Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-02-28

D tJohn, you are . man and brotner.
|. They come here with no family anc
+ none Of its ties. The man with family
0 cannot compete against such odds. You
{ have seen it. There is no such thing a
; competing with them without degrad-
3 ing American labor to the level of these
8 barbarians. The State may be prosper.
D Gus now, but if this goes on trade and
9 industries will be paralyzed. II you saw
the stream of coin that crosses the
J Pacific you would wonder how long we
can stand this drain upon our industries.
/ You have right to spend your money
as you please. The mechanic who
I takes home his twenty dollars .
week spends it at the store. The
; store pays il to the farmer, the farmer
, pays It back to the laborers. 1t goes to
. the factory and the factory pays 1t to
: the factory girl. God bless the factory
girl and her independence and honorl
fApplause.l Let this money reach the
Chinaman and you might as well send It
to Hongkong and say. "Good-bye $40
piece" / say you have no right to do
this. do not advocate violence. am
glad all the speakers speak against It,.
But you have a right TO DO, cot them.
You have a right to keep the elements
: OF prosperity here and see that 1t does
not 10 to China. [Applause.l Hard
times come from this constant drain
across the ocean and 1t makes us all a
gang Of tramps. Who says we have
no right to stop this The tax-sales
man will sell you all out If you do not
stop it. Where is the Chinaman who
owns a little patch Of land. who lives on
1t with his wife and children and sup
ports an aged mother? You laboring
men are to be congratulated. Times
have changed. The Chinese have
got into every avenue OF trade.
They are now competing with the mer-
chant. All the people feel the curse
and now the best citizens wish to be rid
OF them. They have got them in the
east and there they are learning what
they are, and the sentiment is going
against them.
A SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS
Was here proposed and passed, as fol-
lows:
The Chinese, by their habits of living
-herding rather as beasts than as civil
lied peopie-are enabled to compete at
such low wages as to drive American
labor from the field or reduce the labor
er to the level OF the Coolie.
| Not only have they by this competi-
ton degraded the labor OF white men.
They have gone into the parlor and
kitchen, where, as servants, they have
taken the places of hired help, driving
these into hunger and sometimes into
degredation.
The Chinese do no work that cannot
be- a. we'll or better done bv American
Iabor.
II Ia the interest of every citizen. as IL
ia the desire Of everv patriot. to pre-
,erve the freedom and 10 elevate the
character. honor and dignity Of the
American Iaborer. against ali Of which
the labor Of the Chinese Is a constant
war.
In view of these facts, the Trades
Council. for the purpose Of indicating
it, views. but with no intention of fore.
stallinp the action of this convention.
have adopted the following resolutions.
to be respectfully submitted for your
consideration:
Rssoived. That we. the citizens of Los
! Angeles. in mass meeting assembled.
hereby pledge ourselves that from and
After The first dav of Nav next wa will
discontinue the natronaoe Of ali Chinese
vegetable gardens. Chinese laundries.
and ALI Ianndries. restaurants. hoteIs
and other establishments where Chinese
are employed.
| Resoiped. That from and after said
date we will encourage and support by
our patronage persons other than Chi.
nese engaged in the cultivation of yege.
tables and small fruits, conducting
laundries, restaurants. hotels or other
establishments where proper and legiti-
mate work is being done, or business
conducted in which no Chinese are EN-.
ployed; and, furthermore, we recon-
mend the immediate discontinuanoe of
all patronage of the Chinese.
Resoived, That we further promise to
withhold all patronage from such per-
sons as, after said first day of May next,
shall employ Chinese labor in any ca
pacity, rent or lease houses or grounds
to them, or sell goods manufactured by
them here or elsewhere in the United
States.
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was mere cahed LOT. ne saiu: ms
quesuon mere Is oroader than ponucs "
the iaoor question. ~ Involves the
wneie system Oh our government. ANY
tning tending 10 enaanger the repaphoan
form OF government IL Is our duty 70 re,
sist. Inc Chinese are IN no way suited
TO adopt our insu.ntions. Ineir IDEAS
crystailized INTO despot'sm s,oo0 years
ago. Tney VIII become voters II they
come mere. ~ Is matter snae san only
De me. oy the general goVernme s,; .ns
violence OF Few years ago ahena.eu
Ihe Fast rom US. we are now On 'ne
point Oh op,aining rehe' II We arg .ruo
70 our own interests anu asoio Violence'
MR.. y. O. DAILY
Was here introduced, and said: am
somewhat amazed at the admonition
given To YOU as to violence. When I
was asked to come here | thought it was
to address the intelligent laborers of the
country. IN view Of their characteristic,
| had not occurred to me to expect any
violence. II is the free and intelligent
laborers Of the country. They are not
ira IGNORANT wards of A government.
They Are Themselves the Government.
There r. no need of any exhortstion as
70 violence. / do not think any idea Of
violence ever entered your minds. Ia nv
conversation with laborers / find more
oommiseration for the Chiuaman. They
- dds;s,;n, -, an ~ chair own race II
ths Mon9ol ;s mai in the scales AGAINST
w se 20 ...L;ta s.I,@,., ,;t;rs,, 7
the weiiare o. my "hite ieio" oisineu
say let the Mongol end kick the stars.
I want the Chinese evangelized. but let
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