Evening journal., 1893-05-19


emotions are volatile, whose sympathies
hang on the outside, like vain woman's
heart, ready 20 be touched by any senti-
ment that occupies popular attention.
One Of these circulars says:
Owing to the evils Of murderous com
petition, the supplanting Of manual labor
by machinery excessive Mongolian and
pauper immigration the curse of alb
sentee landlordism, aud worst of all, a
villainous system of finance which has
restricted the circulating medium of
these United States 20 less thar six
dollars per capita, we, the hereunto
subscribing American citizens, residents
of the city and county Of San Francisco,
find ourselves and families, with thou.
sands Of our fellow citizens, in condi-
tion Of helpless destitution.
To man whose mind is naturally
weak whose sensibilities are abnormally
developed, and whose knowledge of
history is meagre, such a document as
he above is doubtless important and
convincing. He does not inquire why
machinery should be murderous to man
ual labor, why Mongolian immigration
should be excessive and what differ
ence IL should make to man who has
labor or commodities TO sell whether
'the circulating medium" the measure
Of that labor or that commodity, is ''aix
dollars per capita" or twenty dol
lars per capita.
As matter Of fact, there is no dis
tress among honest and industrious men
In this country who rely on themselves
and not upon an organization, or the
government, for support. There is no
limit to the opportunity offered to every
man, who is a man, in this country.
There is no country equal to IT, there
cannot be any country superior to it,;
and ( cannot be improved
The three thousand names signed to
such paper as that represent three
thousand tramps, three thousand frauds,
or three thousand liars.
II three thousand such men starve,
or die, the country will be three thou
sand or more better Off.
The other circular is even worse. 1t
is beggar's circular in addition to being
like the other, humiliating and lying. 1t
says:
We do not wish to impeach the well
known generosity Of the citizens of San
Francisco. There Is but one interpreta-
tion we place upon their action-simply
inability to respond to our appeal This,
we believe, is attributable to a financial
stringency and business depression.
The presence Of thirty-fve thousand
Cinnamon, living in horrible filth in our
midst, increases greatly the already
threatening possibility of an invasion of
Asiatic Cholera Those competent to
Judge assert chinatown, which occu-
pies several squares in the heart of
San Francisco, threatens TO become at
any time the source of an epidemic dis
aster which will appall the world. "
This foul blot on San Francisco exists
in defiance Of the health authorities of
this city. In Chinatown every hygenic
law is violated With such a breeding
place there is a great. If not greater,
reason to apprehend an invasion of
cholera from the West as from the East.
The contributions sent us will not be
distributed as aims. The funds so raised
will be used to employ labor TO place San
Francisco in a proper sanitary condi
tiou. This is a task which the welfare
and safety of the entire nation demand
should be done promptly and eff
GENTLY. We trust that we will receive
the powerful aid of the united press in
support of our appeal.
Taking the statements seriatim, what
do they amount to2
They impeGch the generosity, and
what is worse, the sense and wealth OF
the citizens of San Francisco. If the
people ON the ground are insensible tC
such dangers, how can those abroad feel
themg
Why cannot the thirty-five thousand
Chinese be managed by the three hun
dred thousand white citizens? Is popu
lar government failure in San Fran
ciscol
Whose fault is It if five Anglo Saxon
citizens permit one Mongolian to bid de-
fance to hygienic laws and breed
disease2
But the meat of the wall comes in the
assurance that contributions sent us
will not be distributed as aims, it Evil
be used to employ labor to place Sar
Francisco in proper sanitary condition,
and, though not stated, to reward the
walking delegate and the officers Of this
order for the labor and thought they
have expended in concocting and cir
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