The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-06-13
A Flood Of Public Opinions
Against II.
Prominent Citizens Express
Their Ideas on the
Subject.
Some Even Co So Far AS to
Demand the Retirement
of the Council.


prisoners to the Chlnaman, Sing Lang,
and here is what some OF them said:
Il believe i'll giving all such work to
American citizens, and l think 1t a
great oversight on the part of the city
fathers to award such contract to
Chinaman who has no interest III our
city or our country. R. X. IRVINE,
of Irvine q Barney.
My opinion in regard to the award
ing of the contract to furnish the city
prisoners with board, revolves itself
upon the basis that citizen and tax
payer that furnishes means to the sup
port of city government is considered
of less Importance than would cover
the difference of a cent per meal.
Why. of course, the economical de-
mands upon the city fathers compels
them to award the contract to Il China
man" f. w. G. HATHENBRUCK.
IL think it bad enough for man to
be in jail without having to eat after
Chinaman, and as a taxpayer and hui
manitalian | am willing to pay five or
ten mills more to sustain white men,
and this kind of protection against for
eign labor | favor. -. 2. FELT.
Il believe the City Council would
have the unanimous support of the
citizens of Provo if they had awarded
the contract to an American, even if
the city would have been obliged to
pay more for boarding their prisoners.
My reasons are these: list. 1t is against
public policy to encourage Chinese
labor in America; Cd. 1t is question:
able as to whether or not the China
man will be able to furnish the neces-
sarv security for the faithful perform
ance of his duty. JOHN NJ. HANSEN.
A CELEsTIAL's GLORY.
"No Cinnamon for me while a fell
low citizen can be found to do the
work. If he does get cent more.
let the taxpayers and citizens be re-
cipents of the faYOrs that demand the
public money to pay for it. fe Gods!
what next?' A Celestial's Glory with
a Vengeance. "A A. Noon.
What do | think of the Councils
action III awarding to the Chinaman
the contract for feeding city prisoners?
This: Cinnamon, at least Provo China
men, have no interest in Provo. They
pay no taxes; they invest no money;
their manners, their morals, their all,
the people. On the contrary they are
a direct injury. They come here to
gather up what money they can, and
when they once get hold of it, good
bye to what they received. If they
spend a dollar for wares it is for the
Chinese make. Their food to large eX-
tent the same, and what is left they
ship out of the country. B. M. Rob
erts is man. citizen, and tax pay
er in Provo. with home here, and is
spending his time, labor and means in
building up our city, and bid within
one-half cent rer meal of the Mon
golian. Well, 1 think that if the
action of the Council is to be judged
from a standpoint of economy it is
most stupid. From any other stand
point, ditto. Our nation has declared
that we have no use for Cinnamon,
and 50 say l. provo work for Provo
wCrkmen. ID. d. HOUTZ.
Il think it an outrage on ciyiliZa-
ton, and the tax payers of Provo in
particular. because the man that had
the next lowest bid was a tax payer. |
am in favor of giving the tax payers the
benefit of all such contracts. even if it
costs little more w. ID. ROBERTS.
~ think that the meals will cost the
city 20 cents, because the man to whom
the contract was awarded will send
every cent out of the country.
Whereas man whose interests is CEN
tered in Provo will place it all here.
Therefore to my mind the Chinaman's
bid was the highest offered 10 the
Council. ". L. HALLIDAY.
Il am unqualifiedly i'll favor OF CIV
ing the preference to American citi-
zens in all matters of employment,
My preference for Americans is bigger
than half cent per meal. The city
council have, in my opinion, acted on
the practice of half cent patriotism.
Away with Chinese cheap labor, and
the city council that patronizes it to
the exclusion of Americans for the
sake of half cent. u. w. N. WHITE
COTTON.
TO award contracts to class of be-
ings whose only purpose in our coun-
try is to hoard up and carry away our
wealth to another nation is policy
that should be condemned by every
true American. l believe in awarding
contracts to the lowest bidder when
all things are equal. ED. OLSON.
THE Council is authorized to award
the contract to the lowest responsible
bidder, yet at the same time, when it
comes so close, | think the contract
should have been awarded to citizen
and taxpayer. j. D. JONES.
Il am opposed to running ont citi-
zens and taxpayers in favor of China
men III. E. GILES.
Il am in favor of Americans and
people who intend to make America
their home and become citizens, re-
ceiving all the benefits that go from
our people to laboring men. China
men or any other class of people who
come to this country for the express
purpose of acquiring few dollars and
then leave our country neverto return,
[ am uncompromisingly opposed to,
and to their coming in competition
with American labor. "A. D. CASH.
81 don't think Provo has any money
to send to China. Jos E. DANIELS
81 think it was an improper course
to pursue, as all public contracts
preference to Cinnamon who have no
interest III our country. II. NJ. SAM
UELSON.
Il am opposed to giving Monaghan
work of any kind, as it is in opposi-
ton to the policy of the government"
ALEX. WILKINS.
Il am opposed to giving a contract
to Cbinaman against resident tax
payer, where public money is involved,
and would rather see a taxpayer get
the contract, even though the China
man agreed to do it fer nothing. u.
a. Brown.
Il think it genuine outrage. 1