Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-22
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CIRCULATING A PETITION.
Through the agency Of the Chinese
Six Companies j: il asserted that there
have been printed and are nov Icing
circulated Throughout: New England Pc
titions protesting against any amend
mepts to the Chinese restriction act
which would aid in attaining the object
of the law-to-wis, the exclosioa OF ehi-
ns,,s laborers FROM the United otaies-
These petitions will undoubtedly 10
siyned by hundreds and shouAnds Of
honest, upright, industrious men aud
women by people who have rsverence
for Law. believe ia seat PREDICTION anu
the purity Of social life. They viii re-
oeive the signatures Of those who de-
vestly place upon the plate handed
around In church their pioos coair'bu-
items in aid Of foreign missi 1ns and re-
ioics in the thouRht that In 20 doing
they have oontributsd thsir mite toward
uplifting and Christianiziog the dark
places Of earth. They viii b nRned by
the manufacturer Who demands Of this
government that the producer Of the
West b compelled 70 pay high prices
for the clothes he wears and the uten
siIs he needs under the piea-just, II
honest-that home industry should be
sncosraQsd and the American working
man be enabled to receive better wages
for his days labor than his fellow work
men abroad. these stitions will be
supported, not alone by these honest
people, but by every canfinR bypocrite
who bows his head and sleeps IN church
and then goes to his store and sands his
sugar o. waters his molassss TO got even
for the money he contributed 70 sup
port the gospel, and by every moneysd
maguats whs wants cheap labor.
How unjust il all il. We ri the Pacific
Coast neither demand nor receive pro-
lection for our products. We pay an
nualIy into the pockets Of Eastern man.
ufacturers large subsidies. and II We
Qruuble little it il sxcussble, because
locally NO benefit il derived. But whom
We 90 before the law making power of
this mighty government and demand,
not tariff to increase the price Of our
wares and productions, but the enact
msnt Of Law TO protect and keep self
respecting our workingmen ahd their
families; to shield our children frcm
the contamination which results from
contact with the he athen horde which
threstens 10 become numerically su-
preme on the Pacific Coast, We are met
with incredibly. sneers and open re-
buff. When We alIege and prove that
the presence of this crowd Of Mongo-
liam machines II prejudioiai to the in
tsrests, business and social, Of our peo-
PIE We are answered that America is
the home Of the free, the refuge of the
oppressed. IL it not strange that in one
breath men can argue and demand the
enactment Of tariff to keep out cheap
foreign manufactures from competition
with our home made goods and At the
same time advocate the unlimited in
fux into the country Of the very sort of
labor which cheapens tbs goods upon
which tarid il laid /? We say to the
world, You may not send your cheap
goods here, but We will welcome the
ssrviis labor by which they are Sd eco
nomioaIly produced"
II 10 all wrong. The Nation is fam
lily, larRe. it In true, but with duties TO
each member reciprocal TO those each
owes the Governuent. IL 10 bound In
honor 10 protect every one Of us, not
alone in life, but in liberty and prop
erty. A laborsr's property il his
skill and muscle. He il entitled to be
protected against his competitors Of
another nation, and race equally an
much ~ the manufacturer or producer.
He even has more claims because no 10
lsss fitted for sslf protection than the
wealthy CLASSES who demand aid from
the Government IN maintaining their
several industries. The time will come
when the good people Of New England,
honest and patriotic ~ they are, will
recognise the fact that Chinese invasion
10 something to DO dreaded worse than
the Asiatio Cholera; that upon IL no
superstructure Of ultimate good can BE-
buildsd, thst, its elements are non-as-
similativs; that they are rank poison 10
the blood Of the body polite aud pro-
duotivs, not only OF degrading compssi-
ton in labor, but OF social dangers, ths
evil presence Of which ID already pain.
folly apparent.