The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-23

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of Representatives at the time and
voted for it. From 1850 to 1860, while
that tariff was ia force, the farm lands
in the United States, according to the
census report, increased in value 103
per cent. Then came the high tariff of
1852 and from 1860 10 1870, increasing
the value of farm lands in the United
| States only 40 per cent. Under the
low tariff there has been a 193 per
per cent. increase of value in ten
years, while under this high tariff it was
only 40 per cent, but it may be said
that it includes the period of war and
don't make faia comparison. / grant
the force of that to some extent, but the
war ended in 1865 and we can compare
the next ten years from 1870 to 1880. and
by these same census reports it appears
that in these ten years of profound
peace, from 1870 to $780, the value
of the farming lands of the United
States have increased per cent.
Under the highest protective tariff that
ever was inflicted on this country, they
have increased but 9 per cent, while
under the low tariff OF 1916 in the ten
yeass from 1850 to 1860, period of pro-
found peace, they increased in value
10 per per cent.
Before l conclude I want to ask your
attention to
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
AS to the question of the importation of
Chinese labor into this country. What
l think upon this subject cannot be
better expressed than by reading what
l said to my constituents in Cincin-
natl in 1870, five years before the leg
1slature of California memoralized
Congress on this SUBJECT of Chinese
immigration. An extract from Judge
Thurman's speech delivered on Sep
TENDER 10, 1870, was then read as fol-
lows:
do not think that large Chinese i'm
migration is desirable. On the con-
trary, think it would be a seriously
disturbing element in the race of civil
cation. The habits, education and
religion of the Chinese are widely
different from our people, so different
as to form very striking contrast.
European immigrants are of the same
race of religion and civilization as ours,
and therefore benefit the country and
deserves encouragement. Not so with
the Chinese, they never become
one people. Were they to dwell
here for centuries, they would probably
be as distinct from the white race as
the gypsies in Spain are from the pure
FLOODED Spaniards. We are destined
to have great commerce with Asia,
and the natural result will be the vol
untary immigration from that continent
of limited number of business men. L
see no objection to that. It will not
interfere with our merchants or labor
ers. 1t will not disturb our social or
political system, while it tends by the in
crease OF our commercial connections to
add to our commerce and wealth. But
that is wholly different thing from
the coolie immigration that is now 60
ing on anh which, if not stopped, must
alarmingly increase till this immigra-
ton is kind of Chinese slave trade.
Instead Of an independent, self-reliant
body of independent freemen, it will
introduce herd of quasi ex-slaves.
working at half-wages, by command of
task master. In thirty years from
now We will have 100000 people
without counting the Chinese. We
are in no danger of a scarcity of
laborers, nor do l think low
wages blessing to any country. 1
have, therefore, no sympathy with the
cry OF cheap labor and low wages.
That country is likely to be most happy
and free, where the annual production
OF wealth is being justly distributed
and the laborer obtains fair rewurd.
Those. my friends, were my opinions
eighteen years ago, and four years ago,
and every day has served to verify
their correctness. They are my opin-
ions to-day: