Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-05-15

problem involves selfish interests,
and its solution the sacrifice of indi-
vidual considerations. 1t is by no
means a one-sided affair, even in Cal
ifornia; indeed l know ONO phaze of
the labor question that will allow of
unanimity, so long as socialistic doc
trines are unpopular.
1t may be asked what are the par
ticular objections to this element.
Over and above all others, with the
laboring classes at least, is their cheap
labor. Ascompared with Americans,
Chinese are strict economists, whose
wants are few, and whose expendi-
lures are fewer, so that they can live
luxuriously on what would scarcely
buy the white man his tobacco, and
they are content with wages to cor
respond to their wants. They are a
remarkably industrious people, and
as faithful as industrious, so far as the
performance of their duties is con-
cerned; it is said that with them the
line between the meum and teum is
not so finely drawn as it might be.
They soon learn to do whatever is re-
quired of them, and in San Francisco,
you will see them cooking, nursing,
driving, making shoes and shirts so
that as a serious rival of the white la
borer, or even Of colored labor, "the
Heather Chinee is peculiar"
Another objection, one that, while
an indirect disadvantage, is none the
less certain one, is that they spend
no more money here than is absolute
ly necessary; that, while from their
industry and economy they accumu-
late quite bank account by the end
of the month, it is all forwarded to
China to their friends there, or to
their companies who own them and
all they make, so much being taken
out of circulation here.
How much Uncle Sam is interested
in this aspect of the question the au-
thor of the Chinese Bill and the Con-
gressional Record has told. Again.
they are always the Heather Chi
nee," and, as rule, have no assim-
initiating tendencies whatever. The
Frenchman, German or even the in
sular Englishman, after few years
residence in this country, soon be.
comes a thorough-going American
citizen, but the Chinaman still eats
with his chop sticks, wears his pecu
liar clothes and little shoes, counts
his money by means of an abacus
and as for his queue, where he keeps
all his religion stored away, to GU
that off, is to cut off his chances o.
beholding Confucius in Spirit land
That these little people know how tt
tend to their own business cannot b.
denied. AS law-abiding class, they
could set very worthy example t.
some of our foreign-born citizens, bu
that in all the essentials of civiliza
ton, they are wofully unprogressiv'
and conservative people is wei
known.
fl were arguing the Californi;
side of the question, / might sa,
much about the vicious side of thei
nature; how saw them in their I'm
derground abodes, reeking with filtl
and disease; in their gambling den
and opium joints in all stages {if sucl
degradation admits of stages) of ply
steal, mental and moral depravity
but as this state of affairs can be see
among our own people in the large
, cities, it might be considered but
: poor argument as against others,
, OF one thing I am thoroughly cor
vinced, that the Chinese are a yer
: undesirable class of citizens, or rattle
of aliens, for citizens they never b.
, come, and that while it is a fact cree
3 table to our own people, that the on
RACES of last winter were perpetrate
V by foreigners, it is evident that tn
: people generally in that section al
Q merely waiting to see what peaceab
S measures will accomplish, and tn;
n by fair means or foul, they are d
i termined on going great way
i getting rid of this hated incubus
: and who can refuse them sympath
0 and God-speed.
!; With Chinese and Indians in Il
!; West; Poles, Hungarians and Socia
n lists in the North and East; and stril
J, ers everywhere, are we not vel
J. much in need of a general sprir
l. cleaning up, to set our house in G
a der? S. l.. G..
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