Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-11

his family. So he goes out and toine the
great army OF the unemployed He goes to
the sand lots and listens TO the har anRueo
Citizen desas sHs H H. ussss,nes. as
the laws ana against the government He
knows there Ia something wrong in a ryp-
tenn which has compelled him 70 compete
4 with men who support no families and who
can live on 10 cents q day And when he
hears the sentimentalsts In their learned
disquisitons say that the fttest must sur
| man has shown that he is the nftest I'M.
4 breast is filed with emotions which bode
/ no good to those who have been more fortu-
nate In the struggle for wealth
i have seen these very men. educated
respectable Christian men, husbands and
| fathers, useful members of society robbed
OF their employment by this competition
| with the Chinese, reduced to penurv and
almost to starvation. / have heard them
| rail at those conditions which have brought
| them to such dire Distress
The peculiar conditions under which the
Chinese race has been developed has made
them especially skillful a. bread winners.
| As merchants they have proven them
selves to be the best traders in the world.
sna nave orsstrippeo all competitors In .
fair race. They understand the laws OF
trade OF exchange and the values OF
money. The merchant prince who sleeps
under MS counter and lives on 50 cents q
4
competitor who has his house in town ana
| his country seat
The Chinese laborer is. not the Ignorant
nelne ne Is sometimes considered All Of
| tnem nave the rudiments OF their peculiar
| education.
Ninety Per Cent Educased.
From my observation. I am convinced
mat W per cent OF these people can read
and write their own language. This cannot
be said OF any other class OF foreign labor
ers who have emigrated to this country.
And when we consider that the Chinese
laborer In the United States 10 recruited
entirely from the very lowest strata Of
Chinese society. we are filled with wonder
| at the patient ploddfng methods OF this
people, who ind time to acquire some edu-
cation while engaged In the fearful struggle
They have their virtues They are indus
| tr1ous, and with the exception OF the use
OF opium are temperate. Their chief vice
very economical This In a paradox The
| very virtues OF these strange people make
them the more dangerous 20 our cfvflixa-
ton; They can monopolize our labor field
| III allowed TO DO 90. and destroy our great
| middle class. II is avoiding the question to
say that these people are no more undesir-
| able than some other Foreigners. That 10
| no argument for II we cannot make q sue
cess of excluding this race we may az well
abandon all hope OF excluding any undesirs
| able immigration.
VIII Not Assimflate.
But there is q broad distinction between
this kind Of immigration and any other
from which We have suffered The Chinese
| alone will not assimilate. A Chinaman who
was born In this country thirty years ago
is today just thoroughly Chinese I'm
habits. I'm thought and language in every-
| thing. as though he had been born In Cam
| ton. He knowe nothing Of our laws or our
| form OF government and cares nothing
about them. He knows nothing OF our LAM
guage or our religion. and he has q con-
Ali that they earn, excepting the pitfful
sum they pay for their expenses. goes 70
selves. The average period peri 81 8 China
| mans residence In the United States II
about five years. In that time they save
enough to maintain themselves in comfort
In their own country. Since their FIRST set
| Element in California they have sent out
OF that state $50. 100000 OF their earnings.
wonderful resources. could have stood such
a drain? Supposing that the laborers OF the
| state OF Pennsylvania or New York should
persistentiy send out OF the country such
| a proportion OF their wages. how long
| would either OF those states avoid bank
| ruptcy? This is no time to relax our Wig
undesirable immigration. Notwithstanding
| We have had on our statute books for the
past ten years laws either restricting the
incoming OF Chinese laborers or actually
| excluding them the returns of our own
| census show an Increase in this popula-
| tion in the United States. Notwfthstand-
ing our vigilance in beating them Oh they
have baff1ed us at every point
Population Iacreasin9.
In 1850 the total Chinese population Of the
United States was 1os. as: in California it
was 75.ls2. In 1880 the total population was
lo7, 4D. showing a total gain Of population
| in the United States Of 2010. The Chinese
population in California is 72.fzz. showing
falling OF In our particular state.
They seem to have turned their faces
only % Cinnamon. In 1850. SOC. In 1850
2sy. In Pennsylvania In 1870 there were
Is. In 1850. l4s In lsse. ll&
| though not startling In its proportions 10
1 nevertheless suggestive and contains .
potent warning. II eastern capital. which
IN Europe should ind public opinion toll.
| Grant Of Chinese labor II would not be long
before the Chinese question would loom up
| cities and their suburbs. ] say dangerous
| because experience has shown that the
| presence of these non-assimila tive aliens
Is a constant menace to the peace Of an
II the Representatives Of the eastern
states should bring this danger 20 the
is U on on this Subject they would. IN the
disorders that would follow. md no solace
| IN the reflection that they had been guided
| by gushing emouon Wnen tney enoulo navo
| followed the dictates OF common sense
| From every point OF view this immigra-
\ ton is undesirable. and n we would pre-
| serve the American lsborer from ruin. n
we would preserve our civilization itself.
| we must exclude this peculiar people
| For forty years this conflict between
/ these rival civilizations has been waged
out on our western SLOPE.
You OF the east 90 not appreciate shs
1 nerceness OF the struggle. for two noun
| tain ranges and q broad desert plain sepa-
/ E.ss ~ IA
1 this lesson: The civilization Of the orient
| and the civilization Of the occident cannoe
exist side by side In America
| One or the other must 20 down.
Which shall q be7
OPPOSED TO sMELLs.
Especaally when WAITED FrOn .