The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1892-06-16

HE Chlnaman presents problem no
less difficult for the people of the Pacific
slope to solve than is the negro for the
southern people. Whoever thinks the
ChinaTan is patient and long suffering
has not studied HIM on his native heath.
He is shrewd, calculating and persistent
ly, though quietly. aggressive. He has
become the laborer of the Pacific slope
and is slowly but certainly driving all
other labor out. But the Chinaman is
not content with common labor and
laundry. There are shrewd business
men among them whose check for many
as that of Jay Gould. The pork market,
the garden products and the poultry in
terests of the Pacific slope are in the
hands of the Chinese. 1t is asserted by
some that the pork interests are being
wrested from them but this is denied.
1t is generally believed that San Fran
cisco Is the Chinese Mecca; but in pro-
portion to it's popu lation it has less Chin
csc than many other cities in the west.
There is no city there that has not its dis
tlnctive Chinese quarters. In San Fran
cisco where the Chinese Colony numbers
about $4,000 The territory occupied covers
not much more than four blocks It
is China to all intents and purposes. By
tacit understanding among themselves
in dealing among themselves, in punish
ment of crime and minor offenses their
own system of Jurisprudence prevails.
Many murder is committed there follow
ed by the punishment prescribed by the
laws of China, which the regular author
tiles know nothing of These colonies
by no means act as though they felt their
existence is tolerated simply. They are
aggressive and the people have the 1nso-
lent Jaciturnity OF conscious superiority
OF race On the street the Chinaman
is always neat unless on the rare occa-
sions When he adopts the Caucasian dress
aud then he is a greasy roust-about.
They are wonderfully stoical but furtiye-
ly watchf ul. Scarcely movement of an
interloper escapes them though to detect
this watchfulness it is necessary to feign
| observer does.
Many of the Chinese live like rats, in
the sense that hundreds of them will find
Accommodations in one small house. The
underground houses are not as numerous
as formerly but sufficient number of
them are left to give full idea of what
life was in these holes. The hunks Id
| these places are arranged like berths in a
sleeping car and are filled with China
men. No provision seems to have been
made for ventilation or light and still the
places are not as filthy as the conditions
would seem to make imperative. One
gets sort of uncanny feeling while wend-
Ing his way through the narrow passages
leading to these dens which serve as
habitation for SO many people. There is
no place so small that it will not serve as
habitation for Chinaman of the lower
class. A few boards nailed together COW
ering re-entrant angle in wall, excit-
ed some curiosity and on exploring it, it
was found to be the sleeping place of
Chlnaman, cobbler who had 2 shop
near by.
At least nine of every Chinese smoke
Opium. The pipes used are peculiar and
the labor necessary to secure few whiffs
Is proof either of the fascination the drug
has or of the diligence of the heather.
An elevated platform covered with rug,
something resembling a foots:ool on
which to rest the shoulders, little lamp
and pipe of fine workmanship, with the
drug itself constitute the complete outfit.
The fumes of opium become suffocating
10 close quarters.
There are comparatively few Chinese
women and fewer Chinese children so
that the Chinese population is maintain
ed by!immigration. Looking at the Chin
ese matter specifically even on the
ground where intelligent observation may
be had, the first thought is that the
Cinnamon is a not undesirable acouisi-
ton. But You cannot fail to become a
convert to restrictive measures when you
observe more closely. Nor is it a wholly
groundless alarm when the prediction is
made that the west is likely to be over
run by the Monaghan. 1t is not a ques-
ton Of which is the superior race and
trusting to the survival of the fittest.
The couplet
Ask of thy mother earth why weeds are made
Taller and stronger than the flowers they shade:'
suits the Chinese question. It is not the |
persistence of the race as much as it is |
the force OF Inertia which threatens to
give the Mongolian predominance west |
of the Rockies
DAIRY BOARD.