Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-17
DAILY POST-INTELLIGEHcER


To the thinking msn-%ven 70 the
man who does NOS think-it IL evident
that ne are upon q rasmentous crisis.
Never in the history Of Paget Sound
has there been time uhen it vas more
clearly the dHty Of the calm 10 remain
calm, Of she Law abiding 10 maintain
their respect for law, Of .tbe passionase
10 hold their passions in restraint i be
sir IL foil Of runners, and they all mean
that the people will coon have TO solve
for themselves most important prob
lem. Fer months the times have been
bad. The peculiar industries Of this
region are all depressed. A market IL
found for oar coal and lumber only With
the greatest difheulty. Many mines
and mills have beeu shut d0wn or are
running on short time. The inevitable
consequence follows. Oar towns are
full Of Idle nen-of men Who are will
ing and anxioas 10 work at any wages,
however lov. Ali that they demand IL
q bare living for themselves and fam
lilies. This they must have.
Many OF the largest employers OF
labor in this city and In tie adjacent
coal regions have within the past fec
days discharged their Chinese employees
and substituted for them white labor
ers. This movement cannot be too
highly commanded. II shoaId be taken
ap by all employers In Washington Ter
ritory. Wherever a Chinaman Is en-
ployed and a white man is able and
willing 10 do the werk, discharge the
Chinaman and hire the man who calls
America his country. II Is 70 be regret
ted, sincerely regretted. that any one
must satier. bot If there mus, be suffer
ing, let il fall upon the alien rather than
upon the citizen. We owe duty 10 all
men we are bound toeether BY the ties
Of humanity but cur first duty Is TO
our oountrymep, TO those who are enti-
tied TO claim our help in their extremity.
The substitution Of white for Chinese
labor need canse no Inconvenience. II
white men ask wages slightly higher
than those demanded BY she Chinese,
the diffsrence 10 made up 10 the employer
both by the Superior work done and by
the increase OF Business Ia prosperous
community over that. in Zone where
business 10 staGnant. In our city alone
q hundred families might be supported
foi each hundred Cinnamon employed
at work 10 which white men are emit
tied by all the laws Of nature. II Ia the
employers who must solve the problem
presented 10 as. The solution lies In
the general employment Of white men
baoh q change would mean support, moi
for the working men alone, bat for theii
wives and children az veil. II would
mean prosperity. Before such deter
mination as employers must now show
the Cinnamon will withdraw. Their,
need be no disturbance OF any Kind
bat the man without work will leave
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