, 1892-05-17
AN EFFECTUAA PANACEA.

1HE TRIBUNE has, on more than one oc-
caslon, called attention to the rapidly in
creasing Chinese population in Olympia,
Steadily, and with no indication of abate-
ment, they are massing their forces. I'll
nothing is done to exclude newcomers they
will soon be numbered by hundreds, then
by thousands. AT present, clothes wash
ing and vegetable raising constitute the
main sources Of their revenue, neither one
of which would alone be able to support
the present number that are eking out a
livelihood in our midst. The proprietors
OF our steam laundries and washerwomen
have, time and again, appealed to the good
sense of the people and solicited fair show
of patronage from their white brethren,
Save In a few instances these appeals have
been utterly ignored and disregarded.
Many poor family, whose sufferings have
been temporarily alleyiated by the Ladies'
Aid Society, might be placed on the high
road to prosperity if they had a tithe of
the patronage which their neighborhood
weekly turns over to the Chinese washer
men. 1t is a humiliating fact, that many
poor people who most loudly cry out in
sorry complaint against the labor incur
sions Of the heathen element, regularly
employ them to do their own laundry
work The TRIBUNE undertakes to say
that the Chinese could be cleaned out of
the otherwise beautiful Capital city in q
short term Of months, if our people would
act in concert i'll the adoption and execu-
ton OF simple method Of procedure. AS
yet, the Chinese own no real estate here,
as in many other afflicted cities. Now sup
pose by concerted action Of property own
eTs, every Chinese tenant were given legal
notice to yacate the premises lie is occupy
ing, whether it be dwelling house, store
laundry or opium joint Against such
procedure there is no law. No United
States marshal would make a descent up-
on an American citizen for eiecting BY
legal means a Chinese occupant of his
property. AS general thing, the aver
age Chinaman rents a white mans
house from month to month and strictly
pays in advance. Thus it viii be seen that
there could be no loss to property owners
on account of unoollected back rent, for
when the premises were vacated by the de-
parting heather there would be no rents
due. In warning tenant to leave a house
the laws of this state are very explicit.
The renter or lease holder must be given
stipulated time in which to pack his
goods and seek another abiding place. We
cannot thrust out the Chinese as Rameses
thrust out the hosts of Israel from Egypt
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oyerruled all that kind of fun. The China.
man should be dealt with according to law
thesame as if he were white man, and
just as efectually so as if the tables were
turned as to who was landlord and who
was tenant. Let a property owner collect
his astmonth's rent and then simply tell
the Chinaman to go and he would go. To
the Chinaman's credit be it said there
would be on his part neither foolishness
nSr nonsense in the transaction. In case
q Chinaman has leased, for a term Of years,
vegetable ranch, he should still be treat
ed with all the Difference of an American
citizen and given the full extent of time
after legal warning, allowed BY law. But
such instances would be few and no chronic
H4LlCulGy HeeQ D6 reared. john would be
sharp enough to sell his crops and leave
before the chances turned against him.
We have thus outlined plan Of procedure
which is correct in theory and wholly
practicable in its application. Let such
plan be rigidly pursued by the good people
Of Olympia, and we should have a aspanking
clean city before the advent of another
year.
TO accomplish this good work let an or
ganized body be created with live execu-
tive committee to canvas the property
owners and procure their names to a prop
erIy drafted article of agreement. This
body polite might be "The Peoples Citi-
zenship Association, y or ranything else that
has the true American ring and jingle, but
its motto should be "Olympia for olym-
pians."
Conscious that our present structures ap-
peal with special force to the laboring
classes, the details here set forth are in all
good faith submitted to their careful and
earnest consideration. The Lord help
Olympia from such business thorough
fare as the Chinese quarter in the city Of
Portland, Oregon.