Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-16

The following 10 N extract from q
letter recently written by p. @. Strange
TO TA< fsserior. Of Chicago:
Juss nov the anti Chinese oussti on ID
the all absorbing one With us. II DR..
Hays vees hefe 90 study the question a
10 10 presented 20 n, sho live where /,
pinches, be eoaid probably dnd il
necessary 10 asodify his views. He vould
eertatply fnd it TO Be . more intensely
political question, aud, therefore, one
that ecclesiastical bodies should leave
the state 10 sestle. when white men
are required in mines and mills 10 take
the same wages given 20 Cinnamon, and
are expected to do q third mere work
than tbs Chinese do, they naturally
feel uniustiy dealt With. when they
are Obliged 20 support their families
upon . pittsnce which the Chiusnan.
Who hss no family md vbo can live 90
nothinG. can sAxs and send out Of the
ooaatry. they feel Rrie vously vronRed.
When the news goes abroad that Chi
nese labor IL preferred to white labor.
Western home-seekers 90 elsewhere,
aad the growth ef our country 10 70
tafded. The development Of this sew
coantfy vili be arsasly increassd and
the morality OF II improved IL ue bring
IN I ,bogers the most of whom hays
families, want homes. and spend
their money In our own stores and
shops and Who thus sontribute 20 the
upbuldinQ Of our home industries. All
can sss this except bind ssntimsntAl-
lists and binder corporations Govern
msnt viii be made IN see it when ID
ceases 10 be run bv corporations. When
Iriahmen and Germans come 10 our
aountry they come to be citizens, and
the most OF them coutribute something
to the growth OF oar iani. Bat tue
Chinese ars aliens. They are . foul
lepross. Contact With them IL deerad
ina. They come for our money and
not for eur Ghrissisnity. They bring
no families. They do not make homes.
bat live like robbers In dens of fiIth.
10 thss respeet they are verse tssu our
Sivash Iodisns. they sre apQoestion
sbly Q DARK blot upon tnis coast, q g.
rious hindrAnce 70 lie proper develop
ment. yah 90 keep away from us sisan. }.
honest iaboring people. IL 10 true that
many white men drink and are unrs-
lSbls, while the Cniness do not drink
and can b relisd upou. Bot II the
Chinese we're not here, hundreds OF
sober, reliable. Christian men With
families could come 10 ~ and voald be
q blessing 90 us. Hence. many Of the
best people Of this coast think that oas
Government shoald heavily tax every
Ohiusman Who 10 landed upon onr
shores, asd that corporations should re-
fuse 10 employ them a. iaborsrs. Ali
violence toward them 10 condemned BY
ail Law loving people. Oor riots are
conducted By the iawless. Good people
ase uos responsible fos the shuse and
tne kiiline OF the Chinese. The men
wAo dsd the killing near this place re.
Gently are in jail awaiting trial. and will
have the jast penalty OF the Law visit
ed upon them. But the good people
sf this eoast do think that Congress
sbculd enact more stringent measures
Tor the restriction Of Chinese immiefa-
tiou, and do think that our laborius
meu are right in making all taufol
-Gsets 20 pssssnt the employ @ent OF
Ouinsss. u IL right to sbste . nuissnoe.
fhe Chiuese can be CarissiauiIsd IN
China more easily than fere. The
synods OF the PAcidc and of the Colum.
oin sss loyal to oar government. and
,hinh that the 0ensrai Assembly should
lsAve the State 20 manage the Chinese
qaestiou. Tue eniiahsened, thougotf nj,
Christian seusimeat OF this coast can
be depended upon in support OF the
right La The suen uho o2es reoolu-
tons In Assem- eiies come here and stuay
the Qusstioa from oar standpoint