The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-03-08
PROTECTION FOR Drawn AND
MUSCLE.

OF WtthS IuG W l4tlt CplIillig buo bNOh
shouting that the Mormons must go.
I For once the whole country was measu-
rlbly right, and congress was not slow
/ to discern the public temper. The SEN
ate set to work and passed an anti
! polygamy bill that is vigorously iron
clad. If the house cOncurs in it (Which
we doubt this country will be hot
place for polygamists. The house com
Inittee on elections has, however, de-
clared that Cannon, the Mormon dele
gate, is ineligible TO a seat in congress,
and the house will doubtless endorse
the committee. Having thus Temporal
rily propitiated the country regarding
polygamy, congress has turned its atten-
ton to the Chinese question, which must
be attended to in order to placate the
people on the Pacific slope. The
bill which has been discussel in the
senate for several days past ought to
satisfy the Californians. 1t utterly ig-
nores the fact that we have existing
treat es with China which permit immi-
grafton; that a Chinese ambassador re-
sides at Washington, and an American
minister at Pekin; that the diplomatic
and commercial relations between the
two countries are of the most cordial
nature. The bill virtually prohibits i'm
migration to this country from China
for twenty years. By that time it is
supposed the almond-eyed heathen will
be weaned from the desire to overrun
this weak and defenseless country. If
they are not, congress can come to the
rescue and bar them out for
another twenty years. The idea is
to afford protection to our la
borers-the miners, railroad-builders, |
washer-wOmen, etc, who cannot COM
pete, even on our own soil, with cheap |
heather labor. If the bill passes it will
be in harmony with some other of our
governmental policies. We protect our
manufacturing industries by high
tariff, because they cannot stand alone"
cannot compete with the cheap manu-
9actured goods of Europe. To be con-
5Istent we should carry the principle
'urther, and protect our laborers against
he cheap labor Of Asia. What the high
tariff is for the manufacturer,
he Chinese bill viii be for the laborer
N the Pacific slope. At least this is
What congress proposes. 1t is probable
he bill Will pass. Many senators
md representatives favor it. Senator
daxey, who is opposed to the protective
heory for manufacturers, favors this
for Pacific slope labor. He
made speech or it the other day, pre-
acing his + marks with the statement
har the trainers of the constitution
lever dreamed that they were preparing ;
for any but Caucasians to live under
n this country. This was discouraging
Or the Indian and the negro, the first J
( whom owned the country Originally, f
nd the latter was brought here against
Is Will. But Senator Maxey stuck to
Is text, and he too announced that :
Ohm Chinaman must stay away, as 8
american labor needs prote3tion. And {
ct 1t Is a queer position he occupies. !
Mr.. Huntington, for example, wants {
D buy fifty thousand tons of iron rails III I
England to build an American railroad t
ir. Maxey would say those rails should
'e admitted duty free or mere nomi- I
lal tax-for revenue only, because Hun
Ington has right to buy them any
where in the world that he
an get them cheapest We think
10 too. But if, having bought the
alls, Mr.. HUI tington wishes to import
thousand Cinnamon to build the
oad' because he can get their labor t
heapcr than any other-just as he could i
ny the rails cheaper-hc is practicing I,
il lniqmty and should be checked. We p
ave never believed that Chinese immi-
ration to this country is the terrible a
vi 1t Is pictured, but congress seems
ent on putting d stop to it, and the a
easure will probably become
W. We protect looms, spindles, roll
g mills and sheep, and now Drawn and
uscle are to be put on the high tariff q
st.