Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-03-25
Retributive.
The China Curse begins tG be Felt in a
New Quarter.

of events will convince some theoret
ical philanthropists who advocate
Chinese equality, if the voice of rea
son has failed in doing so. The frst
of these practical brain agitators
under the new treaty stipulations
affording extended commercial priv.
ileges, has made its appearance il
the harbor of San Francisco, q steam
vessel owned by Chinese, bidding
against the Pacific Mail Co. for the
transportation of oriental freight. II
may even cause the corporations
hitherto benefited by coolie labor to
pause before they wholly unchain the
powerful enemy of free labor. The
agents of this ship offer to carry
freight to China for five dollars per
ton, aggregatipg for 1900 ton ship
but $4,000 for full cargo. Still,
at these rates, the China steamship
owners would make money.
v An exchange, in commenting on
this new phase OF a question which
the poorer classes have had to battle
alone and opposed by capital, makes
these alarming suggestions; If the
.Chinamah can compete with a pow
full corporation on the Pacific, he
can extend bis operations to the At
lantic. His presence in force on
shore causes all civilized nations to
retreat before him; why can he not
extend his reign likewise over the
scar China has the gathered wealth
of over one hundred generations of
men. She can build as many ships
as she pleases; excepting few Off
GERS, she can man them with slaves
at an expense not exceeding $50 per
annum for each man. She has
plenty of coal to supply her ships,
and it is a plain case that she can
ruin every corporation which owns
ships in the China trade. When
this fact is understood in the East,
We anticipate change in the tone
of popular sentiment, the current
flowing from the very source which
has profted by slave labor. 1t is
pleasant thought for this thrifty
party " indulge that if instead of
paying $40 per month he could get
the work done by a Chinaman for IS
he would be saving SIS. When he
understands, however, that were the
rule generally adopted he would
have no use for either white or
China assistant, he will be induced
70 change his mind. The owners of
Pacific Mail stock in New York have
used their utmost influence to have
forced upon the people who, in tho
olden days made them a dozen for
tunes, an inundation of Chinese.
They have not cared what the results
would be to the Coast, provided they
received the passage money. Now.
in magnificent retribution, q Chinese
steamer rocks on the waters of San
francisco bay, offering to take
lrsights for China at rates which
will cause that company to withdraw
their ships from the trade soon as
the Chinese can complete their fleet.
The Central Pacific Railroad Co.
likewise have a Chinese feet of
steamers. They have built and ex.
tended their railroads with Chinese
labor; have never spent q penny of
their vast fortunes to improve the
condition of unfortunate men OF their
own race or to furnish them employ
ment: and now that little Chinese
steamer, the forerunner of a great
feet. appears as their competitor.
1t comes on the sea, as On the land.
asking merely for share of patron
age; but on the sea as On the land
what it really threatens is that other
industries and other workers must
retire before it.. The world should
begin to understand that the mission
OF the Chinaman is to absorb every
thing except Christianity and patri-
otism. Everything in the form of
property is his prey, and to try to
compete with him means to be beat
en-. This attack will begin to show
the rich that even they are not safe
from him, and when that is done the
poor will begin to receive tardy JUS
tice.
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