Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-02
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SEATTLE, Sept. 3ots, Iso5.
EDTTeE PosT-IxTEL.IGEscnH:
In yeur issue Of this morning Citi
zen propoanas fsv questions. which
l presome to answer through yoar jour.
nal, " you will kindly allow me the
space.
rIksT oUKsTIoN.
The undersigned paid oat aboa,
t5Oo last year for labor performed by
persons Of foreign birth, net Chinamsn,
Nov. in view Of the present agitation
OF the labor question, did do right, OF
should have employed none bot native
born eitizensI" Mr.. Denny deserves a
great deal of credit for bis mupificen,
expenditure Of 5000 last year. and still
more credit for thriving ASIDE any
hnow- Nothing Proclivitiss be may have,
and indiscriminstely employing for
eieners. and could not be right In dis
oriminatinR aRainst foreigners who
either have becsne or int nd to become
citizens, and whose presence here has
Increased the value Of Mr.. Denny's
property, and made IL possible for hln
to pay tDoO witch be would not other
wise have. Political economists essi-
rzste the meaey vsIue to the United
States Of all such immigrants Who have
arrived st man's estate at $1,000 the day
they set foot upon our shores, aud whe
cone here TO make this country their
home. a. Mr. Denny's fathers have done.
SECOND QUESTION.
"If 1t 10 right 70 drive the Chinese out
Why not ds It in the daytime, and not
under cover Of darkness and with masks
on their facesr'
IL Is right 10 sxpel the Chinese in day
anne Tor the reasons that their presence
mere " an upmitiRated curse 10 the peo.
pie whose institutions they decry, NOR
ally. socially and politically. The eoolie
slave defiles the land be treads upon,
and poiiutes the air he breathes, and
Tor many other reasons which the pa
tisnt and long suffering people Of the
faeiflc Coast are too familiar with to
need repetition here. The cover of
darkness and masks might be oonsid-
cred necessary by vigilance committees
and parties assembled 10 commit crimes
against the people, but is altogether uu-
necessary, owing 10 the open and public
method adopted by the people for the
expulsion Of the Chinese, who will 90
peaoeabiy when requested to do 50, IL
they are not prompted to do othefwise
BY a fey parties Who might be counted
On the finger ends of one hand, and who
are inwardly In opposition TO the inter
ssts and wishes of the great mass Of the
people, and who will by them be held
accountable for any crimes which may
be committed through any forcible
measures which may be necessary for
heir expulsion.
THIRD QUESTION.
1T Is said there are two or more mil
lions Of idle men IN the United States,
and about lJO,0Oo Cinnamon. Nov, IL
The Cinnamon are all driven out, there
will yet remain $4,000 men without
places. Who will next be attacked Z
Jews, French, Italians or Germans? for
here must be places made for 2,000,0 600
unemployed men"
That 10 a low estimate OF the number
,f unemployed laberers Of the Cau-
,asian race in the United States. II
he one hundred and fifty thousand
Cinnamon are expelled. and their places
,applied by white laborers, who in turn
zill be the means Of giving employ
Hent TO nearly as many more, inciud-
ng all classes Of traders and mechan-
cs and the families dependent upon
hem, it will very materially reduce the
1umber Of the unemployed, which,
together with the shortening OF the
hours OF labor, will curtail the product
II improved machinery. and thereby
,rcate employs meRt for all unemployed
sborers. Ii is true that q few private
may not, on that account,
% able to amass their miliions in a
'ear, but the millions Of unemployed
sill be able 70 make living, which 10 q
natter Of infinitely greater Importance
hah having few becoming immensely
lob and thereby dangerous TO the peO-
,le. There will then not be any reason
II necessity to attack any Jews, French,
Italians or Germans. who, like the Irish, |
re more American than the Americans
FOURTH QUESTION.
HAS any man or set of men the |
light to tell me whom may employ, or |
O discharge any one In my employ, |
nd II they have saoh right, then where |
3 the freedom which We beast 30 much |
tout p
They have the right, and for the req.
on that YOU have no right to employ |
nv person or persons who are or may
70 obnoxious. and injurious 10 the gen.
raj welfare Of the people and the |
easop on the part Of the people 10 or
Ter the discharge of such persons. You
ave no absolute rights In opposition to
be general welfare OF the community.
10 prove the truth of the above asser-
ion, cannot do With my body as
night please. l cannot cut of my limb
" otherwise mutilate my body or its
members without violating the laws of
rod and man, and IL have ne absolute
,ontrol over my body or its members.
right have you or to do anything
Rhich would be injarioos or detrimental
o the body polite ? We have none.
four freedom consists in doing only
THAT Ia right and in working for the
lenesal Welfare Of the people. Fer
,opsii yor Dsi'
The Chinese send nearly all their
to China such is the fact.
4 the circulation Of one $40 bill will
iquidate an Indebtedness Of $500 or
nore, In one week. by circulating
rom one 10 another, until thers 10
hardly @ limit 10 its paying power,
,sw much would the million sppeo-
,riated by the Chinese do TO pre-
rent the depression and staenAtson
,f commerce and industries, that ve
.re nov suffering from! Yea say they
cave their labor. To whom do they
cave itl To parties and corporations,
who are more injurious 10 the country
han the Chinese themselves To par
Iies TO whose proaigscy there is hardly
.ny limit, Who spend the money alb
stracted from the people in the saloons
of the demi .monde of Paris and the
dsns Of Baden Baden. To
Aristocratic gamblers Who squander the
people's money on fsss horses, On the
raoe courses Of Europe, and on the tan
thousand dollar dresses made by the
man milliner Of Paris. 10 corpora
tions Who use the peoples money 10
bribe and corrupt the Legislature, beth
State and National, 10 order that they
NAV more edectualiy rob and pfunder
the people. IL. instead sf raising such
4 howl about whiskey, Mr.. Denny voald
devote Q little Of his great taIents to r.
form the causes which produce drank
enusss aud debsuchery, he venld Be
doing great and charitable work. III,