The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-10-02
CHINESE sUpERseDINC THE WHITE
RACE.

RACE.
EDITOR BULLETIN Seeing that
you are taking an earnest hand in
trying to arouse the government and
the public from their slumber in re-
gard TO the existing evil of the
Chinese pauper labor question, l
will, Mr.. Editor, with your kind per-
mission, state few facts in regard
to how it affects the trade that / be-
long to, and work at. l am a house
painter, and have family to sup
port. There is, at the present time,
plenty of building and improvements
going on. One not acquainted with
the existing evil would naturally
think that all one had to do would
Just be to go and look for work, and
get all, and more than you wanted,
but, alas, no! Those times have
beautifully passed ont of existence.
True, you get plenty of estimating
to do, but that's about all, for you
are usually told, 81 have one more
painters estimate to get, so if you
will call on such day, the bids will
be opened," and OH the day named
YOU are told, "Oh! / have a
Chinese painter that offers to do the
work for about half of your price -
Now, Mr.. Editor, 1 ask you in the
name of common sense, can white
man, or any other Christian man,
compete with Chinaman? l say
most emphatically, no, he cannot ; liv-
ing as they do in filth and pestilence,
huddled together like so many
sheep, disregarding the sanitary
laws of the country, and living on
five or ten cents worth of rice a
day, and satisfied if he makes fifty
cents per day, just barely enough to
pay for one days support, for a
Christian family, to say nothing
about the other necessaries of life,
and pay house and shop rent, water
rates and other taxes; pay your
honorable debts, and live, as you
ought to live, Christian life. l
say no; you cannot compete with
John Chinaman and do these things.
TO show you the distress among
the white and native painters here,
at the present time, Mr.. Editor, l
could, at one hours notice, furnish
several scores, of whom a good
many have wives and families to
support, and of whom great many
are nearly at point of starvation,
now standing upon every street
corner, seeking for employment
Such is the existing evil in regard to
my trade. Yet, in the face of these
facts, prominent contractor and
builder, who processes to be white
man and g Christian" let, on the
29th of September last, big job OF
painting contract to Chinese
painter. A few weeks prior to that
white man who keeps a sporting
| place up town, and who also makes
living of the white and native
population, had his place painted in
side and outside by these 4" Easter
Pagans." And still third white
man, who keeps store on For
street and who also depends on the
whites and natives for living, lei
his painting to a Mongoliar
dauber," and numerous other:
we'll known to me and others. AS 9
remedy to the existing evil, these al
should be left to their just fate ane
not be patronized by either whites
or natives! If, as l said before, ant
as others have said before me, we d'
not wake up to the impending DANCE
and starvation that is staring us il
the face, we might as we'll put ou
the auctioneer's flag and sell wha
few traps we may possess, to enabl
us to leave this beautiful country t.
the Chinese pauper labor and thei
supporters. By inserting the abov
in your valuable paper you viii
greatly oblige. Yours truly,
CHAs. B. PATTERSON,
House Painter, No. SS Hotel Street
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