Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-05-25
A MISTAKEN POLICY.


tation in this State is to be made a
winning proposition the agitators
in the movement must receive the
cooperation Of that class of people
who are directly benefited by the
change
The movement was started Upon
tie basis that for every Chinaman
who left the country there would
be chance for white man or wo-
man to get work. The men who
took the matter up had nothing
whatever to gain by it, and we be
lieve as a matter of fact each and
every one of them have suffered
financially from it. Y '-bori ,g
class, and men and woi Sot
pected to get places to Ky,
the Chinese left, are nov,
a mistaken policy of de..,..~.- g
higher wages than they We're glad
to get work for before the move
ment started.
The Chinese have gained more
of a foothold here than many pco-
pie imagine, and they cannot be
rooted out without some personal
sacrifices on the part of the labor
ing class.
This class lave two propositions
now confronting them; they must
be content to work for cheap wages
until the county gets on its feet,
or see another class of people come
in here that will work for even less
wages than the Cinnamon.
The APPEAL does not attempt to
dictate to any laboring man how
cheaply he shall work, it is
only pointing out the workingmans
position in Nevada today.
The situation is simply this:
For twenty years the Chinese have
impoverished the county fnan-
cially, and the present hard times
is the result. White men have
been unable to secure employment,
and an effort has been made by the
citizens of this Coast to bring
about a change in this sorry state
of affairs. Good progress has been
made In this battle for principle
and the rights Of labor. Many
seem to labor under the impression
that the fight has been won, but if
the APPEAL is any judge of the
situation the fate Of the day is
trembling in the balance The
greatest stumbling block in the
way has been the disposition on the
part Of all who were benefited BY
the movement to advance prices
for wages, and for everything sold
This policy if favored, will be the
death of the movement. 1t will
cause thousands to still patlonlze
the Chinese because of limited
means. and will further result in
the importation of cheap labor from
Europe; labor which will be cheap
er than Chinese labor ever dared to
be. This will leave the white labor
err in a worse position than before
the anti-Chinese movement be-
gan.
Servant girls will suffer from the
same state of affairs, and if they
know when they are well off they
will not demand exhorbltant wages
The East is full of COED servant
sirls who are contented on $12
and if the Pacific Coast ser
rant girl insists on SIS and $50;
he Labor Bureau will import from
he East.
The working class will do well TO
bear in mind that now is too soon
o look for high wages as the result
# the anti Chinese movement.
First get the Cinnamon out Of the
then take what wages you
IAN get without growing and the
prosperity to the country which will
follow the Chinese exodus will make
money livelier, times better and the
people will be willing to pay higher
wages. Attempt to enforce high
wages now and the result will be as
certain as the sun shines that
.ither the Chinese will stay or their
faces will be filled by class of
oreigners that will will work as
heap if not cheaper than the Mon
.olians.