, 1886-02-18
The Chinese.

Ninety-six Cinnamon arrived this
morning on the steamer from up
Sound, and are now huddled together
in the warehouse on Quincy street
dock. 1t is learned that they con-
template taking passage for San
Francisco on the outgoing Elder day
after tomorrow. At first their
countrymen here were not disposed
to let them evidently be-
cause they feared that all would be
driven out-but a few of our leading
citizens assured the Chinese living
here that the new comers had been
driven out from Black Diamond,
Puyallup and other places, and were
on their way out Of the county, and
that every reasonable facility and
assistance should be afforded them to
get away. Onr city authorities should
see to it that accommodations be
secured for these refugee mongols
on the Elder before that steamers
passenger list is full The Chinese
have been driven out of Snohomish,
and from other places they are be-
coming alarmed and are preparing to
leave, and it may be that the ocean
steamer will be oyercrowded.
Now is the time, while the move
ment is ripe and simultaneous all
over the coast, to withdraw patronage
of every kind from Cinnamon, and to
organize and bring pressure to bear
on mill companies and other corpora
tions and contractors to induce them
to discharge the Chinese in their
employ and refuse to employ others.
1t has been shown clearly that peace
full and lawful methods are quite
sufficient to rid tho country of the
Asiati, pests, if energetically applied.
This paper pointed out some time
since that the Chinese would go when
ever remuneratiye employment were
denied them. They cannot live off of
each other; and we are gratified to
know that most effective movement
is being inaugurated against thom all
over the coast In withdrawing all
patronage from them. Recently
compiled statistics published in San
Francisco show that the balance of
trade against us with China already
amounts to upwards of ten million
dollars year from that port alone
with a prospect of an increased
balance against US in future unless
our commercial relations with them
be speedily dropped or at least
curtei.ed to minimum. We have
everything to gain by such course.
Getting rid of our Chinese means
better wages for our laboring classes,
less poverty aud pauperism, more
money in circulation and generally
increased prosperity.
There is no longer need Of argu-
ment to prove that the presence of
Chinese among US is an unmitigated
curse. Everybody of ordinary COM
mon sense recognizes that fact. The
only difference of opinion is as to the
proper means to be used to effect the
removal of this class of foreigners
who are always a foreign, slave la
Dor class; who do not assimilate with
our people, do not uphold and sup
port our republican institutions; who
pay little or no taxes, and who con.
tinually impoverish the country
by sending their earnings out of it.
Those who have foolishly imagined
that intimidation and violence could
be successfully employed ought to be
convinced Of their error by this time.
Such course has been apparently
effective In one or two isolated in
stances, but it was no credit to the
law abiding sentiment OF those COM
munities that violent and unlawful
measures were permitted in their
midst If eastern philanthropists
and sentimental theorists want our
Chinese let them have them, but let
US no longer daily with a question
that can be speedily aud effectively
met without doing violence to any
ones conscience and without setting
at defiance the laws OF our country.
Here are the names of the slaves,
the tools of the railroad in the
Council: A d. BoWen Tsoac Ear-