, 1892-04-20
MONGOLIAN EVILS.
Jim, the Released Chinaman, in
Peril.

The Chinese Quarters i'm This Ctf,
a Gambling HelI--ROw the LA
borers are Euchered out of Thei
ings--Opiuln Smoking.
"A fuseis slowly burning among some o
the Chinese population Of this city, an,
for the past week OF more the establish
ment Of Hong Yek and others has been th
scene of spirited and exciting arguments
The cause of all this rumpus is attributed
to Jim, the Chinaman who was recentl,
released from the county jail. During hi
incarceration, Jim, who is more ambition
than his fellow Mongolians, improved hi
time by learning to read and write. III
was constantly at his books, and was aidet
| by Fred Neuffer, and some of the iailors
Consequently he is now able to write a fair
bold hand. Although somewhat studied
1t compares favorably with that of th,
average school boy. Encouraged by hi;
progress, Jim determined to renounce al
allegiance to the fowery kingdom, and il
carrying out this determination he burned
all his Chinese books, and says that he will
next week cut off his queue. Jim takes
great delight and pride in announcing ''me
no more Chinanan, me allie samee Mel
ican.'
Unfortunately for Jim it was during his
imprisonment that several Cinnamon were
arrested for smuggling opium, and his
Chinese brethren charge him with being
the informer. Jim never was a favorite
among them anyhow and he is now ostra-
eised altogether. They will have nothing
whatever to do with him, and it is thought
that Jim may yet pay the penalty of thei1
hatred. AS he says, he expects to wake UP
dead some dav. When several Chinese
tanned stubborn silence. Not word Of
any kind could be gained from them. jim,
in his efforts to explain, became very ex-
cited, but says he did not care whether
they killed him or not. Since he was re-
leased from jail he has lived i'll room over
j. G. Horr's grain warehouse, getting his
meals where he could.
Hong Yek is the boss Chinaman in Olyrn-
pia, and his command is law. Every Chi
naman is expected to purchase his neces.
Saries, either food or wearing apparel, from
Hong Yek, and woe unto him who does
not Jim says he went there ON Sunday
morning to see his cousin and was convers.
ing with him when one Of the loungers III
the room approached him threateningly
draw a knife. Jim understood the move
mept in twinkle, and ran for the police.
Since then he has not yentured near the
place. He wears a sad and frightened ap-
pearance and may at any time be the vic
tim of highbinders, who will readily agree
to put him out Of the way for $40 or $50
Jim is the son of chemist of some prom
inence at Canton. He, himself, is some
thing ofa doctor, and possesses more than
the average intelligence. His cousin keeps
drug store i'll San Francisco.
Among the greatest and most degrading
evils among this population are the opium
and gambling dens which exist in nearly
all the quarters. On the upper floor of one
of the Fifth street stores is room, where
for a consideration " aibepeople may salts,
fly the piercing desires for pipe. AS may
be imagined, the greatest secrecy is OBJ
served about this room, but to those who
are privileged, admission is an easy mat
ter.
Among themselves, opium smoking is
carried on without the slightest attempt at
secrecy At any hour of the day or pight
a glance into the rear rooms will reveal a
half-dozen Cinnamon stretched out lazily
on table, their head on a pillow and theil
opium outfits by their sides.
Even worse than this is the gambling
hell which is carried on with more profit
than the legitimate business under which
these Mongolians ply their colors. Hong
Yek, the boss, scoops in nearly every dol
lar the Chinese earn. Those who
live as domesUics in the fam
lilies in this city, repair at once
to the joints 10 get rid of their months
wages They engage Immediately in a
game of fan or dominoes. Hong has one
or two expert gamblers, whose business
alone it is TO strip the laboring class o1
every penny. A game will often leave a
rJDI1% 4D XTo1- 4r Fy,l1
amount of his next months salary, and
they hopelesslY gamble in the hope of get.
ting it back. Instead they are getting
deeper into debt. Nearly every cent evel
paid over TO a Chinaman is kept out of cir
culation. Meat is the only article they
find necessary to purchase outside of theil
own merchants. Every article of wearing
apparel is bought from the Chinese Job
bers at San Francisco. All their food is
brought from China, including dried meats
tea, rice and other articles Pork, which
they consume more largely then any other
meat, they raise themselves, and as Yeget
able gardeners they are in the lead.
The only apparent reason for this is thai
| they have the monopoly of the business
Nothing presents a more impressive ap
pearance than Chinese garden. In this
work they take especial pride, and are
really Industrious. They take the trouble
to collect garbage and other fertilizer
while the white man wont. Then they
have a knack of arranging each bunch O
vegetables in such an attractive name
/ that they look fresher and better. They
are at your back door almost before tht
white man is up, and have thus taken tn,
lead in this business.
But the general quarters of the China
men are filthy indeed. "A glance into thei
quarters is enough to turn oneb
stomach. The sickening fumes of opi
um, combined with their close
lily ventilated rooms, and the odo
from soiled clothing is disease breeding
and rank. When rain prevails the clothe
are hung in one Of these little filthy room
| nd drind n1 n, narns Of an in tn1nSn fire