The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-03-01
The F'Chinese- American" "

Speaking of the first Chinese paper
ever published in New York, the ( rst
number of which recently made its ap-
pearance, the SIN saws that Mr.. Wong
Ching Foo is the editor-in-chief and
the publishers, at 189 and II { nathan
str ct, are Messrs. +. z. and J.. p. Cole.
The SIM says:
.. The Chinese american is to be a
fOur-page weekly paper, somewhat
smaller than the .J7tn. it is to publish
the news, or so much OF it as is likely
o interest its readers. The matter it
will contain is to be written or selected
by Mr.. Wong Ching FOp, who will die
tate it to a Chinese scribe. He in turn
will print or paint it with India ink
and a pointed stick upon sheets of
paper, from which it will be photo
autographed, and then printed from
the stone in the shape in which it is to
appear The publishers say that but
for this process the publication W uld
be impossible by reasc of its cost
In the past it has been customary to en-
grave the VIII le of each Chinese work
to be published, because the 60, 900
word characters of the language are
not represented by type.
Mr.. Wong Ching 90 is a MOngOlian
of rank, wh has held Office in China.
He imbiDed republican ideas in this
country, was graduated from an Ameri-
can college, and upon returning to his
native land found life there less agree
able than in America. J. G is best known
here as n lecturer in English The
scrit e who will act as his amanuensis is
one o. number in this city who gain
their livelihood in writing letters and
communications of every sort for their
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to pay f rty dollars q week for his serv-
ices and say that wherever they have
turned by the pursuit of their business
they have found similar proof of the
lack f foundation for the belief that
there is sach thing as tChinese cheap
labor" They could get a Caucasian
office-boy for five dollars n week, but
have to pay eight dollars for China
youth.
They say that the leading men
among the Chinese in this city are
pleased with the prospect of possessing
a paper that will convey to them the
news of the week in the beloved hero
giyphs that Americans can be brought
to think of only in connection with wash
bills, firecracker labels and the Hera-
ture of the tea trade. But the same
Cinnamon say that they cannot under
stand in what manner the enterprise
can be made to pay. The publishers,
on the other hand, point tO1he fact that
there are in New York 5000 Cinnamon,
600 Iaundries and 30 Chinese groceries.
Although they admit that but few
Cinnamon are educated up TO the full
possibilities of their alphabet, all can
read those few hundred signs that eX-
press their simple ideas and wants.
They like TO read, ct at present
have no other opportunity to do SO
than is afforded by the wall over
| the doorway TO Tom Lees grocery
at Mott street and Chatham square,
This wall has served as the only news
| paper for years. Upon il are posted
| notices o. the opening and closing OF al
! laundries that are or la been main
tanned by members Of the Long III So
| e:ety-a secret organization about The
nature Of which no New Yorker hal
| ever been able TO learn more than tha
| it is s'Alle same Flce Mason. To thu
| New Yorker the most interesting thing
| about Tom Lees wall has been that the
| advertisements are painted on bits o
] paper Of every hue, and make up a dis
/ play as diverting to the eye as. the con
| tents of a dress maker s rag-bag
''But the publishers of the Chinese
| /n1eTJcdu say that the fact that ever
Chinaman can read and wants TO is ;
| mere item in their estimates. A stronge
desire is that on the part Of those mer
| chants who make soap and bluing anC
laundry apparatus and all sorts Of thing
| that they would like to have the means
of presenting TO the notice OF Ghina
men"