The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-05-23

Why, then, are they not as desirable as
other immigrants Is it a crime to be
industrious, faithful, ,law-abiding wrong
to coin ones honest toll into gold. and,
instead of wasting ones earnings in
drink and debauchery, to support wife
and children Herewith? This brings
me to the next charge,
10. "That the Chinese drain the coun-
try annually Of large sums"
Indeed, the California Senate in its
memorial to Congress, November 10,
1877. said that there were 10000 Chi
nese in California. The statistics of the
Custom House and the best authorizes
said there were lin 1870 only 1O4 900 in
the whole country. OF course while
there were only l04,0 900 in the United
States, there were 1S0, 900 in California
The part is greater than the whole. The
memorial also said that the $50, 900 Chi
mes" drained the country of $lSO,0OOO goo
annually. Isn't that enough to frighten
anybody Now, 100000 Chinese sent
home on an average 81 900 apiece. Each
must have earned Sl,25O per year; that
is, about 81 per day. You call that
cheap labor Two dollars and fifty
cents is fair wages for Caucasians there.
You must not think that the august
Senate of California meant to lie. Cal
ifornianS are only slightly given to ex-
aggeration. | will now answer the last
and most terrible charge.
II. That the Chinese bring women of
bad character to San Francisco, and that
their vices are corrupting the morals Of
the CITY,
How serious charge this we cannot
realize until we get at all the facts. Just
imagine California, the most vIrtuous of
States, and San Francisco, the most i'm
maculate of cities, lying helpless under
the upas-tree of Chinese immortality
Have you ever been to San Francisco
Unless you can endure paradise and
Eden like purity, you would better not
go there. Why, the Sabbath STILL
ness in that city is simply appalling.
The people all go to church, and if you
suggest whiskey toddy or a base ball
game on Sunday, they will turn up their
eyes, throw up their hands, and pray the
Lord to have mercy on you. There are
no drunken brawls at any time Except
in Chinatown), and it is the policeman's
picnic-ground Except in Chinatown).
Besides churches, where they have nu-
merous temples dedicated TO Venus,
wherein pious persons work off their
surplus devotion. Why is it that these
fair vestals wear 80 little clothing ?
They are afraid to clog the things of the
spirit with the habiliments of sense.
Californians are pure, moral, and relig-
ious, in all that they do, As for having
disreputable houses, or women with
loose morals about them, tell you they
are as innocent as lambs. Indeed Satan
could not have made a greater commC-
tion in Eden than the Chinese in Cali.
fornia. One would suppose that such a
model community would "Clean out
those bad Chinese women. But it did
not. 1t deputed a number of special po-
licemen to watch them and arrest them,
but it seems that these specials had the
marvellous power of transmitting their
brass iuto pure gold, and that, in the
exercise of that power, they were as
blind as bats. II the virtuous communi-
ty of San Francisco permitted their NOR
ais to be corrupted, it Is their own fault
Such are the charges made against the
Chinese. Such were the reasons for leg,
islating against them and they still
have their influence. as is shown by the
utterances of labor organs; by the un-
reasoning prejudice against the Chinese
which finds lodgment in the minds OF
the people; and by the periodical out
breaks and outrages perpetrated against
them without arouslng the public con
SCIENCE Yam PhOu Lee, in North Amer
icdIl ReUielC.