The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-05-11
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Tn q0ine time phsf the fcaidehlHu' INV
rnia have been inyeiehlnR ~ hehyll' |
tsalnst the Chinese W. any yet " people
hpon me globe could do They have oh
ieeted 10 their back wnrdness III adopt ng
,ur civilization, but principally 10 h,F
heap labor ooniendng indeed that tie
Hongolans upon the Pacific coast made re-
nuneratlve employment Impossible lol
hose Of American or other extraction th"'
1hincsc. AS consequence, the Chimes
luegtion has assumed immense propoi'
tlons in Congress, and no act OF the gen
raj government is watched WIN
more interest than the determination
If the Chinese question. Cheap labor TO
those who have intelligence enough
TO appreciate what it means is bu'
Indicative of the fact that those VINO nave
the benefit of it are enabled to sell cheaper
IN the markets of the world than others
| From this fact California is growing per-
haps, more rapidly to-day than any olher
| state in the Union, and really holds the bal
ance of power in national campaign. IL
| is possible from this fact alone that certain
lotions are inimical to the
f,rther immigration of the Chinese.
AND certain other sections persist Ill insist
ling that they be admitted without limit or
lany bubble to the country rs citizens
However this may be, it is beyond dispute
that in California, at least the question Is
suoh a momentous one that the citizens
have hung their harps upon the willows
unless something is done. Just here th'
: insincerity and absurdity of the Caliior
nians' demands are apparent. Chlpes'
cheap labor has done more to con
tribute to the aggregate wealth OF the
: Golden State than any other agency
4 therein although it may have been disas
b. trous to the hoodlum and dead-beat ele
9 ment which kEARNEY has so persistentll
: harrangued on the Sand Lots. Those Wit
have had money and have had work to do
know the vast savings they have made b.
employing Chinese labor and only thos
object to it who are "dead broke" and still
y want .exorbitant prices for their services
= The hoodlum element being Il
% the majority it is but natura
that such politicians and ambl
tious citizens as desire further recog
milton at the hands of the masses, shoul
o desire the total exclusion of their most IN
t dustrious and energetic neighbor-th
y Chinese. Equally absurd and antagonistic t
O the best interests of California is the att
O ltude of the San Francisco Chronicle an
it the Sacramento Record Union in opposin
I M
p may be the chief gamer from the stlpula
& lions under that treaty, whether MI
n SpRECKELs or some one else, California, q
A state, gains immeasurably, and it
almost impossible to believe that the Ca
. fornia press should decry course OF actio
IS worth thousands OF money to the state
'e Hawaiian sugar admitted free OF duty Ell
l. ters largely into the products of California
ie the manufacture Of her Guits, raisins an
J. grapes, and gives to the principal wester
c. commonwealth, particularly, monopol
&c of the sugar trade in this country. There
fore it is beyond comprehension that sue
Journals as those above named Shout
continuously oppose beyond a
OIL things else the very things in. which the
e. are most interested and upon which the
IN most depend for wealth and independents
e. 1t is but another evidence of the concessio
" to the miserable and senseless demands
r. the rabble and the politicians, but stands
'e the way, if put into practice, OF the be
interests of one of the best states
the Union. 1t is passing strange th'
. people rs numerous and Wi
~ as the Californians should tolerate such o
oi yious antagonsm to their interests as
expressed in the California press; In IL
Va first place the advocacy of the abolition
y cheapness of labor, and, secondly, the abr
u cation of the Hawaiian treaty, throug
+ both of which the Californians have bee
a getting richer than any other people 1t
- a curious example of popular clamor owe
ie riding all the better dictates of interest an
" | reason