Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-12-26
THE HEATHEN CHINEE,
An Unsatisfactory Element of So
ciety 10 the People Of the
Pacific Slope.
And Their Presence In the United
States rs q Menace to Our
Free Institutions.

Correspondence of the Sioux City
D8lly Tribune: The constant and
stock argument OF the Chinese apollo
gists is that the Chinese have "A right,
like the rest of mankind, to immigTate
TO this country and earn a living; and
RS long as they obey the laws they
|eught not to be disturbed. cur reply
IS, the Chinese are here against and in
contravention of the laws. We con-
tend that the laws regulating the i'm
migration of Chinese slaves have never
been enforced, but constantly evaded.
This systematic evasion Of the laws,
u~nderthe B%urliHgame treaty, by open
ing the doors of inlet to the Celestiais
instead of closing them, as the laws de-
mand. against them, is n great cause
Of the present attitude OF opposition to
them in Washington territory; and that
opposition shai, exist in constantly in
~creasing strength until the'cause is re-
moved. For the protection'of the peo-
pie against this unlawful swarm of
Chinese slave laborers, who are IN
stantly being Struggled over the line,
there are but two or three men station
ed along a border line Of 1900 miles of
land and sea coast. During the last
two years these Coolies have been
dumped on our territory by hundreds
and thousands, and even now they keep
coming. Last week twenty OF the pig
ttiled contrabands had the impudence
to arrive in Tacoma, and were prompt
~ arrested and are in the custody Of
the authorities. If this traffic is not
promptly stopped there will be whole
sale riots on the Pacific coast. The
people have determined that the Chi
nese slave shall not be forced upon
them.
You may remember that but a few
years ago California, Oregon, and Ne
vada almost unanimously voted that,
in their Judgment, the importation of
Cinnamon should entirely cease; and
what has eve been done to satisfy that
cry for relief? We demand again that
the Chinese already here, being unlaw-
fully here, as far as nine-tenths of them
are concerned, "must go" and that
treaty obligations must be ept by the
use of governments (, ces 10y sea
and land, to the end tha' our coasts
may be freed from the evils of their
presence, and free. independent labor
he delivered from the blighting curse
Of slave competitors.
That the presence of the Chinese is "a
blighting curse is no eyaggeration. He
comes an alien. and forever remains the
same. He cannot assimilate. He
would not be \ citizen if he could. His
His only object in any country is gain.
Wherever he goes his one object in life
is money. His industry and persever-
ance and economy battle all competi-
ton. His religion. or rather no relig-
ion, being a fatalist. frees him from all
morality and responsibility, and there
fore he is bound by no rule Of honesty
or honor, and consequently is irresista-
bic. Once started AM surely settled,
grounded and in force in America.
where would he stop? Let me answer
in the prophetic words of n of the
largest brains and grandest statesmen
Of his century. In speaking Of this
question President Garfield is reported
as saying: "Civilization would retire
before them rs from "a plague; a few
cents per day is more to them than a
dollar to the commonest American
laborer. Hence, the lowest grade of
poor paid Labor retires before them as
it would before a pestilence."
With these qualities they are able to
dominate any trade or commercial call
ing; and they do so. But a few years
ago the Chinese trade of Great Britain
amounted to the enormous sun of
$3.50. 600 annually. To-day it is en-
tirely in the hands of the great Mon
gOlian merchants. But a few ear ago
the export trade OF the Pacific coast
was manipulated by American mer-
chants. To-day the enormous trade
with China in Aour is wholly transacted
10y Chinese exporters. Ninety Per cent
of ali the Chinese foreign trade is in
tie hands Of these foreigners. Official
statistics show ar export trade by Chi
nadnen OF 1855 900 in the last fiscal