The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-30
Willy HEATHER.
How Merchants Are Made Out of
Common Lab0rers.
Rapid Increase of Emigration to Mex:car
Ports, aud Easy Methods Of Returning
to This State.

The steamer Gaelic arrived yesterday
morning from China, bringing SO cabin, and
20 European and 2jS Chinese passengers in
the Storage. OF the Chinese passengers,
IS were for this port. liz for Guaymas, II
for Mazatlan and one for Honolulu. The
number bound for Mexican ports is sug-
gestive.
When Secretary Window issued the order
forbidding passage to Cinnamon bound for
Mexico, the Gaelic was on the high seas,
and did not, therefore, come under the rule
The next steamer 10 arrive Will be the
China, and it is expected that she will have
on board at least 800, but as she was in a
Chinese port when the order was issued,
and that Government had been fully notified
by cable Of the purpOrt of the ORDER there
will be no transhipment of her coolies, but
they will be compelled to 20 back to their
own country, and under no conditions will
they be allowed to land here.
SUSPICION AROUSED.
The large number ticketed for Mexico has
caused considerable comment among the
Custom-houSe officers. The two places mem
toned are the ones in Mexico nearest the
border line and it is believed that these men
will soon be within the United States. OF
course the Chinese deny that they have any
such reason in going to Mexico, but the fact
that since the Exclusion Act went into effect
the tide of Chinese emigration is setting
toward Mexico is significant. In the Chi
nese quarters ii is claimed that these men are
going to work in the mines Of Lower Cali
fornia, where Chinese syndicate has made
extensive purchases; but this statement is
taken by the knowing ones with grain of
salt. 1t is claimed that men have been
sent down to the mines from this city aud
"a N3ar hoo
eumstances 1t appears strange that the syn
dictate Is importing men from China. If
there IS plenty OF Chinese labor in this State
c0nYersant with the characters of work re-
CURED in the Lower California mines, why
uoeS the chinese syndicate import men from
HOng-hong? When the first detachment
was sent down it was claimed that the men
would never come back TO this country, and
that they willingly went to Mexico, as they
expected to accumulate sufficient wealth
there to take them home to their native
country and keep them there in ease for the
Iest OF their natural lives. But it Is ex-
pected on every hand that the large major
lty OF these laborers will, when they tire of
Mexico, find an opportunity to escape the
ofhclals on the border line and make their
way back into California. If they do SO it
may be set down as certain that a large
number Of these recent emigrants from
CHINA TO Mexico will come into the United
States With them.
LIE MERCHANT DODGE.
The merchant plea is worked for all it is
worth, and many men who are denied
landing by the CuStom-h0use officers are
landed by the courts on writs of habeas
corpus. Anything and everything can be
proved by the books of a Chinese firm when
they are produced in the United States
courts. Men who have been engaged in
sweeping out stores on Sacramento ana
Dupont streets, and who have been en-
gagged IN carrying mats Of rice from the
stores to the houses OF customers have
proved IN court that they were partners in
the firm where they worked, and only did
the heavy work for recreation and amuse-
ment. After listening to Chinese habeas
corpus cases before the United States Com
mlSSloners, one comes to the conclusion
that Chlnaman who secures position in
store IN Ibis or any other American city
IS lucky beyond measure. From testimony
that has been drawn from the heads of the
hrms II seems to be the universal custom to
give each employe who departs for China
an interest in the business. Oh course these
interests are not very large, but they answer
the purpose, as the man on his return claims
to be merchant, and the books OF the firm
where he worked bear out his assertion.
CARRIED EVEN FURTHER
ms legerdemain OF converting Chinese
laborer into merchant IS carried even fur
Their. just before the Exclusion Act went
into effect the Chinese foreman of a rancher
IN the Santa Clara Valley announced to his
employer his intention of returning to
China on visit TO see his wife and son,
with whom he intended to return to this
country. The rancher demonstrated with
him, pointing out that after the passage of
the Exclusion Act his wife and son would
not be allowed to enter the United States
and that he himself would be barred out
But the Chinaman persisted in going home,
and finally told his employer that Ien he
returned to the country he would not come
as labOrer but as a merchant Inquiry
after the man had left revealed the fact that
he had purchased an interest in a firm on
Dupont street, the head of which posed as
the cousin" OF the farm laborer. Not
outstanding the fact that he was liner
chant, be promised on his return to re-
sumo his labors as foreman of the ranch.
EASY TRANSIT.
The Lower California panhandle is n
means of easy access to California. The
1870 coolies booked for Mazatlan and Quay
mas undoubtedly mean to sail toward those
ports, but whether they ever intend to go
there Is another question. If possible, they
will get ashore at Ensenada, Cape st. Lucas
or some intermediate port, and from thence
work their way up here. But as the mas
tiers OF steamers have been given strict in
structlons not to allow any of them to leave
the steamers until they arrive at the desti-
nation for which they are booked, they may
find their little game blocked.
With all the natural cunning of the Mon
gollan race 1t seems a little strange that the
willy heather did not discover this easy
means OF getting into the United States
until after the issuance of Mr.. WindOn's
manifesto, or possibly from the passage of
the Exclusion Act, October /, 1888. The
loop-hOle is a large one, and since it has be-
come popular route by which to enter the
country the arrivals for Mexican ports have
steadily increased, as the following table