latter individual
nt orrn nrnna,c1 IN ,on bte f,rn,o- oo,n,.,,a..
In t1,a .,a,. E,aaxs1c tr,a ~ ...," .'"'p'"o,
u. i, lne "e" E!aoFauo' Inc news was 80 coou
flowcry shores Of his ilntIve Empire,
pnogr THE 1xrrL11oEycn m srvrn,1 op MN
yn1pvns ~1 '''o
md The mining fever at once broke out In alt
The riruIcuco Of an actual epidemic disease.
The present excitement East over the rcn,trd
lcadyjllc afscoyer]e. VIVA no,h,nr comno.ed
with fhe lever t''at prevailed away back In 1913
a1nonest the tecinlng population OF Canton over
the nliered "iinds" OF gold In The mountains OF
California, Mems of transnortot,on were mi
~. ,,orfoct t,or, =. .,nn. 49,. I,e.,. noI
~ VI .'ea a. no" u'eso "efo 10 Faelhe
A",' elenn'etS u oe'''. u'enl oVee ny tnousands,
@ a',a ~ .'.es e'e ou,' IKE or yosfpns "ssscss'
AMI aunts, ana cous'ns" In "Paafote,h "by
the dozens" on saEl!ng-vcsscls.
When III 1910 Tho AyConauts of the Enst he,
gan !locsng 10 this coast in quest o. tbc nurrcr.
~ re''' " WA '''Sn4'' tnS SA'"che pupA-
lntl0n llld ns ret amounted to but nn insjcuit1-
caut feature. Within fnur reors follo,rtr1
o.r,,,o,s ,ro.a ,,,a.' t.",,,,a,. 5'' Ao''o"'''s
nnr,Ion. st, ,nat h., ,Al a,,sa w 7e.o ~ .Eci No.
pcrlnps DD0 Cclfstlals on In. rnntt md ~ nj.