Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-07
STANDS BY WHAT HE SAID.
G. T. Huntington Interviewed Regarding
His Letter on the Chinese

New YORK, January 6th.-C. P. Huntington
said in an interview last night: 81 am used to
lighting alone and when l have any opinions to
express am not afraid to express them in plain
language" This remark was caus. d by refer
ence to Mr.. Huntington's recent letter to A. A.
Low, In which he advocated the nullifcaton
OF the Chinese Exclusion Act. "Our trade with
China having been killed. he said what is
the use OF running steamships between the two
countries? We control three large vessels
which we chartered from their English owners
and as soon as the charters run out we shall let
them go. One of the charters expires in the
spring some time in June, think"
When went to California in 1S49," Hunt
ington continued, the world seemed immense
the progress of sciencs and invention has
made 1t a very small lump. / believe in letting
everybody in it go and come as he pleases. The
Chinese are wonderful people, and l respect
them. Their civilization may be as good as
ours. They are a patient people For about
five years they are going to treat us with ex-
cessive politeness. Then Americans will be or
dered to leave China. They intend to give us
ample time to see how foolish we have been. |
was talking on this subject day or two ago
with prominent american merchant who used
to do an extensive business in Hongkong He
told me that mis- last visit to that city he was
treated more politely than he had ever been
treated before, but he could not sell any goods
During the war we lost our textile trade with
China because prices went too high, but we were
rebuilding 1t rapidly when the passage of the
exclusion bill broke it down again"
Has the sentiment of the Pacific coast
cannot give any statistics, but my honest
opinion is that if the people of the Pacific
coast were TO vote without fear three-quarters of
them would be in favor of nullifying the Ex-
clusion Act. Oh, for man like Thad Stevens,
to put his foot on this thing and crush it out
What merit is there in the complaint that the
Chinese come to the United states for no other
purpose than to take money out of the country
What else should they come for? We don't
want them to become citizens, but how much
money do you suppose 16O, 900 Cbinamen-I think
there are about that number in the country
could earn and carry away? mere mite. On
the other hand our European travellers have
spent in one year as much as $4,000 900 in thus
journeying through the old countries Some of
them fetch little of it back in gew-gaws from
Paris and elsewhere, but most of it stays on the
other side. Let a Chinaman take what he can
honestly get; we'il get it all back in trade
Does the presence of Chinese in California
really injure the Caucasian laborer?''
Not at all. think If we had more Chinese
we would have more work for the Caucasians
The Chinese do not aspire to fill responsible
positions. They are content to labor and be
bossed by white men. The South cries out
against the migration of negroes to California
We need more laborers, and in the absence
Of white m.n and black, why not let us have
Mongolian 2?