Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-18
UNEQUAL COMPETITION.

Enough has been written about the
injurious and inequitable competition
with white labor arising from the pres
snce aMong IA of Chinese to fill a very
large book. We advocate and enforce
the collection Of protective tariff on
imports ostensibly for the purpose not
alone of protecting and building up
manufactures, but enabling the me-
ohanios Of this country to obtain better
wages for their labor than their fellow
workmen abroad. This We believe is
good policy ond has resulted in the i'm
provement Of the condition Of the in
dustrial classes in the United States. A
citizen of this country whose sole de-
pendence 10 on his labor or skill should
be enabled to demand and receive
enough compensation therefor to pro-
vide comfortably for his family. educate
his children and with ordinary pru-
dence to aosumulats . sufficient amount
Of surplus to provide against want in
old age. Chinese competition wars
directly against this theory and praotioe
Of our government. Cinnamon do not
demand nor receive a. much compenaa
ton a. white mon. They do not need
N much. OF the same amount Of
wages they can save much larger per
osntage. There are many reasons for
this. Their habits are different; they
have no families 70 support, no children
70 cloths and educate. There are no
calls upon them for jury and other
duties Of citixenship whereby time is
lost, and to crown al, they can and do
subsist upon food which would not keep
a white laborer alive. Il has often been
asserted that while IL costs laboring
man IN average Of not less than 20 to
80 csnts Per diem for board aud lodging.
. Chinaman will expsnd for the same
purpose not over 70 cents . day. In
fact this estimate of the latter's ex-
penses II too great. In discussion ON
the subject Of Chinese restriction in the
Provincial Parliament at Viotoria the
other day the President Of the Council
said il had come 10 his knowledge that
serious dispute we'll nigh eliminating
in q lawsuit had arisen between two
Chinese hrms ~ 70 whether the prics
agreed upon for boarding = number Of
coolies VAS TN or TN cents per day.
How can Il be possible for white men to
compete with such olassf How can =
white man Who must pay -four times q
much for food and LODGING - his moon
eyed oompetitor work for even double
the wages when Il u rscollsctsd that In
every other respect his expenses are
necessarily greater In proportions The
answer must be that suocesxful compe-
titiou h impossible. This question Of
restriction 10 forcing itself upon our
cousins over the line. Il must arias in
any locality whom tbs introduction Of
servile labor begins 10 make itsslf per
oeptibly felt. There 10 but one solution. |
keep them out. They are not needed. |
The reasons. II any ever existed, for
their admittancs have long sinss disAp,
pesrsd. There u plenty Of white labor |
in The country, and moro always attain
able. Free labor has rights in this land; |
ssrvile labor . unweleome, hurtful and |
illegal. Il = 70 b hopsd that 10 Con-
9rsss this winter dsath blow 70 Chinese |
Influx viii b given, and ~ sincsrsly |
hope that our friends In British Col1n.
bia may also suesssd b Obtaining isgis-
lation inhibiting thsir snsranss into
that province.
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