, 1880-04-29
SEPARATE ARTICLES.
Written for The Immigration Panphlet.l

Written for The Immigration Pamphlet.l
CIINAMEN
have gradually come among us until their
name is legion; and, in proportion to
their numbers, white laboreis and the
country have suffered They are not OF
us, nom US. or fprl,s. They room together
in filthy, disgusting crowds. without FUR
niture or other similar comforts, import
ing the most Of what they ear from China
while they hoard their earnings until All
amount is acquired which, in their native
they gather 1t up and return tn heathen-
dom forever, To give place to Others who
come to repeat the operation. No person
OF American or European birth can brgin
TO compete with these leprous creatures.
because they cannot, will not, aud OUGHT
not live as they do.
In consequence partly OF this difference
Chlnamen have for years been filing the
places which white inen and women
ought to have flled In the field. shop and
kitchen, aud unlcss restrictive measures
be taken they will yet not only monopo-
lie all places OF employment. but super
sede the employers themselves AMI captrre
and control the whole coast. Tlis scOurge
has come upon orr people under such
circumstances that IN mOSt cases they have
been Obliged to accept il. and hire the
Chlnam.n; but there is n growing deter
mination to he rid OF them, and the change
will be effected as soon as acceptable White
men and women cnl be had to take their
places. Employers begin to SEQ that, nj
though Chinamau works for less wages
and has submissive disposition, compared
with white laborcr, he Is neither pro-
gressive or profitable. What he earns he
boards and ships away. while the white
laberer earns and spends. A Chinaman
has but one purpose, VIZ: to save money
to spend In China, while the white man
soon marries, buys n lot, builds home,
raises family. pays taxes and adds his
mite to the wealth and social and political
welfare OF the community. The accession
OF q hundred Cinnamon to town never
increases It's permanent population, while
the accession of n hundred white men does
just one hundred; and, by the laws Of in
tercourse and affiliation, they will soon
double up to two, three and four hundred.
Experience will warrant the following
comparisons: One hundred Cinnamon Ia
community earning one dollar per day
each, make that community poorer at the
rate Of 500 per day. One hundred white
men In the same community, earning
81 90 per day each, make that commun-
ity richer, at the rate OF $3.50 per day, and
the reason Is that the Cinnamon send What
they earn away, while the white NEIL
spend theirs where they earn it.
The Chlnamen not only do the work of
boys and mep. but of girls and women also.
They do the cooking, washing, ironing,
chamberwork, etc., etc. Nearly every
family In the country, thLt Is able, employs
one or more cllinamen In the house in
place Of girls, simply because good girls
are not to be had. This class of servants
here receive from $40 for green hand. to
$40, $50 and $50 month and board, for
an old hand, while girls in the States, who
are better qualified, receive only from 81
to "a 30 a week, and board, for the same
Kind ofwork, and help dress aud take care
OF the baby In the bargain. working from
early morning until late in the evening,
like slaves. 1t is too bad to see all Of this
money go out Of the country to heather
China, when so many thousands OF Our
own overworked girls in the States and
Europe would be so glad of an opportun-
ity to earn.
The only remedy for this state of things
Is for the girls In the east to do as their
brothers do assert their independence,
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