Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-30
BoYCoTTING CHINESE.

by the press whether the boycotting pro-
cess may not be the best method to adopt
in treating the Chinese evil. 1t is as GER
tain as that the sun shines that so long as
we continue to patronize the Chinese to
the exclusion Of white labor and manu-
facture we shall not be free from the effects
of Chinese encroachments. There is 10
moral or business obligation that requires
us to buy of those who expose their wares
at the cheapest rate. There are considera-
tions that make the cheaper article often
the costliest in the end. Let any man
bring the question home to himself, and
reach conclusion favorable to Chinese
labor if he can. If by fostering the Chinese
operative and producer one does that which
drives from his community his own class
in civilization, and substitutes class with
which he cannot have social converse, and
which does not contribute to his own in
dustry, he does that which must eventually
affect him directly and injuriously, for our
Interests as a people are interdependent.
The desire of every man is to have for his
neighbors those who contribute to his own
advancement and prosperity. The Chinese
in no respect do this, save in the case of
large capitalists who finds immediate
money reward in patronizing the servile
class. Let us suppose section of country
and more than one OF which we can point
out-where the white laborer is so COM
pletely excluded by Chinese that the re-
gion is Chinaized," as the term is. The
social condition Of that region is I'M
enviable. Save through the homes
of the few proprietors, there is no contri-
button to the essentials of civilized life.
As result, all the influences that go to
make up American character are elimi-
| mated from such a section. There is no
maintenance of or contribution-or but to a
| limited extent-to churches schools, news
papers, modern literature, the drama or
American manufactures, while the idea of
many homes occupied by a frugal, indus
trious and assimilative class, who add to
the material strength of American institu-
tions, is unheard of. The Chinaman re-
mains with us, and crowds the American
home from amongst us, only so long as it is
profitable for him to do so. The question
of permanency in the country, and the up
building of our institutions, forms no part
Of the plans he considers. He is here to
live upon us, not to contribute to US. To
refuse to make the residence of such an
element profitable to it, is a short method
to the means of radiance. The difficulty
is that so many of our people live for the
present only, and take little or no concern
for the future. Posterity has no claims
upon them; sufficient unto the day are the
hours thereof, is their maxim. When we
shall, as rule, give the preference to the
people Of our own race, and those whom
we can absorb into our system in the pur-
chase Of our vegetables, our household
supplies, our wearing apparel and our
luxuries we shall strike blow at Chinese
immigration which it cannot resist. The
Chinese have entered upon the bOycotting
Of American manufacturers. Is it not now
clearly justiiable to resist by like methods?
THE Oakland Tribune concludes that the
age Of burIesque has had its run, and that
we are approaching one of solid sense.
We should say that We are already in its
midst. The reading public no more seeks
amusement in the efforts that character
lied such writer's as Josh Billings with his
rude proverbial philosophy; Artemus
Ward and his nonsensical witticisms; Ma
jor Jones and his absurd caricatures upon
Southern life; or even Mark Twain with
his forced wit spiced with some real, pure
metal humor-but not enough of which
enters into the composition to make it
enduringIy relishable The reading pub
lie of the day for 4 time may tolerate
Nasty, because his coarse wit is seasoned
with political wisdom, and his overcolor is
not to be mistaken. Slang has not had its
full day, nor is it probable that it will be
wholly eliminated from our literature. 1t
has its uses, and behind it is a satisfying
element, since the extravaganza of Ameri-
can methods of expression demand some
thing of that kind. But the reading pub
lie of this day is improving in its tastes
and broadening its desires This is testi-
fed to by the publishing world, which
no longer finds coarse wit and bnrlesque
to be veins of great profit.
10 TIE nnn-militarv mind the distinc