The Indianapolis journal., 1885-06-08

their wares of almost perfect appearance. and
sell their goods at from ons-half TO one-tenth
the price on which white man can make liy-
ing profit. :.
THAT is a delicate question. am not speak
ing OF the effects of opium which are best shown
by the returns of our correctional institutions
and insane asyums, but of their introduction
and successful encouragement of the gravest i'm
morality among the very young. They will
surely import here, as they have in California.
scores OF women for immoral pur poses. who ply
their calling for consideration within the reach
OF the Youngest members of society Then.
again. their gambling They are a race of born
and ingenious gamblers, and hold out induce
ments for illicit gain that inevitably capture the
curidty OF the young and thoughtless. not to
speak or their victims among the more seasoned
games Of chance"
And about the introduction of diseased"
''Ihey are most prolific source of disease.
Two hundred of them sleep in quarters
where ten white men would be stified. Why.
we have law against that very thing, called
the CUBIC air ordinance, but its Enforcement Is
practically dead letter. They wear the same
clothes the year around, eat what You would
hesitate to feed to a dog, filthy in their per
sonal habits, and when i'll patronize the quacks
among them, who know as much about medi
cine as pig does about potenass. Did you
ever have them do any of your washings Yes?
Well do You know what they do with your
soied linen, what their universal practice is in
that regards They sleep on it, they use it for
bedding until ready to wash it. these
filthy, diseased travesties on the human
race. How do you like thata 1t is
true Investigate for yourself Let one
of them become iii with an infectious disease
and he is hidden away in the most crowded part
of the city until the spread of the epidemic be-
trays his hiding place. The last two attacks of
small pox in San Francisco were traced directly
to this source. saw man in the rest-house in
San, Francisco, white man. afflicted with
elephantasis. Do you know what that isg 1t
bears the same relation 20 leprosy small poX
does to varioloid-it Is aggravated leprosy.
That mans feet, most of hts fingers and his nose
were gone, his ears were dropping away. scales
and loathsOme sores covered his body; he was
literally rotting to death In the wash house
where ne had sent his clothing to be cleaned"
leprous mongol had used his linen for bed.
He died of horrible and absolutely incur
able disease. Again, you will find scores
of young boys in San Francisco. from thirteen to
sixteen years of age. suffering from diseases con-
tracted from Chinese women These women are
smuggied into the country in defiance OF the
imperative extradition treaty, and between
them and the men who arrive, are permitted to
remain on the force of forged certificates and
general perjury, and the United States Circuit
Court is kept busy all the time, another source
of expense and delay and vexation to honest liti
gants The supply of these women is inexhausti
ble Your working people gand their condition
vitality affects the merchant and fnanufacturef}
Why had reason to investigate the matter, and
found that Chinaman can board and lodge in
San Francisco for So. 10 month, or at the rate
of cents day. He works for proportonately
as cheap a rate. How a white man, either
the father of family or any other self-respect
ipg citizen, obtain even the meanest kind of a
living against these figures9"
What are your people doing about its"
"As much AS they can, IN the face of the mis-
understanding at the national capital and the
powerful financial and other influences that are
brought against us by interested parties. This
will lead yet to serious and effectual uprisings
on the coast. Some months ago the Supreme
Court of the State decided. on an appeal that
Chinese children should be admitted to an equal
ity with the whites to the public schools This
touches us on point that is jealously guarded.
Our public school system is second to none and
is source of State pride, and this last straw is
weighing down the back of the camel public
interest and will not be surprised to see this
decision, coupled with the other curses from
which we suffer through the Chinese, induce
the people to take the matter in their own hands
and thin out the Chinese. You think, may be,
that I'm crank on the subject Ask any other
citizen of the State and see if am not voicing
his sentiments. You people in st. Louis have
had but a taste of the degradation, 1awlessness
and Ill effects of Chinese In your midst Be wise
in time, and prevent any further encroachments
of these the most undesirable neighbors in the
world"