The record-union., 1892-04-23
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
Views of President c. p. Huntingtc
on the subject.

Views of President c. p. Huntington
on the subject.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 22.-"I speak
| with no uncertain sound" remarked
Coils p. Huntington to-day, when asked
if the wires had reported him correctly in
connection with the telegram read by
Senator Frye to the United States Senate,
in which the former expressed decided
opposition to Geary's Chinese restriction
bill. 81 did send such a telegram to
Senator Frye, in which l briefly outlined
the baleful effects the passage Of such
bill would have upon the business inter-
eSts OF this coast, and called attention to
the lack of fair play and courtesy which
would be shown toward a friendly power
If The Geary bill should become a laW.r
'On what do you base your opinion
that the exclusion of Chinese would be
detrimental to the business interests of
our coast ?'
Just what 1 said in the telegram to
Senator Frye. The Chinese have been
coming and going like tides for over
twenty years and yet at no time has there
been more than 10000 OF them mingling
with our population OF over U0,000,0JO."
Would you not favor placing some re-
StrIcCIonS upon their entrance into this
country, or would you desire unlimited
Chinese immigration ?''
Il don't see why they should not have
the same privileges as We exact from
other nations. 1t Is case of the survival
of the tittest, and ifthey prove themselves
able to hold their own with us in the
marts OF labor and commerce L can't see
why they should be Gebarred any more
than an Englishman or Frenchman."
'Of course you know, Mr.. Huntington.
that these views are directly antagonistic
to the sentiment OF merchants, farmers
ana laborerS OF the entire Pacific Coast?n
Il don't know anything Of the kind.
A careful canvass OF the merchants and
agriculturists Of the State would demon
strate that nine-tenths of them are in
favor OF opening the door still wider for
immigration OF this class OF laborarS.
They are sober, reliable. industrious. and
III some branches of agriculture and for
certain kinds of labor are almost inyalu-
able. Show me an orchardist or a vine
yardist who expresses himself as un-
favorable TO Chinese immigration, and |
will show you man who is not sincere"
Then you consider the Chinese. both
merchant and coolie, to be more OF
benefit than detriment to California;,
why, certainly l do, for the reasons
that have already given. l cannot see
what the people are afraid of, for there is
plenty OF area and opportunity in these
broad United States for all to make a
living in."
Mr.. Huntington then reiterated the SEN
timents expressed in the telegram to Sen
ator Frye, that the good business sense of
the American people, and love of fair
play and justice. VIII find expression in
Congress sufficiently strong to defeat the
Geary bill.
The construction of a railroad to tap the
immense forests of the McCloud River
plateau south of Mount Shasta will be
begun at once. The right-of-way Tor
building the line up Soda Creek canyon
has been finally secured, and the first sec
ton of the road, two and one-tenth miles
long from its junction with the main line
at Castle Crag tavern, at the
mouth of Soda Greek, will be
built Immediately by the Southern
Pacific Company. The road is to be
built to this point by the Southern Pa
citic Company, under contract be-
tween the company and Tatum IL Bowen
of this city, and Miller IL Brewster of
Wisconsin, lumber people, will erect
their first sawmill at the terminus of the
first section, and will then continue the
construction of the line through twenty
eight miles Of forests of immense pines.
the whole to be completed by September
lst of this year. AT convenient intervals
along the line sawmills will be set up. and
by the end of the year some of the finest
pine timber left on the coast Will be in
the market.