The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-09
"a. rnAxcrsCo CHINESE
n Permanent Population Of Forty
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san F,anelseo Zeal Estste Circular.
The Chinese. and shoee who speak
for fhera, are anxious not 10 LET the
Public know the actual number OF
them resident here. IL Il claimed by
them thxt the average number II not
ovey 1910 and never exceeds 1900.
We ourselves have estimated the NUM-
her at n, ,fssj 10 IS 90, bat Our estimates
were under the facts. We nos have
Ii. on the authority Of q gentle
man Who hss had close business
dealings with the Chinese. that
there IL permanent population
az 1000 Of them here. while
on one occasion. in ls--s when
strong agitation was made
against them IN The country.
tbere we're 4nD9 of them
here. That Was when ruffiafis
in the Santa Clara valley set IRE 10
the houses and barns OF those employ
ing Chinese labor there. thus causing
rnany farmers 70 dischare their China
men. OF the 1000 Chinese living ia
this city 500 are cooks and house
hold servants, over 500 are working
IN the manufacture OF ladies under
wear and mems clothing. There are
51e Chinese ianndries, Ia each OF which
three 20 SIX Cinnamon are employed.
How many Chinese are employed IN
boot and shoe and slipp<rrnaking We
do not knaw. There are over 400
enutsloyed in cigar-fnakinR.
The late Henry Langley, publisher
OF the directory, took the census OF
the Chinese fra the last United States
census In ls<e. The Chinese COM
pleteiy hoodwinked him. Here is
one notable case On the north
side OF Jackson street. l7l%
east OF stockton, there Is a
4story aud basement brick building
covering all Of a LOT "a xi37iz in size.
Mr.. Langley asked In the first door
how many chinese were ia the build
ing. The answer was twenty-five,
and that was true for that fioor. but
there we're over 90 Chinese in the
three floors above running sewing
machines. There were, in short, IN
that one building alone enough
Chinese 10 populate a small village.
We have been in 1t and seen them.
Now. the object Of this article Is to
call attention 10 a few facts. These
5000 Chinese earn NJ least 81 a day
each. over and above their board.
That Is 5000 per day, or " 400, 600
for each month Of twenty-six days.
That is over $1,000 900 per year which
IL being drained through various Chi
nese channels from a city o' 900 900 in
habitants. The most OF this money
each year. directly or Indirectly, goes
to China. never Ia return. These
- go Chinese are suppiaBting 1000
white men or women, who IL they bad
the place OF the place of they Mon
goiianS, would spend their wages here.
All Of the surplus earnings of the
Chinese are carried 10 or sent BY them
10 China. They all trade
with each other while here. Not
Que dollar goes Ia white man II the
Chinese can help il, and any avenue
through which any of their money
goes into white hands is open tempo
rarily. The Chinese deal with the
white man only when he Is teaching
them. They quickly learn from and
then dispense with him. We have no
means OF knowing how much money
yearly goes out Of this state To the
sponge-gike country across the Pacific
Ocean. Ii the truth OF this matter
could be known. no other argument
against the Chinese immigration
would approach il in effectiveness. II
alifornia were three nay, ten
times a. rich a. IL is. ii could not
stand the strain on its resources
which Mongollans would put on il il
they we're allowed te crowd into this
state in unlimited numbers.