Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-21

N ARoeTavG REFtsAA
Surveyor General Prebls, Of the State
of Nevada, recently refused TO sell ano
conway TO a Chinaman forty acres Of
sohooI lands in that State, and the China
man has brought suit 70 compel the sale
The applicant swears that he is sob
jeot of the Emperor Of China. PUBIC
opinion will at first blush OF ooorse
sustain the Surveyor General SO would
IL always, if thers was any practical
utility in it. Il will be said. and truin-
fully, too, that the public lands OF States
and the United States arc intended fof
The use and occupancy Of their citizens'
not for aliens having no sympathy with
the institutions Of the country and
whose sole and ultimate endeavor N 70
drain Il Of resources and return 70
China laden with the golden proceeds
thereof. The principle Is correct, bal
# THAT nae Ia the decision Of the Bur-
vsvor General? should the courts sus-
tain him in this case. which 10 certainly
unlikely, the practical effect would be
simply 70 pat . third person between the
Chinese applicant AMI his title TO the
land desired. He would procure some
qualified white man 10 apply for and
purchase the forty acres, and then boy
Il Of this middle man.
50 long a. aliens are permitted to hold
realty in fee We fail 70 sse Why they
should mot buy it from the State or gen
srsl government. Many millions OF
acres Of land have during tae past few
ysars been purchased by titled and
wealthy foreigners, who have as little
idea of or inclination 70 settle in this
country az any Monaghan who ever
wore pigtail and smoked opium. They
bay it in large tracts and bold It foI
speculative purposes, or. declining 70
sell, contemplate establishing a system
Of nonresident landlordism an odious
and dangerous a. that which has
for oenturies obtained in Ireland.
There Is more risk In this than In the
selling 10 the few China men nov here
q forty-acre lot apiece. Furthermore,
tho great complaint, the greatest harm
resulting from the presence OF these
Asistics, 10 that they herd In cities and
towns, and with filthy vices and de-
grading habits corrupt our youth; that
they enter into and compete with our
free Iaborsrs 10 various kinds Of manu-
factures, driving the latter from the
field that they are clannish. supersti-
tious, heathenish. II Ii all true. Bot
II they desire 10 farm would 1t not be
b stter for the public that they be per-
mitt1d 70 do 70, than 70 sell them lots,
blocks and buildings in our populous
centsrs? Yet Of this We scarcely hear a
murmur, save when s0me citizens
property In rendered almost vslueless
BY the purchase of An adjoining build
Lux uy Ouhuhtnnu. Auos0 30 -" SAe"'
competition yet in farming. There ID
no gIut Of farmers nor farm products
and q small farmer, even though he b
. Chin ssnan, Is vastly better than q
land shark or timber thief. He Is q
producer, and n such contributes r
the susssaancs Of other CLASSES. He can
mot ssnd his land TO China, even though
be doss % with the money proceeds ol
it, products. When he gets rich anc
goss back 70 China the land will remain
for others. II Chinese are to be for
ever with as they are much less injuri
ous ~ small farmers and market gar
deners than ~ competitors In the In
dustries Of our crowded cities.