Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-24
DAILY POST IHTELLlGENcER



Tbs eoueausnee Of the ho1se 10 ne
ssna.e amendments 10 the ABti-FOslsn
Contract Labor bill, which we're urrini-
portant, renders IL certain thss TIE
rnssszrs viii become law, and that
employees viii nos enioJ from tie
eovsrnm&nt 9 protection somewhat
similar 10 that which has bseii 50
IavishIy and for 70 long extended &c tn
ploysrs. Tie p<esspt ball, Il u eh2iRed'
has many defsetA- Possibly this is tfu'-
Iis provisiors may be- easy Of svs'sposl'
and some Of them spDn trial may prove
70 be znwias. Bot the pftbeipss sFon
which IL IL founded is eminsntig tust
IL nuss be remembered that thia -
almost the fret venture into an I'M
known heId Of legislation, and th'i' u
vii take both time aud sIperienet to
syolye laws on tkis subject vhieh viii
Sin the approval o. the Isgii world
In ous sense the Law h . broad de-
psr4urs from former ideas OF what ''eiri-
s.itutsd procession. The proisetio'i OF
provriesors, producers and the employ
inn class generally IN ~ old a. tbs Bei
sncs Of refined government; the pFoiee-
ton Of the IaborsFs. the employed, "a
new. IL has been maintained that pro
sssslon Of employers includes that OF
employees; that the buiidins up Of AZ
industry nust necessarily be Of ad'''n
tzsa 70 the laboring CLASSES. This b
true In = measurable DEGREES; bat wheI
the employer 10 enabled 10 force di'wE
the wages Of his employees BY resort
70 foreign labor. the pEotec'ion. 40 Tar
ns tbs employee h concerned, IL iret
Thin course has been adopted bJ many
American manufacturers, and its lesasi'
mate fruits are TO be peen today In the
ealamito1s strike In the HoeAinR Valley,
In the general DISQUALIFICATION through
oas the iron and coal districts Of Petn-
uylyania, and in the existence Of rev0iu-
tsopary aud socialistia societies In tbs
lager cities. A doable evil Ia involved
In snoh course. Nos only are our evn
werRipRmsn, who are entitled 10 The
pSotsct.on Of the government and 20
smplsymsns. where employment Is 70
be had, thrown out Of work, and II
many Instances brought TO the verge of
starvation. bat q degraded, ignorint
and turbulent class OF foreigners Is in
aludsd in Our population, the exis'el1ce
Of which 10 q continual menace 10 60
siety and good order. While an intelli
gent and responsible immigration Is an
andoabted beneHt 10 q oOantry stu
ated a. 10 the United States, the i'm
portation Of irresponsible laborers under
contract 10 perform certain cork for q
certain price. aud with nothing In coin
mon with our people beyond that vork,
10 10 Be discouraged and prevented. even
By stern measures, IL they beeonae necss
sary.
The passage OF this bill should he
peculiarly satisfactory 10 the Pacific
Coast. sinee Il Involves principle sim
liar 10 that involved in the exclusion Of
Chinese laborers workinRmen of this
coast felt the effect Of foreign oompeli
tion sooner than did those Of other per
lions Of the country, because the infiuS
s.e Na.agns. Ial.n.uxu aaram s.taOAF and
oams Ia a more formidable shape. Tia
pe0ple OF the Eastern States, whGf
yielding unwillinKly to the demand oil
the Far West for protectieo, still he
heved that demand 10 DO unjastifiable
They thought the danger TO he piotureG
In oolors too lnrla, and could see no Ia
juslice la either solution Of the CUES
ton. other shan the injustice Ia.
yolved Ia the exclusion of tue ChinA
man. In short, they overlooked Ga;
sreat danger threatening our own work
Ing classes, and poured ont their syTa
pathy upon the Chinaman, whose eries
snee. while less, Was more plainly 40
parent te them.
Now, however, experience torea
them 70 acknowledge the justice Of tia
anti Chinese cry. Human nature Is H.,
same, whether il be polished ander Ii,
shadow Of Bunker Hin Monument
blaokensd In the eosl mines Of Penn,
sylvanis, or tonshened by tbs winds ei
shs Pacific. TIA lau Of self preserver
tisn In broader than any state. AMI
nation os any continent; and the work.
insman OF Peansylvanis. when made d,
fesl tins competition ~ Hungarian son
tract labor. demands the protection 81
which be 10 entitled, iass az quickly
and Just a. loudly AZ does bis orothe,
Of the Paddle Coast when he feels tn,
pressure Of Chinese competition.
IL 10 the same old principle Of self.
observation, and II runs like q con.
Meeting thread thfoslgh all history. II
h1 been manifested IN q thousand diff.
fsrsnt ways. and In each manifestation
a has played its part In the develop
msat % civilization. Il led The various
branches Of tue Aryan race, Que after
the other. 20 Ieam their primal house on
the PiaAsan Of lraia, II urged tbs Hell
isnss ints Cheese. the Lat
Ina Int Italy. the Gesnanis
races 10 the North. AMI tbs
os,ts 10 the West. 10 led the Tsatouis
trioee southwark aud accomplished the
overthrow of the Roman Empirs. Il
has been the one sreat influence undar.
iysnR every movesnent. social OF politi
cal. Il has distributed the rates upou
che earth and given the nations their
heendaEies. The aston In 9 move
msnt seldom go lie ultimate effects
shey voEk foE the three OF -four days
The month. 81 ~ best the year
that they seem % scs into she 10
tnres the aetinn. the movement which
shsT inaneumts, s.oes on thrpaah al
tima. This sentiment. noe. apparently
ealy for the EaOascsion Of Anaariear
hecrsss. What Il may accomplish In II,
ultimate asvsbopmeat what he infia