Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-28
CHINESE LABOR,

James A. Garfleid's Letter - Em-
pioyer's Have .sthe Right TO Buv
Labor Where They Can Get IL
Cheapest''-DO Not stop the Chinese
influx TIL the Corporate Interests
Have all the Labor They Want.
The following letter was printed in
1TuM a New York journal, which
publishes fac sinliIe Of the letter;
personal AND coNFIDEsrIAL.l
House. OF REPRESENTATIVES,, WAsuINaroS
d. G., Jan. 23, 1851 Dedr sir Yours in rela.
ton to the Chinese problem came duly TO
hand.
take it that the question Of e1nployes i.
only question of private and corporate
economy. and individuals or companies have
the right to buy labor where they can get il
cheapest.
We have a treaty with the Chinese Govern
ment which should be religiously kept until
Its provisions ARE ahrOgated by the action of
the General Government, and am not pre-
pared TO say that ii should he abrogated unt1
nnr great manufacturing and corporate
Interests are conserved in the matter of
labor. Very truly Yours
j. A. GARFIELD.
H. H. MONEY. Employers Union. Lynn, Mass.
AN APPEAL TO WORKING MEN
The publication of the letter has called
fo.th the following address;
Let every honest aborer read and porder
well the purposes and intentions of the Gar
field prrty and then deposit square vote for
Hancock and TECrn. Az lRUTn was the first
to unealth the hidden purposes of the secret
ring 80 1t will be found as the champion of
the right unl the interest of the working
man.
The accompanying tuc si,nae of General
Garileld's honestly expressed sentiments m
relation 10 Chinese immigration and cheap
labor has just seen the light in TRuru. IA
authenticity Is youched for by a large number
of eNpurts who have compared it with MINER
oll' specimens OF MIR. Gariield's writing. II
wus addressed 10, and shows that the writer
was in confidential relations with an
employers society whose object is the control
oil the rates of American labor.
There il. therefore, no doubt of it's GEM
ineness whether denied uradmitted II should
be remembered TINT il was written January
I'D xix months before he was n candidate.
and being, AZ II ~, in direct opposition To the
sentiments and views expressed in his letter
OF acceptance, is thoroughly illustrative al
his dishonesty and Implicitly of character
Mr.. Garfield is in favor personally and CON
lidehtlally Of keeping ''religously' our treaty
with the Chinese Government. This means
IN PLAIN terms the importation of hordes OF
Chinese or other cheap labor to degrade the
American mechanic and working man,
Mr. GARFIELD Is OF the opinion that "ndi-
viduaiS aud companies have the right to buy
labor where they can get it cheapest"
II cheaper labor than Chinese can he had
Mr.. Garfield is therefore in favor Of buyinE
it. We buy cattle We buy merchandise, but
no man who has ever laid the slightest claim
TO craftsmanship has disgraccd his manhood
10y talking of "Iuytng' American labor. lie
insists that the Chinese treaty shall be main
,a n', hnlll tGe great manufacturing and cor
poraH!r interests are inIIy conserved
provided for" In other words. Mr.. Garfield
stands hy the Chinese treaty until mannfne.
tnrra have the onpor,niity nf INV nrnrnrin', M
the eooic labor tl'dy want, THIS will rrdur
the rates of American labor to tbc Starvation
point.
\ Chiuaman can live on 10 cents Il day. MIR
Garfield il 'pcrHonally and confidontiuily'' of
the opinion that such Il rate of wages il
.only "A nnrstin,, uf mrivnf" ord cortorot',