Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
White VS.. Chinese Lappar,es

David Falconer, Secretary of the Exeeu-
tive Committee of the Citizens Anti Chi
nese Association of Sacramento, recently
sent to the Troy On. " Collar, Shirt and
Laundry Journal copy of the constitution
and bylaws of the Association. together
with 4 statement of the object sought TO be
attained by it. This the Journal published
in full, calling editorial attention to ii. as a
matter deserving careful consideration.
Mr.. Falconer has also received a letter
from /. II. Dickerman, publisher of the
journal, ii which he says:
\ our layor OF February 9th was duly
received. As you will see by the copies of
. journal sent yon gave considerable space to
the article You SO kindly sent me, and take
this opportunity TO more fully reply to your
inquiries regarding the laundry business,
its methods, etc.
"Laundries of the present day owe much
of their success to that great and powerful
factor which has done so much to advance
all branches of industry, viz. machinery
The inventions in the laundry machinery
line have kept pace with those in other
branches of trade, and for every descrip-
tlon of work done in n laundry machines
have been supplied to do the work An
examination of the various machines dis
played IN the pages of the Journal will give
you some idea of their character
1t Will not be many years before hand
laundries will be replaced entirely bv
steam laundries. The advantages pos
sessed by steam over hand-laundries. both
in quality Of work and in the time required
to do the work, is so great that laundrymen
will be compelled to adopt machinery if
they wish to retain their trade. During
my connection with the trade | have seen
hundreds of hand-laundries adopt machin-
cry, and every week the list is added to.
The Chinese question is one that the
laundrymen of the East are fighting against
as well as the people on the Pacific coast.
While the number of Chinese in the East
cannot compare with those in your portion
OF the country, they are nevertheless an
evil with US as well as with you. About
two-thirds of the Chinese here in the East
are engaged in the laundry business, hence
you can understand the desire of the white
laundrymen to rid themselves of this I'M
wholesome competition. The Landowners
National Association, at their last annual
meeting held in Boston in October, 1885,
adopted measures looking to relief from
Chinese cheap laundries, but as yet it has
been impossible to remove them from our
midst. The only relief possible from this
great evil is, as your committee pro-
pose, by united action on the part of the
people in replacing Chinese by white labor
When the Chinese find employment gone,
and trade denied them, then, and only
then, can the people of this country be
freed from their presence.
The report of your committee is COM
mendable for its spirit and fairness to the
rights of the Chinese at present in our
midst. Exhibitions of mob law and VIC
lence such as recently occurred in the West
cannot be too severely condemned Such
Il ..
Cinnamon, and retard the lawful efforts
made by law-abiding citizens. l sincerely
hope the efforts of your committee will
meet with success, and that it may prove
the entering wedge for the solution of the
much-yexed Chinese question"