Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-10-17
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tThe CITIZEN is not responsible for the opin. ions expressed by it's conespondsuts.l
THE CHINESE


 By John A Spring believe that it will soon become tIf It IS Tot nov) a serious question of po- hticsl economy for this territory to con- slider whether or not We ought to receive or suffer the Chinese in our territory.
 In order not to seem prejudiced shall at once admit, that they are so- Der, frugal and industrious race.
 But let us consider these three adjec- tives more closely; they are sober, be- cause they never @ to 6 bar-room, which pays Incense to this our legitimate government, but drink their rice brandy at home or smoke opium. which Is much l worse.
 They are frugal! les, very much SO, for l am ready to prove that they man age to live on eight cents piece, daily, on rice and tea by making a combina. ton thus: six. seven, or eight go to- gether and form a -king,' send to a Chi cese wholesale merchant ID San Francis co for their supplies and divide it daily; that they eat some meat not admitted in the market, we all know; and this leads me to ths next adjective which Is to be industrious.
 This nobody can deny. Where Mex jeans were not able to raise grain or vegetables, the Chinese nave done SO; they have dug holes in the ground, made therefore artificial wells, and irrigste by force of hand, even at night if 1t must be, thereby overcoming the so- called laziness of cur Mexican popula- ton, and sold us and do sell us very cheap and-truly be 1t said-goOd veg stsbles at all seasons of the year.
 But do We gain by that? Did not the Mexican women who washed for us formerly, spend their money ID this city? Dld not the Mexican who sold us his vegetables bring his cash to our American stores for sugar, coffee. calico and all other necessarIes of hfe' Do the Chinese do itg
 Nobody. l think. would object 10 their industry but for this: that at least S5 percentum of the price of their indus try leave our country, If not more.
 But all this might be suffered if they vonld ever become genuine good Amencan citizen; If they would assim- ilate; marry and create h family; but as long as they introduce nothing but cheap labor, opium smOkIog and sod omy, then we do not want them, m spite of their industry.
 I do not write as one HhO sits behind a desk and from that pleasant tor some times very unpleasant spot, speaks about what others have told him or from information he may receive from newspaper clips or clippings or pair of shears; what say here Is from personal observation, because I had to go over the valley yesterday and l found tbat out of 2S vegetable gardens 22 belonged to or were under the control ot Chinese.
 I also know that there existed former ly about twenty email stores kept by MexIcan traders, Gll of which supplied their wants from the wholesale stores, of our city, while the Chinese who now have control of these stores. supply them from San Francisco direct through one of the SIX large Chinese companies existing there.
 I do not like to use slang, but If any one will pass near any ot the Chinese ranches, so called, which exist all along the ditch leading from the ranch former ly known as MartIni's toward the South, he will have 'snItter" of a smell VI hlch will make his beefsiesk taste unpslata- ble for some days.
 The terrible discoveries lately made in San Francesca ought to open the eyes of all as to the filthlness of these people who do not care IL they endanger the health of n whole community provided that they comply with certain religious rites of their nation, R nation who still adheres to the principles of one COniuc- nus established about 900 years ago, while the great American nation stands ss headlight to all others for progress and civilization.
 The great uphesvels, if may call them SO lately occurred III the north should warn us to be on our guard. tor surely they will try to "debOucher upon us.
 Shall We receive them?
 know what 1 will be answered to this, princIpslly from people who have rented ground to them, but think, tbat if one speaks for the welfare of the con- munity at large, he can stand even abuse.
 But what do our merchants sell to those celestlalsg
 Do We sell them any medicines! They have their own drugs.
 Do We sell them any clOthingE just look at them,
 Any boots and shoes? any cigars or tobacco:
 We can not sell them a pin even.
 Yea, not even a pInhead.