The Portland daily press., 1884-03-11
ispecial correspondenoe Of the preasl

VopeclAI correspondence OF TIE fresS.)
WASHINGTON, March 10.
The wool people are chuckling over the de-
feat of the whisky bill. OF course they are not
openly opposing it but they recognized the
fact that the whisky people did not rally to
the support of the wool bill. "The fact is"
said one OF the wool men to your correspondent
1--WE who are in favor of the restoration of the
wool tariff are net going to worry ourselves
and rush to the support of the whisky bill.
These people oppose our measure and talk
about special legislation and yet they want
legislation which is more decidedly special in
Its nature than our bill. 1t looks bad for this
Democratic uouno, running around protecting
whisky when they refuse TO protect a million
woo-growers There Is a certain class of men
in this House who will run after whisky jug
as far as they can see it, but when the honest
farmer wants protection they are not there''
The vote on the bonded extension bill helps
to widen the breach between the Ca-lise and
Randallswings ofsthe party. The Carlisle people
are good deal disgruntled that Randall should
have beaten them in their pet scheme and
Randall and his followers are quite comforta-
BILE over the fact that they did beat them.
THE CHINESE DEFENDED.
Cheong W. Tsang, one of the brightest of
the many well-educated and intelligent Chi
namen here in the foreign service, having
grown weary Of the constant attacks upon the
Chinese in this country, has taken up the cud-
gel in their behalf. He appears to be especial
ly annoyed because of the unfavorable compar-
isons between the Chinese and Japanese insti-
tuted by Americans. "Tbe world forgets" he
said in talking of the matter, that the best
part of Japanese civilization is derived from
China. Their literature does not rightfully
belong to them, but is the result of Chinese
brain and scholarship. There is very sug-
gestive parallel between the dispersion of the
Greek scholars through Europe after the fall
of Constantinople and the dispersion Of the
Chinese scholars through Japan after the fall
Bosphorus was the beginning of a new period
of culture for all western Europe, and so the
downfall of Pekin was the beginning of eR-
tirely new impulses in Japan. Joseph Cook
| calls the Japanese the diamond edition of hu-
manity. If he has reference to their diminu-
| tive sizs he is perfectly correct. The Chinese
with the exception of those in one or two
| southern provinces are physically superior to
| the Japanese both in statue and in general
development. 10 make mental comparison
| let us first compare the business capacity OF
| Chinese with Japanese. ls is no credit to
| China with her large area and immense pop
| ulation to enjoy a larger trade than Japan
| with the outside world, but it does show abili-
l w anu 6lG6Eprl6 OuluSulou u ~ W Japan
| and take away business which naturally be-
| longs to the Japanese. The only reason that
| can be assigned why in foreign banks
| and in the large hongs, the re-
| sponsible positions are held by the Chinese
| is because they are more reliable
and capable. A foreign merchant said to me,
| Il have traded both with the Chinese and Jap.
| anese, and I find it much easier to make bar
| gain with Jap than Chinaman, but Jap is al
ways changing his mind, while never had
/ any trouble that way with Chinaman. A
i sea captain in the employ of the Mitsu Bishi
| Company IA Japanese company said; "These
| Japs are awfully tickle, and incapable in busi-
| ness" Another sea captain, who had traded
| on the China and Japan coast for over % years
| asserted that the Chinese were far superior to
the ,Japsnese in business. 1t is . fact not gen.
orally known that great deal of the business
| of the East, outside of China, is in the handi
| of the Chinese. In Japan, the majority of ac
| countants IN foreign banking corporations, i'm
portant clerkships, large general storekeepers
| tailors and shoemakers are Chinese. In far
ther India, one half of the trade is controlled
| by celestials and in Singapore the men oi
wealth and influence in business are Chinese
The Chinese population OF the Sandwich ISL
| and, forms more than two-thlrds OF the whole
and a vast number of Chinese merchants may
be found in Penang, Columbo, Sangon, Mauri
| titus, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and the whole
| of the East Indies. However much Japan
| may boast of her superiority in other things
| in commerce. But the enthusiast of the So
called New Japan exclaims: It's the relative
progress of China and Japan that you ought
to compare. Behold the rapid stride that shs
| has taken. Japan has certainly taken some
| rapid strides. The finger of reform points tri-
umphantly to her railroads, her telegraph, hel
| steamships her university at Toxic, and shouts
defiance to her neighbors, and, as climax tc
her progress exclaims, behold my broadcloth
suit, my French calf boots, my hair parted in
the middle, and my plug hat. Who dare say
that am not civilized, and, what is more, for
eignized?
1t is just here that we see the distinctive
traits of the two nations. While Chinamar
Jap will almost give his life for anything
new and foreign.
| RErALIAToRY LEGISLATION,
Retaliatory legislation in regard to the hos
does not seem likely TO meet with general fs
vor in the House. The efforts for that sort O.
bill have been tried in the commerce com
mittee, and it is now doubtful whether bill
of that nature can be brought before thu
House. Even If it should be it will likely bt
defeated there. Mr.. Ellis has introduced 1
| resolution in the House which voices the sen
timent of large number of its members, anG
probably of majority. The resolution recitel
that whereas the United States having somt
years since appointed a commission to examine
into the diseases of domestic animals, anC
whereas that commission made a report indi
eating that diseases, rendering them unfit fooC