The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-12
TRAVELLING crLEsrIALs.
Another CARLOAD Eastward Hound
what Representative Chinn'
men Say 81 the Exodus
from California,
81. Louis GLOBE. Democrat.

That INC chinese must leave ChlllOfhlh
seems to be m estal li,hod fact, very good
evidence of this Ia seen In the large numbers
Of Celestials from San Francisco who are
constantly passing through 81, Louis ind
other points en- route for New York mud
Eastern cities II was ouly n short time agO
that n large body Of these pilgrims went
through 81, Louis on their Journey East, and
Yesterday morning another party, numbering
about sixty, arrived At the Union depot by
way Of the Missouri Pacific, aud lmmedl-
ately started East yla the Ohio Il Mlssls-
sppl. A few, prObablya dozen or llleen
remained In 81. Louis With tho intention of
further swelling the little army Of Chinese
labo-crsin this city. They wandered about
the city seeing the sights, and paying oeea-
sional visits 10 their cOuntrymen In the Nnshee
business. They could easily be distinguished
| from the average 81. Louis ChInnmen by
their blue smorks and black cloth shoes,
soled with white felt.
There Ia SOME talk of ondeayorlng TO induce
large numbers of these emigratiag China
men to 20 South and I'LL the aching void left
| by the great coored exodus, and II Is Stated
on good authority that n number Of Southern
planters are ut present engaged IN making
arrangements with the Lam Sin company Of
San Francisco for consignment Of CeIestials
for Southern use.
A Globe.Domocrat emlssNry started out
Yesterday with the ntention Of get
| ting few facts relative to the Celestial exc.
| dus.
Mr.. NOW LIN
Was the first Chinaman visited Lin Is the
proprietor Of II cigar manufacturing estab-
lshment on Chestnut street, between Second
and Third streets, and has lived In st. Louis
several years. He Is IN intelligent looking
individual, and speaks English very well.
Upon interrogation, he said that he knew the
Chinese we're leaving San Francisco in large
numbers, and accounted for il on the suppo-
stion that the "Melican men" were hostile to
Them and that there was not sufficient work
for all of them in San Francisco.
"What are they going to do in New
York;" asked the reporter,
"Washee, cigar makee and all samce work
Mclean men do"
"But if they continue coming in such num-
bers, won't they oyercrowd tho washee pro-
fession in New York;"
"Then they seated way out Boston, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Washeton," and Lin il
lustruted his idea Of the way they would fill
up the East by stretching his arms rs wide
apart rs he could.
Are any ofthom going to remain in st.
LOUIS"
"a vcly few"
Sand will any ofthem go South, as has
been stated, to take the place of the ne
grees~
This question puzzled Lin, but when it
was explained to him that there was talk of
having Chinese fill the vacated places of the
negroes in the South, he manifested more
disgust than would be supposed Of China
man. Nov Lin stated that business was
brisk, that he was Christian, and attended
regularly the Sunday-school Of the Young
Mems Christian association.
The reporter next called on
MR.. PANG LING,
An employee in Wings cigar manufactory.
| Ling is young man, dressed in civilized
style and speaks English much better than
the majority of his countrymen. lie APP
peared also to have clear idea Of the
| Chinese question and matters in general
than most Cinnamon, and showed no hesita-
ton in expressing himself quite freely, grow
ing positively eloquent several times in allu-
sion to the wrongs inflicted on the Ceestials
| in California Ling said he was aware that
numbers Of Chinese were coming East and
| he thought it an excellent movement. The
! Chinense were maltreated in California and
as they were not fully protected by law, and
public sentiment seemed to be co much
| against them, they have had no other re-
course than to leave the State; then he said
| it was an undisputed fact that there were
too many Cinnamon in San Francisco for
| their own benefit, and if some would leave it
| would be OF advantage to them all.
"Where are you going F"
"To New York and other Eastern cities"
"What will they do?"
"Make shoes and cigars and wash; in fact,
anything that would pay.
Twill they enter into competition with
white labor"
"Yes, to certain extent; they expect to
work better and quicker, but they will not
cut prices"
Mr.. Ling then went into long explaua-
! ion of the Chinese cheap labor question. He
affirmed that the Celestials did not desire to
injure white labor or reduce prices, but
| liked work with good pay as well as any
other nationality. All they asked was to be
put on equal footing with other laborers and
protected in their rights
Mr. Ling rdiculed the idea of this being
such great free country, inasmuch, ho
said, as all classes were not protected.
"How about the Chinese going South ~
Mr. Ling did not know much about this
proposed remedy for the negro exodus, ex-
cept what he had read in the papers, but
thought that if sufficient inducements were
offered a great many would go South.
| With this question the reporter bid Pang
Ling good day, having learned that more
Celestials were expected to arrive in St. Louis