The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
TELEGRAPHIC
SENATOR mILLER.
he Talks About Chinese. KaiI-
roads and His Big State.

New York, 2.-The Grdphic contain:
tn following: Senator Miller, who ar.
rived from Washington last. evening,
JOINS with Senator Fair in prediction
that CalifOrnis and the Pacific states will
witness the beginning Of renewed
prosperity, when the new law restrict
Ing Chinese Immigration is enforced. ]
have seen with my own eyes the depres-
sing effect of Monaghan competition
with white labor on the Pacific slope and
their baneful influence in all the channels
of industry, he said to-day, and think il
Is best fer our people and the country 10
general that their further Immigration be
checked. aThey have in 8 great measure
retarded the progress of the COST by
keeping away desirable immigrants
from other countries and particularly
from our slster states, who would have
gladly sought homes with us and helped
to build up and occupy our fertile
valleys. The Chinese only come
to secure enough money to enable them
to live in comfort, when they return
home. They care nothing for our insti-
buttons oriour people and are detriment
to our civilization Already, f." .contin-
ued the senator, ''A movement is well
under way which will have tendency
to help California and neighbOring states
and will gradually neutralize the effects
Of the Chinese now settled on the coast.
1t is that of securing large immigrA-
ton Of Germans and Italians, and has
been planned by the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company. WAS informed only
yesterday on the most reliable authority
that this company will establish q line of
steamships TO ply between European
ports and New Orleans, from which last
named point immigrants will be trans
ported over the new connection with the
Southern Pacific route to California at
S25 per heSd. Thus, hardy German,
Italisn and French farmers or laborers
can reach our coast st half the ex-
pense which it costs by other
lines. The Rew line will also be
used to transport the wheat and products
Of our vineyards to Europe, ViG New
Orleans, at less expense than heretofore,
So you see what have said about our
cheering prospects is not based altogether
on speculation. California, which has
population of only 800 900, can com.
fortsbly support from 5000, 600 to TO-
O0e, 600 people, and predict that within
o lew yddIe3 uuQeE buo eblu VI Al1Al"
grafton, they will rank with SOME of the
more pOpulous of the eastern states. All
that is required for the development OF
the Thousands Of seree Of tillable lands
is good bone AMI muscle, and this We will
get now that the Vexed Chinese question
is settled" Senator Miller said be had not
paid much attention Of late to the labor
tsOuble, consequently did not know that
ithad assumed such alarming proportions.
II was his impression that the present
strike OF iron workers would cause much
suffering, but in the end 8 compromise
would be effected which would be satis-
factory to employers and employees.
He thought the strike untimely and ILL.,
advised from the fact that everywhere
labor was in demand and workingmen
were not in distress. If men were idle
because they could Rot obtain employ.
ment, and were snfsriLg for the neces-
sAries Of life, then it might be expected
they would attempt to resort to desperate
measures. At this time, however, the
situation was not so distressing, and il
violence WAS resOrted to by malconteHts
they would lose the confidence and sym.
patty ofthe public, Miller expressed &c
little sympathy for General FitZ-J ohm
Porter, and thought the Senate would
take favorable action on the committee
report when presented.