The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-25
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| DOOO, OUJ people IN the Union. ihere
Chinese take fifty cents every year from
each man. woman and child in the coun-
try. and this goes back to China"
Glow do these Chinese get here"
"They are brought in fraudulently in
many ways They get in through the
ports Of the British provinces on the Pa
cific. and Just here want to speak Of the
smuggling Of opium which is coming IN
in that way The opium monopoly OF
China has been controlled for years by
one firm at Hong Kong. This firm had q
long lease for a monopoly Of the business.
II bribed the agents ut san Francisco and
elsewhere, and it had such system of
smuggling inaugurated that it could get
almost anything into the American ports.
The lease Of this firm lately ran ont, and
new company got the monopoly. Inc
old company then moved u part OF It's
works 10 Vancouyer's Island, and it has
been smuggling its opium across the bor-
ders. Opium pays duty Of about $40 a
pound American yachts sail up to the
British possessions. You can take big
amount Of opium in valise. The SNUG
clers load up here with opium, call at one
Of the minor ports Of the American coast
with valise in their hands, from here get
10 the railroad and in moment they are
mixed up with the other travellers, and no
one imagines that they have thousands OF
dollars worth Of smuggled goods IN their
possession.
"The Chinese continued Denis Kear-
nev. "have Just discovered America, and
they are ready TO attack il in hOrdes.
stst r..fI IA &C tho
ulation Of the globe, and they could snip
100, 900, 900 people TO the United states
and not feel the loss. They are compel
inc with every kind OF American labor,
and they attack the work Of the women as
well "a that Of the men They are
against the sewing girl and the chamber
maid. and they viii work for half what
an American girl can afford 10 work for.
There are % number Of Chinese cooks in
this city. There are hundreds Of them in
San Francisco. and you will tind Chinese
cooks and chambermaids all over New
York. would like 10 call your attention
to n speech Of Senator Mitchell, Of Ore
gOn, i'm which hc speaks Of the diseases
that are communicated through Chinese
laundrics. lie says that the Chinese
laundrymen ecouomizc in the way Of beds
by using their customers clothing, which
is left with them for washing, for this
purpose. The Chinese are not noted for
their cleanliness. and you van see that
this is an important matter ~ 10 the com
municatiOn OF disease"
"Ali Of the Chinese who come TO this
country come under contract They are
bought almost as slaves in China, and they
contract for fifteenth years, and some
times twenty years OF service, AZ certain
rate, on condition that they are 10 be
taken TO America and returned 10 China
either dead or alive They receive only
few dollars q month and the rest Of their
earnings and profits 20 TO the Chinese
companies These syndicates or COM
panics have their agents in every hamlet
Of the United States. They make weekly
collections from every laundry, and they
send ont their agents TO establish new
laundrics and Introduce new branches Of
Chinese work
"But suppose one OF the Cinnamon so
contracted for fails to keep his contract
Suppose he concludes to strike out for
himself and cut loose from the compan
les? ."
'IIe does not dare to do So" replied
Denis Kearney HE wOuld be killed if
he did 50. These companies have their
hired assassins, and Chinaman can
easily be put out Of the way and not be-
missed Such instances do occur, and the
Chinese Of this country are ruled as rigidly
as ever were the slaves of any country.
They are set of lrcchcs They suck the
likelihood OF the nation, and they give
back nothing We must have absolute
prohibition Of their immigration, and in
this lies our only salvation"
Few OF the public men Of today had so
hard fight for nm education as Senator
Joe Brown, OF Georgia some Of his first
schooling was gotten at an academy
where he traded u pair VI his steers for
his board. lie taught during Isis yaca-
tons, and while he was teaching school
he taught for his board in the family Of u
wealthy Georgian named lewis lie
studied law at the same time and after
he had left OF teaching school, in order 10
devote himself entirely % the study OF the
Lax. he made an arrangement with this
man TO teach his children three hours a
day for his board. and devoted the rest Of
the day to study. The result was that he
mastered the leading authorities on ele-
mentary law within a very short time.
and he was admitted TO the bar Ills
friend Mr. Lewis then wanted him 10 20 20
the Yale law school, and offered To loan
him the money Joe Brown replied that
he could not accept such . loan. The
sum was considerable, and there was no
surety that he would not die before hC
was able 80 pay &C. Lewis urged Brown
to take 10. and said he would risk hl,,
dying FINALLY Brown accepted the loan.
and went t0 Yale, spent ono year there,
and during this passed examinations on
the whole three years studies of the Yale
school and graduated / talked with him
about this period Of his life the other day
and me told me that of all lis years this
was the most profitable Il had been
admitted TO the bar, and the school had q
rule that men who had practiced law
could 90 through in one year il they could
pass the examinations. 1 found myself
well up on the text books and | got
through very easily. | had also the right
to attend lectures at the college end |
took an anatomical course, went into the
dissecting room and saw large enough
number Of men carved up to master
! studied chemistry and had Il
course in the laboratory Ny tastes ran
10 theology and | attended n