The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-11-26
The Orient Awake.
Coming Competition I'm Commercial Circles
"A Line of Chinese Steamers Between
China. the Sandwich Islands and San
Francisco.

Intelligence comes from China Indicating great
activity among the merchants and capitalists Of the
| Celestial Empire The City Of Peking, which arri-
| we'd yesterday, brought AdVces that the Chinese
| Merchants Steamship Company about TO place
steamers the route from China to the Sandwich Is
lands and San Francisco. If the enterprise is
ried out the Pacific Mail Steamship Company will
encounter the sharpest of competition in the task to
control the commerce Of the Orient and from the
shores of the United States The stockholders the
China Merchants Steamship Company Manda-
rims and merchants who own all the steamships of
| the Shanghae Steam Navigation Company besides
many other steamers. 1t is said to be a corporation
possessing great wealth. The Manager Of the Com
pany is Tong Ken Sing, native Of Singapore He
reputed to be very rich and grasping and speaks
the English language Auently. be is spoken of as
capable and shrewd business man, who is anxious
| to promote the commercial interests of the Empire
/ and render service to bis associates.
The Hongkong China Mail Of September 30th
copies the following from the Shanghae Mercury of
recent date:
"The China Merchants Steam Company are
about 10 run steamers from Canton to the Sandwich
Islands to carry emigrants. The Hochuug is going
south very shortly to that line. Mr.. Tong
Ken Sing has also purchased the Benclutha the
very fine iron ship lately ashore at Chefoo. She s
TO be heightened eighty feet, and orders have been
sent home to Messrs. Thomson Co., who built the
Lew engines for the Hwai Yuen and are building
those for the Yaku. She is intended to steam at an
average Of ten knots. The Benclutha was built in
Glasgow in 1876, is classed 100, at Loyds hav-
/ ing IL years to run. She is a bark of LOLA tons
gross In all probability she will be fitted up for the
passenger trade between Canton and Honolulu and
/ San Francisco"
On the same topic advance sheets of the Celestial
Empire Of October lst throws light. The City
of Peking sailed September 30th. On the day
following the Celestial Empire, discussing the rela.
/ tonship between China and other countries, said
There are times when nations like individuals,
cannot discuss some questions calmly and proftaby
AID III oh ~ 1.st.- - ~
dent shows that the Anti Chinese agitation is fast
dying out in America. where, he says, the popular
sentiment is against race prescription of all kinds
aud though many Of the Australian colonists would
/ gladly welcome Chinese labor, there is no doubt
that IN those countries at least, the immigration of
Chinese must be conducted slowly and cautiously.
While the white and yellow meet as competitors
opposition, ill-feeling, and sometimes violence are
likely to ensue and beautiful free labor and per-
sonal freedom may be admitted to be in the abstract
hostility TO the Chinese will not be easily or quickly
overcome. These are facts, and in discussing great
questions facts must be considered. 1t is not less
fact, however, that where Chinese labor is most
wanted, 60 far from it's competing with white labor
Il allows such labcr to be used to the most direct
advantage and to the greatest profit. The race Of
equatorial Engshmen," which has been foretod
will not exist in the near future and may be said
without fear OF contradiction, that wherever hard
manual work has to be perform in tropical or semi
tropical countries, it must be done by people adapted
to the conditions of such lattudes. For such pur-
poses the Chinese have proved themselves the most
suitable and efficient. No one will deny them the
virtues of industry, frugaty and peaceabeuess and
indeed the increasing demand for their services is the
best proof of their value and usefulness"
The same paper mentions that the theory of the
ancient empire is against granting its children per-
mission tn seek their fortunes abroad, but acknow-
ledges that the Chinese do not scrupe upset hon.
ored customs and depart from the beaten lines of the
Constitution Tseity at first and, latterly with per-
feet Openness, she sanctioned If she did encourage
int he Cala al
Empire says:
" The conditions of the emigration-the arrange
ments and accommodation provided for the emgrants
in going 10 and returning from their foreign service
are probably its most important feature. 1t is a
painful but too we'll known fact that Chinese emf
grants have sometimes been treated on board vessels
in manner which recalls the horrors of the middle
passage. How the Chinese Government, which has
made the most careful provisions in the late treaty
for the freedom and good treatment of emigrants,
will endeavor to insure the arrangements of the pas
sage necessary for health and comfort remains to be
seeeu but of the most reasonable solutions of
the difficulty would be that the emigration should
take place in vessels fyng the Dragon flag, and
which the Government might exercise absolute con-
troll Possibly in no other way would the objections
be overcome; and the introduction of some such
clause into the several treaties combined with what
other precautions might be desirable-as, for in
stance the supervision Of the custom-might lead 20
a complete and satisfactory arrangement with all
concerned. We need not now, however, enter into
!
these remarks by the of the departure
Of the China Merchants steamer Hoehung, which
leaves in q few days for Canton. where The will
receive emigrants for Honolulu. We may give, on q
future occasion, some particulars of the Sandwich
Islands bearing upon their commercial future and
relationship to China For the present we need only
say that the sugar and other plantations promise to
render them q most valuable possession; and that
Chinese labor is much appreciated and sought after
to develop their resources.
u this experiment is successful, as Il promises to
be. aud profitable sphere will be added to the
Company's operations, which may be extended in a
similar way TO many other Places
A letter from G. C. Moreno to William Simon cor
roberates the intelligence BY the newspapers. Mr..
Moreno says;
" I viii send by this mail letter to be published
/ in the N. Y. Herald addressed to Hon. Mr. EFarts
Secretary OF State, with the hope that this time there
will be more failure. have induced the Chinese
Government TO establish a line CT steamers from
Canton to Honolulu, and have been appointed
special agent to open negotiations with the King and
Government Of the Sandwich Islands for commercial
intercourse, bot coolie trade whatever. ANY
Chnaman who desires 70 emigrate must paw his pas
sage just as the Irish emigrants dc. Emigration
must be purely and simply free. This line is
the Chinese Merchants Steam Navigation Company
the Government itself-and will be soon extended
to San Francisco but only for the purposes of trade
II any chinaman in California is unable to pay his
passage home be viii be taken back free.
1 Wheat and -four from California are in great de-
mand in the north Of China, and steam mills have
been established in the panic districts The Govern
meat intends to have this line Of Steamers for the