The Labor enquirer., 1883-01-27
The Chinese Law.
of Labor Herald.

The Chinese Law.
Correspondence of Labor Herald.
There is.a paper called the Watchman,
printed in Boston, Massachusetts,, in the
interest of the faith taught by the great
labor reformer, the carpenter of Eaza-
reth. In a late issue of this W0uld-be
Watchaan, | find an article on the sub
ject of Chinese immigration, and COM
pairing the Chinese immigrants with i'm
migrants from Europe: | would ask the
author of that article if he grew up.
"spontaneouslyYin the woods, or if he is
'self-madeA man" If the latter, | would
be glad t0Know it, as that would be suf-
ficient proof that God had nothing to do
with11naking him. If the former, he can
very properly disclaim descent from any
I0f those vile Europeans who
LEFT their country for their country's good"
and helped to organize new race, a new
country and d newsystem of government
ON this continent.
If these European emigrants are such
vile scum as he would make it appear, We
would be glad to know that he has none
of their blood in his veins; and that
none of his ancestors came over in the,
steerage of aS"Tap-Scott" or BLACK
Ball liner"-at least one would interfrom
what he writes that he is from different
and purer race. We cannot think that
he is Chinaman of the race Of Canaan
Or q negro of the race(of "the sons of
men,"
of one thing | am very sure-he never
was in "Chinatown," San Francisco. All
that he knows of that race is what he
has seen in the streets, and what some
one himself, probably wished the pub
lie to know about Chinese cheap labor
He may have read much of that kind of
lore gotten up bymen like him to assist
them in their greed to make money at
the expense Of the European emigrants
and their descendants who make coun-
try between the two oceans.
THE YELLOW HANKERCHIEF.
' [ am positive that he does not know
that no woman can leave China who
does not put the yellow handkerchief
the badge of prostitution-on her head,
and that such are the women imported
from China to this country. The badge
is considered SO dsgraceful in that
country that no decent woman would be
permitted by her kindred TO wear it for
a moment.
am equally positive that he does not
know that in China females are brought
UP from childhood to lead life of shame,
and it is from among this class that the
supply of Chinese women are brought to
the United States; nor does be know
that they are actually bought in China,
and sold to those who wantthem in San
Francisco.
He does not know that the Chinese
believe that women have no souls, nor
that it is impossible to make those
women believe that they have.
He does not know that the greatest
vice ever introduced into this country
was brought by the Chinese, and that it
is called opium smoking and opium chew
ing, vice in comparison with which
drunkenness is virtue. Nor does he
know that wherever Chinaman has
started a laundry in our Eastern cities,
there, also, has been started an opium
den."
He does not know that nineteen out of
every twenty Cinnamon will swear to a
lie: nor that none of them can be de-
pended on at any time to tell the truth.
He does not know that there are six
companies among the Chinese that
answer all the purposes of church
secret society, and a trade
union. Nor does he know that no China