Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-04-08
CHAN a KwAl.

The aforesaid returned to San Fran
cisco last Thursday from his ~lseturing
tour to the East. A reporter OF the
Post interviewed him with the following
result, which We eondense from that
par OF Saturday. A month ago Chan
in company with Rev. OTIS Gibson as
business manager left for the East on .
lecturing tour. Chan was to deliver the
lectures and the Doctor was to act IA
business manager. pocket the receipts
and make himself generally useful as
sidsshow to his illustrious pupil. The
tour did not open up we'll In q financial
sense; hence the early return OF Chan.
Ho tells the story thus:
Mr.. Gibson and myself. wo think that
Il Is no use 10 lecture here on the Chinese
question. The people here they only want
20 zee one side OF 10. We say suppose We
go 70 tho Eastern States. u will be some
thing new T; the people there know nothing
about tho Cinnamon. except What they
read In the California papers. Well. We
dx mp pretty good lecture and Nc leave
four or ilvo weeks ago. The first place l
lectured In was In Des Moine-, Iowa.
Here No had agood house. people much
interested 4: never SEQ the Chinese quss-
ton % I state IL. spoke about an hour
and . half. Mr.. Gibson he introduce me;
hs talk pretty good. too. Well. that lee
ture paid pretty well. From there We
vent 10 Iowa City and Davenport (; In both
u these places No spoke TO fair audiences.
The people. ~ elsewhere. seemed pleased
10 SEQ us. and listened 10 my lecture with
much attention. Al Chicago 1 spoke also
Two or three times. For such . large city
the houses We got did not encourage Us.
I cannot complain. though. OF any lack OF
attention here. Az elsewhere. the people
behaved frst-rate toward me, much better
than California people. In Chicago the
lowest classes Of society. while they did
not seem TO care much to hear our lecture,
never thought Of treating Us other than In
Akindly manner"
Tho reason No did not 10 farther EAst
was because the season Wa getting late.
and not meeting with the entire success.
We desired. Mr.. Gibson suggested that i
had better return home aud walt until
early neAt fAh. ~. ven. w" ,ots
10 visit some OF MS friends. eapee' MIN
home In abouta week.
In my lecture i spoke OF . o many
things. There has been much SAID about
importing coolies Now. ! dc not kno"
what psopse mean oy on sup
pose thai they mean tne SnihAmen VINO
have their passage money advanced BY any
OF the six Companies who as.ist immi.
grants. Well. that practice does prevail
~ . great extent These companies simply
advance poor Cinnamon so mueh money.
THESE poor Chinamen agree 70 WORK either
90 long TO pay u back when they get here
or they agree TO pay. 10 and ma their own
work. When thsy hrst come here they arc
Ignorant OF the customs OF the people, and
would. perhaps. stArvs TO death II they did
not have some M Who understood ths
people here 10 get them work Of some Kind.
1 do not call this Cooiieism' II the
men asiss 70 s" ns Sra,sn, s1om
some American eontractsi Suppose you
want to hire some men to 90 up . ranch.
mcn.v .,S w., ..v Her. rill nav yoaI
fare there and give you 80 much money
beside, you WORK ioL me one year. 10
,sms nth Chin.msn.
Eeporter-Yes. but the ignorant Chinese
,ness sVnpsn,ss ,naass ~ M ~ ~
do when ,hey 20, hero, or anything regard
Ing the rate Of wages paid hers. II my
msr ,Ianu ON. y p.ynns sa,,ins
ON n~eighboring ranches. how long DO you
think they would stay win me
xonr ma, wonia No, Zen ,hrir contract
All cbinsmen 10 . ma matter how much
~sye. thcy couiI Get el.ewhere they still
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80 snsos " u.,,.x 4,
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~, $50 $3.50 ~ ,h.x w., an.
comn.nx \. smno.sreI IN ty.st liam 4.
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In regard 10 the authorship OF MS iec-
ture. Chan saws he had no other assist
ana. ,,., AZ, o;h.on ~ ~hon Ia vs,,
a. ..,..,.n,. ,,m. IT,. o,I, mai.
.,or,h mor.v on : ~,sc,u,;n, ,,in 70
.,ou, 80. Chan h.s In
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