The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-04-24
CHINESE RESTRICTION INTHE
UNITED STATES.

The New York Herald. IN comment
ing upon the legislation proposed ex-
Guiding Chinese. quoted from the
official reports Of the Bureau Of Sta
tistics 10 show that from 1888. the
year OF the present restrictive legisla-
non. until the close Of 1886 but $50
immigrants had arrived from China.
and that when this was contrasted
with the number who came In 1882,
1854. il showed a virtual suspension
Of immigration and the folly of any
further suggestions for dealing with
the subject Thereupon Represents
i've Morrow. Of California. wrote to
that paper showing that the reports
q the Bureau are misleading. In
stead Of $50 immigrants there were
$3.50 Il Is explained that the off
cal figures made 10 note of the
Chinese who came to the United
States claiming to have been former
residents and whose return the law
permitted. Mr.. Morrow gives the
exact figures TO be-IS,703 from Aug.
!. 1872 to Dec. 81, 1885; 6,714 for
1856, lisp for 1SS7-a total of &c.
$50. On this the Herald remarks that
II they could have had the cores
ponding departures OF Chinese this
exhibit would have been useful, but |
the figures IN themselves were worthy
q grave consideration, as showing
that since the law went into force |
the annual immigration has continued !
al the rate Of between SIX and seven |
thousand. II 1887 rising to lisp. |
During the thirty years of unchecked |
immigration IN only nine years has
the number exceeded that of 1887. |
Taxing the whole number of immi- |
grants for thirty unrestricted years
that OF 1887 has been nearly two |
thousand above the average.
Mr.. Morrow IN his letter infers from |
the figures given that 1.-THE law is
rendered imperative by reason of the
fact that Cinnamon who were never
N the United States are landed on
'the claim that they were here at the
date of the treaty. having been suff-
GENTLY coached for that purpose"
and Il Is his belief that no practical
relief has been afforded by the treaty
Of November IL, 1880, and the laws of
Congress passed in pursuance thereof
suspending such immigration" And
the Hrdld SAYS g 1t Is absurd to sup
pose thai under any honest obser-
vance Of the treaty stipulations the
average annual arrivals Of Chinese in
tins country for 1887 should be so
much greater than the average of
Sssrs when there were no stipulations
The Herald inquiries, Who Is to
blame 2 and learns, first, that
those benefited by the transit Of
Chinese 70 the United States are
merchants IN the English
colony Of Hong Kong that i
Is really an English trade as
profitable as slave carrying IN old !
DAYS. OF the LISP Chinese who ar
rived in San Francisco In 1887 It may
be accepted as indubitable that not
one came from China. nor with the
assistance, direct or indirect. of the
Chinese authorities. They come by
the operations of q trade so valuable /
that 70 maintain il the resources of /
commercial knavery viii be, as no
doubt they have been, exhausted"
The New York paper concludes that
i Is useless for the United States to
further restriction by treaty
with China, but that the Chinese i'm
migration question viii be settled
when the Treasury Department en-
forces existing laws. If there had ,
been integrity and Intelligence IN the
Treasury officials at San Francisco
and Hongkong, says the Herald, no
such record as that presented by Mr.
would have been possible.