Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-04-12

u find no places ON account of 4
n rice-e;ders. | said, '"That Is ha
. II true, and am ready to help y
do something for these unfOrtunk
e young women. 4 know large ma
4 bers who would be Extremely hap
4 TO find such girls to take the pla&
- of their Chinese servants. If VI
J, know two hundred such cir
= quiet, modest, and skilled In hOu
e keeping, / will put myself und
! bonds to find places for the emit
number within three weeks, a
you may begin 10 bring them
Immediately" He choked al
J stammered, and said he knew TN
, girls i'm Davisville. 1t was tr
their mother was not quite rcspeC
able, but he did believe that IA
girls, If they could get good place
would try TO do well. "Well,"
said, "that is q heavy shrinkag
from two hundred to two; but no
about the two? Do they know no
to do hOuse-work with tidiness au
} skill?" lie could not say positive
as to that, but he rather thong
they were toleably good at IL.
"The Chinese women corrupt on
white boys"
Chinese women are kept for II
profit and qualification of the viii
and yellow scoundrels who hay
thus far defeated the efforts OF be
ter men Of both races to send the&
out of the country, and keep thel
from coming in. But what a
white boys "from eight to twelve
doing in the streets at night? Whe
are the parents? Where the police
Where the city government An
who are the shameless creature
used as decoys in saloons, and see
reckoning with every vile attra
] ton at open doors and windows
Chinese women are as one pustu
on body reeking with rottennes
Suppress the social evil by a
means, but let the blow fall heavies
where the guilt andminjury ar
greatest.
"The Chinese reduce the price
real estate"
So do all races and people VIII
are content or compelled to live
cramped quarters, and trade
small shops. Jackson street
crowded with Chinese, and propertf
has fallen. Dupont street, going Ou
from Montgomery Avenue north
ward, Is crowded with Spaniard8
and Italians, and property has falle
for a precisely analogous reason.
"They do not observe the pure-aI
law"
If the health officers choose to nc
company me / will take them
scores of saloons, dance-halls, clul
rooms and private dwellings wher
the law Is fiagrantly and habituall
violated. / will take them {
churches and concert-halls wheFk
the science of breathing Is set at de
fiance. i will even take them
offices of the city government wher
a man with healthy lungs and aC
customed to pure air will hasten
find an avenue of escape.
"They pick up all the mino
trades
And do you propose to main AM
Danish them for their enterprise?
"They live on nothing, and send
their earnings out of the country.
They look strangely robust, con
sidering that such Is the nature q
their diet. Look at the facts. Thief
are heavy purchasers of pork, seC
ond-grade -four, poultry, hats and
leather. They pay large duties, I'd
claim lands, rent buildings, leasA
gardens, buy mining claims, pa!
water-rates, licenses, and severely
discriminating taxes. 1t Is on re
cord, as recently published and easi
ly capable of confirmation, that les
than half the number now supposed
to be on this coast pay an annua
revenue to the State Of more that
fifteen million of dollars. AS Il
their sending their money to China
the best results of all productive ia
dustry must in the nature of thu
case be left behind. / sOlemnly be
lieve that, take them man for man
not making account of families
they spend more money outside thu
grog-shOps and the tobicconists
stalls than do the laboring class o
our Irish fellow-citizens.
1.-THE Chinese are taking tho
bread out Of our children's mouths.
Is ii so? Go with me. Find M
a man or woman who would 40
rather have a sober and well-be
haved white man or white woman
who can speak our own language
at fair wages, higher than are paid
similar persons east OF the Missouri
river. Not one? Now visit thu
saloons, tobacco-stands, low dives
Sunday-night theaters, pudding
dances, beer cellars. You begin Il
see what is taking bread out of chill
dren's mouths, shoes off their feet
Joy out Of their hearts, and smitind
the novels In which they live wit
fear and desolatiOn. IL Is like New
York and Baltimore and Cincin
natl and st. Louis, where nothing
can be charged to Chinese competi
tiOn. The thief Is older than thu
Burlingame treaty. The vermiI
that devour us are hOme-bred, no
i'm FNnrfa1