Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-01-21
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

Before it Is Settled on h Pacific
Coast Society Must be Revolution
lied.
The following editorial clipped from the
Oakland Tribune Is entirely applicable to
every city and town Of the Pacific Coast,
hence II is given verbatim. 1.-THE dispo-
sition Of the boys and girls of this State
to eschew labor IL the main cause OF em.
ploying Chinese. There seems to be e
prejudice among American boys and girls
against all kinds Of labor. They term 1t
"menial SERVICE" and their education
seems to cryssalize this prejudice, and the
result 10 that they will suffer for the neces-
saries of life rather than work with their
hands. The California Jute Company. of
this city, attempted to introduce white
labor in their factory, by employing white
girls, aud instructing them in the art OF
juto weaving; but the result WAS discour.
aging-50 per cent leaving after the first
days trial. fifty per cent Of the remainder
would leave during the succeeding three
weeks. and only about two out of every
twenty continued and became proficient.
The company, therefore, sent an agent TO
Scotland TO procure bonny lasses Of Dun
dee to show American girls that Scotch
lssses were not above earning q livelihood
with their own hands. The company en-
ploys somo 400 hands. and are anxious to
have the whole force composed of white
employees. The "a girls brought out from
Scotland will displace double their number
Of Chinese. and perhaps. by their example.
influence American girls to take positions
where they can earn their $40 or more
per week. clothe themselves and have q
bank account, instead Of walking the
streets in idleness, burdens upon fathers
and mothers who work to support them in
their idleness.
The Chinese question cannot be settled
until there shall be q disposition on the
part Of the rising generation to work. We
have heretofore asserted, and we rei.erate
the assertion. that the youth of the
present day are spoiled by q false educs-
ton. They are subjected to q Peter Funk
polishing process. which units them for
manual labor. Society, parents, home
influences, and the schools. are all re-
sponsibie for this evil. There are boys
and girls enough in California TO take the
place OF every Chinaman now employed.
There IL no need to send East or TO Scot
land for labor il the boys and girls now 10
| idlenoss would be willing TO work. The
| BOYS and girls of this State could settle the
| Chinese question in "a hours were they 40
disposed. But they have been educated
above what they term manual labor"
and have forgotten, or never learned the
fact that labor is honorable far more
honorable than that of ~aponging q living
by the exercise OF their wits. The greatest
men this country has ever produced were
reared to labor with their hands for a
livelihood. Society OF the present day is
| filling our streets with hoodlums and the
houses Of ill-fame with victims by ;ha
false aristocrscy, made of shoddy wealth,
which tries to stretch it's neck high enough
TO look down upon labor as something
beneath its level. 1t is time that the
dignity OF labor asserts itself. II is time
that the dignity OF labor was taught TO
| youth In our public schools. 1t is time
that fathers and mothers impressed upon
their boys and girls the fact that labor is
honorable. II ia time that society ceases its
foolish worship Of mammon and encourages
merit. though it comes with hands cal
loused with toll. The curse OF this State
ia not altogether the Chinese. il IL the false
idea born OF ignorant, shoddy wealth
that labor ia Observation-Disclosures . lady
tolls not, neither does she spin. Society
must be revolutionized before the Chinese
question can be finally settled.