The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-27
JOHNS WISDOM.

60 to the ant, thou sluggard; consi- |
der his ways and be wise'', was our old !
heraldry; but it Is Just possible that all |
that may be changed to read, ''go to John
Chln9man, thou improvident one: con-
slider his ways and be wise" The other
day friend of ours accosted Chinamau
with, "Well joan, Chinamau's New Year
will soon be here, suppose you will buy
lots fire crackers, have heap big time"
The celestial shook his head and his small
almond shaped eyes sparkled with good
sense as he answered.: mo, this China
man no spend money for fire crackers;
rather save money and buy clothes than
ire crackers, same as burn up money-me
no burn up money" This Chinaman
is the enc who made three thousand col
lars in selling vegetables during the boom
in QUE city. He ran three gardens, one at
Provo and two adjacent to Salt Lake.
John" said our friend to him, you don't
work like other Cinnamon; how is that?n
ME don't have to-" said he, with pecu-
liar chuckle, which doubtless he meant for
a smile. "Chinaman that got no sense, he
have to work: me don't have to work"
Thus is proclaimed even by Chinaman
great natures law, that those who think
will govern those who toll. Of course we
often feel called upon to despise JOIN"
1t seems American and patriotic. Just
why, perhaps, we don't know; and if sud
denly called upon to give a reason for our
antipathy, many Of US would be at loss
what to say, and after we had
said it we would be ashamed
of it. "Downwith the Frenchman,n
said burly Englishman in the
midst of some excitement in London
in one of those periods of agitation which
arouse the traditional English hatred of
the French Down with the Frenchman, u
repeated the excited Britisher-"Down
with the Frencbman," said a bystander.
"What for! What have the French doner'
1.-The French why-why-why, they eat
frogs and wear wooden shoes" And hav-
ing found SO excellent a reason for hating
them the Britisher continued to shout:
down with the French-the blasted
French" Much of our antipathy against
the Chinese is just as senseless.
Yet we recognize the fact that there
are good, and doubtless sufficient
reasons for restricting "JoHN'sn en-
igration to our shore, and even
perhaps of prohibiting it. The fact
that he possesses characteristics which
make him an undesirable element IN GU,
population, should not make US blind tt
those virtues which he does possess, among
which may be numbered industry. frugal.
ity and providence; disposition in early
and middle life to provide for ease anC
comfort in old age-a thing that the ordi-
nary American is careless about, and in
respect to which he might learn profitable
lessons from the example of the despiseG
Oriental
We will get woke up to the fact thai
there is something good in John" after all
His philosophy, if not his religion, has
something good in it. The founder OF it
CoNFUCIUs-based the actions of men up
on five capital virtues: universal charity
impartial justice, conformity to ceremonie.
and established usages, rectitude of hear
and mind and pure sincerity Those, W.
take it, are pretty good principles on which
to base moral philosophy, and though tn,
system of CoNFUCIUs is made no preten
tons to q religion, and says nothing O
mans relation to Diety, or of his RESPONSE
bility to Him. yet in the absence of a trp
religion that philosophy has served "JoHN'
as pretty good substitute for religion
and by adhering to it closely, the despise,
! celestial will no doubt press pretty closel,
on the Christians heels in entering tn
pearly gates Of the heavenly Jerusalem.