, 1881-03-19
John in q New Role.

We are not sorry to see that Chinese
steamer is in the harbnr of San Francisen,
and that her agents are bidding against
the Pacific Mail Company for the car
rying IF Oriental freights, The spectacle
may possibly canse the great corporations
If the country 10 consider the Chinese
problem from a new standpoint. The
agents OF this ship cffer TO carry freight
10 China for FIVE dollars per to-. This
for 1000 ton ship wonld I've hut SD, 900
for full cargo. And yet at those rates
John would make money The Salt Lake
Tribune says: If hr plcases lac can drive
every flag except the Dragon Flag from
the Pacific If he can d. this on the
Pacific he can extend the trade to the
Atlantic. His presence IN force on shore
eau ies all civil zed races {" retreat before
him. Why can he bot extend his reign
also over the sea, China has the gathered
rati"ns of men. She can build rs many
ships AS she pleaseS; puss:dc of Il few
officers, she cali man her ships with
sltyes at .a expens. o! II II tn exceed $50
per annum for each u:aI,. Shr has plenty
Of c,'al to supply hrr SHIPS, aid It is a
PLAN case that she can, if her rulers Sn
decide, rum every exploration which owns
ships IN the Chiua trad. When til fact
i. understood we snsp"c. i:.al The grea;
papers of Els ern commercial cities WI
SUDDENLY discover that thcrs IS snm thing
-fi-- all ia H.. W.u,IInI at tbe Nest
a",inst Clnrse Imnl.ratr'n. There Is
nothing 'ha. aPpe'ls t" the reason and
c.,rsc;ence Of the aves.ise E,s:ern man SD
readily Us a blow AIMED u: his p'cset- 1t
is Il pleasant thought for .!i,n 10 reflect
that if instead qf payins hired man so
rer month he could get the same work
done bv Chinaman frr - he w"uht he
s.vin. SD. When he un'irrs ands, how
ever. that were the rule generally ii!opt-
ed h. would have H. u-e f'.r either
white or China assistant, ie will be M
tiuced to change his IiinJ- The owners
sf the Pacific Mul s'oca III Nv York
have used their utm"st l;:t,uence I" have
forced upon the people Sho, IN the old
days, maize them duzrn fortunes, an
iuandation Of Chinese They have not
cared hat the results would lie to the
Coast, provided they received the pas
sage money Now, III magnificent
retribution, a Chimes: steamer rocHs on
the waters OF San Fraucisco Bay offering
to take freigh,s to CHINA at rates which
will c.us. the Pacific Mali Company t"
Withdraw their ships from iEe trade as
soon as the Chinese can complete their
fleet. The Central Pacific Railroad Conn
pany also has Chinese heet OF stean'rs
With the brutality which generally fellows
when pa,venues arv lIt,el {" sud,.en
wealth, thy have extended their railroads
with Chinese labor; have never spent a
penny ui their vast fortunes 10 impr"v':
lie cnn,liti,.n nf unfortunate men IT their
,,un race or t. furnish them with m,l',y-
meat: have said with sl-ers that wlr'e
m.n who cauno; compete with Chin'Se
ou..t tn starre. And nov that little
Chinese steamer, the forerunner "f great
fleet, appears as their competIt"r. IL
| COMES hacked hy mines If chrap c"al; by
tens of mill",'s of slaves ready to work
/ for waves which white man c"uli not
po,sibl. live upon ami 10y 81 much gath r
| al wealth that even the Central Pacific
! Railroad Company viii not aare attempt
to bu lduze OF frighten 1t away. lanes
on the sea, as on the land, asking merely
for share If patronage. But an the sea,
! AS on the land, what 1t really threatens is
| that other industries and other workers,
mus, retire before it. rhe world ough,
( ~ b, gin To- understaid r'ia, the mission
/ If the Chinamam ! - ahS'.rh everything
EXCEPT Cars isn.ty ami ra'r'n'ls".
Everything in rhe f.'rm oi pa. o.'erry Is bis
prry. ami tp ;ry go .upot' with hin
means tn he beIteIr. We are .ia'i lie bls
made this attack rn TWO great corpora
tions That will hegin tn show the rici
that even they are not safe from h',n
and when thai is doie til poor Will c"'n
Z ,,,.,, "a. p, r,c-.IV,s tariy lus.lct.