Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-20
The Terror Of the Earth.
S,n LnL. Tribune. Auau,t II.

Sdit Lake Tribune. August IL.
A piece Of news fraught with incon-
csiyabls danger to the United States was
Yesterday telegraphed. II 10 that which
states that the Chinese government has
At length removed all restrictions from
i,s own subjects. This means that the
overcrowded hive Of China Is about to
swarm, and the world may we'll tremble
to hear the humming OF their innumera.
BILE wings. Ten years ago. when MI.
De Long was in Japan. he induced the
authorities there to remodel their for
eign policy aud to open their country to
modern progress. He then went with
the Premier OF Japan to China and urged
the same thing for that country. The
Little Emperor" the Bismarck Of
China, listened and questioned and
finally said in substance: 81 think you
are right, but II will take me some little
time to make the change. will not.
like the japanese. invite foreigners to
| China, but will send our youth abroad,
that they may learn other languages.
mechanics. navigation, engineering. and
all that is needed. aud then / will change
, our policy" Now 70 read that q Chinese
steamer manned and commanded by
Chinese will soon visit San Francisco
harbor. Notwithstanding the menace
which the arrival OF that ship will bring,
1t may do good at last. II the Chinese
have determined to engage the world in
competition, the trade OF the whole
Orient will speedily pass into their
hands including all China, Japan.
Farther India and all the Islands ada
cent to the Asiatio coast. This will
touch in Q single year the pockets OF
those merchants Of the Eastern States,
who now clamor SO loudly for unlimited
Chinese immigration, In q way which
may help the United States out. They
say now. III the careless race OF the
Pacific Coast can not in their work COM
pete with Chineae they had better move
away" We shall see how they will
receive from Chinese merchants the
statement "If a superior race can not
compete with Us in trade. you had bet
ter sell US your ships" That Is coming
10 sure az the world. For years and
ages China has been absorbing wealth.
Treasures that enter there aro lost az
much as O human form Is lost when the
grave closes over 1t. The masses are
intensely poor so the gathered wealth ID
in the hands OF O few. We know what
the wealth OF India was when the En-
Rlish commenced to despoil that coun'
try. but the Indians were always an idle
aud careless race compared with the
Chinese. The wealthy Chinaman car
90 to the country and for q few dollars
each can buy from their parents O crew
for q ship .or the hands for a factory,
These can live for almost nothing. They
can initiate 80 well that in Q year they
would become experts in manning a shiE
or running spindles and looms. Will
this done the rich Cinnamon could man
uiacture his goods and send then
around tho world almost at NO expense
How is the wealthy American or En-
Rlishmen going to compete either In sail
ing ships. in manufacturing or selling
goods2 It 10 simply an impossibility
And then a trained Chinese merchan
will beat the merchant OF any other ma
ton with only even chances, because b
has about him O shrswdness. q sagacity
a serpent cunning. under an emotionles'
face and timid misn. which no foreisns
can acquire. John is today the terro
OF the earth.