Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-04
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View OF the whole history Of the
remarkAbls people who are repre-.
sented In such great numbers on
the Pacific Coast. He inclines to
take an alarmist view Of the fu.
turs, though his pamphlet was
written before 1t was known that
the Chinese government was will
ing to modify the Burlingame
trsaty and lend its efforts to check
emigration from the Flowery King
dom to the United States. Unless
the telegraph has been unusually
at fault, the Chinese government
WAS found by the Angel Commits.
sion in . mood strikingly the 9p-
pcsIts Of that expected by Mr..
whitney. That gentleman looked
for great opposition on the part Of
the Chinese officials to any change
IL the treaty, and even for active
hostilities. To him the issue pre-.
sonted itself thus as between the
two races:
The people Of the United States,
from the hamlets scattered along
our Eastern coasts, have followed
the Instinct Inherited through GEN.
turtles and have pressed westward
still, ardent, earnest, toiling and
victorious, until beyond prairie
and buffalo plain, beyond alkaline
dosert aud Nevadan forest, we
have planted our civilization and
builded our cities upon the edge OF
the utmost ocean whose farther
waves wash the shores of that
China whose pr0wess gave its first
impulse to the westward journey
Of our race. That journey is ended.
We have completed our share of
the circuit of the globe. Aud on
our lAtest territory we are met by
those Same Chinese, driven toward
the east, their only outlet, as we
for ages have been toward the
west. The two races have met,
and one or the other must give
way. The Chinese must recoiI to
his own land, or we must recede
from ours. The two races, distinct
- II drawn from different planets,
compelled by geographical condi-
lions to advance in opposite direo-
ti0ns around the world are brought
face to face. They will not miDgle,
they cannot fuse. The Pacific
Coast at an early day, and our en-
tire country at Temoter time,
must be the Inheritance Of the eau
casian or it must be the heritage of
the Chinese.
OF course, much of the alarmist
aspect Of the subject falls to the
ground II the Chinese government
shall prove to be willing to Ike ep
its subjects at home, instead OF
aiming to send them as propaganda
lists to subjugate the new world.
But the grave economic problems
which have been SO intelligently
and persistently outlined in the
publications Of the Pacific Coast re-
main.
When a splendid ocean steamer,
bearing the Chinese colors, made
its appearance in the harbor of San
Francisco our people had ocular
demonstration of the grave changes
which have been going on in
China. 1t was a formal notice
that henceforth the merchants of
the Flowery Kingdom intend to
claim their share OF the carrying
trade. This move Is but the cul-
minAtion of tendencies whose force
has long been appreciated by those
conversant with the enterprise of
the native merchants In the treaty
ports, and with the growth of the
native mercantile marine in the
Chinese and Indian seas.
No one needs to be told that the
day when great and rapid fortunes
could be- acquired by British or
American traders In China has
passed away, but the cause of the
altered state Of things IL less gen.
orally Understood. The vast shrink
age In profits witnessed in
the past quarter of q century has
been due perhaps, in some degree,
to the competition Of French and
German houses, whose business
has been organized on q less ex-
pensive scale, but mainly to the
encroachments of native factors,
who possess Overlooking ndvan.
tages In the race for wealth. We
must bear In mind that even in
old times, when the whole Of Chi
mas commerce with the outside
world Was controlled by foreigners,
I'll the real work done at the ports
Of entry wac performed by native
employees, . Chinese accountant
aud broker being indispensable
features Of each English or
American house, and constituting,
IN reality, the mainsprings OF the
concerp. The calculation and ap.
Of Chinese coin IL Of
ltsslf : science, In which few Eu.
Eopeens have ever been regarded,
Df at al events trusted, as experts; |
WILLS experience has shown that |
he pufchase Of Chinese staples can |
lnIy be condded to native agent.
: s word, thelf capital was the |