The morning call., 1892-11-23

and manufacturers will take themselves
and their industries out of the United States
on or about the next Chinese New Year.
They declare that the restriction act Is
doing its work; that Chinese population is
dwindling. Chinese trade decreasing, de-
portation impending, and that nothing is
lett 10 them but retirement. The laborers
Will also 20. Coupled with these declara-
TONS are sundry reflections regarding the
depression which this will cause in general
trade from the emigration of some 10000
Cbinese In California. besides those in other
States, and the embarrassment which will
follow an exodus of laborers.
The first thought about this deiIverancs
is that 1t is done for effect. Congress will
soon be In session and these shrewd Mon
gols, with the assistance OF white eoad-
tutors. hope to influence legislation by
sounding en- industrial alarm. No doubt
tney VIII ind listeners in the East, al
tn9ugh the matter Is too well understood in
Salllornia TO make any impression here.
vi course IL would bs foolish to say that
a wholesale migration of the Chinese in
California would have no effect whatever
on general business or the labor market
Inc enecf, however, would be 50 slight and
sheTt-lived that it is not worth taking into
consideration beside the good results which
would quickly follow. So far as falling off
IN consumption and consequent trade is
concerned. II must be rememb ered that to
considerable extent Chinese trade has been
against the idea that any great evil results
Will follow from Chinese exodus is given
by Mr. Mowry, the well-known attorney
for the Chinese. Probably he did not in
tend IL IN that way because his professional
interest lies in his retaining his clients, but
so 1T is: he said that during a recent visit
10 the East he found people were reluctant
10 come to this State because il is "oyerrun
with Chinese" and they could not get work.
De endeavored to convince them that
In k.,t
avail. This shows, on the testimony
OF one whose individual interests lie
IN the other direction, that large
anu valuable element of immigration
Is only awaiting the disappearance Of the
Chinese to move upon California. The
enforcement CT the exclusion act and the
actual departure of these people, bag and
baggage. will be the signal for white people
to take their places. They will be con-
WINGED then that the country lies open To
them. 1t would be small matter to fill the
place OF 10000 Chinese within year. One
train day OF i've emigrant Sieeping-cars
would do the business. The difference in
the productive and consumptive value of
these newcomers compared with the Chi
Dese would add enormously to the pros
perity of the Stale.
disposition has been shown In some
quarters TO iiken the effect of this Chinese
deportation 10 that of the expulsion of the
M0Ors and Jews from Spain. The idea is
ridiculous. There Is no parallel. The
Moors and Jews were the most valuable
business and industrial element of Spain.
In expelling them she depleted her re-
sources. Californians will smile at drawing
any such parallel with the Chinese. The
sooner they go the better for the welfare of
the community. 1t win be easier to get rid
Of them now than when they are NUM- bared
by the hundreds of thousands and have
fastened Asiatic conditions upon the State.
Our people are not afraid of the operation
of the law