The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-28

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Zion and who. had Secretary Carlisle not
Withdrawn the provision that the Chinese
must register themselves by photograph.
would by this time have practically
stopped the immense amount OF Snug
Cling which Is continually going on by
tho organized Chinese or America. Prob
ably no man In California knows as much
about the Chinese Is Mr. Quinn. and GER
tainly no one heretofore hal had the nerve
30 enter into day and night fight with
them for the preservation OF the American
laws.
had long chat with him the other
night about these people and the wonder
fol power that they hold On the Pacific
slope. Said he:
THE people east of the Rocky noun
tains do not understand the Chinese qges-
ton as 1t exists here. II Is the battle
ground Of the races OF the Occident and
Orient, and San Francisco Is the head Of
the government of the Chinese in Amer
lea. It Is here that their rulers live and it
n here that they look for Law and punish
mcnt. They have no respect for American
laws and they do as their Chinese rulers
dictate. They are by no means poor
people. Right here in San Francisco the
Chinese own property which is worth
more than $75.OO,000. and of the ready
cash in circulation on the Pacific coast,
they control $l5.0OO0O They fur
nish more than one-third Of all
the labor we use, and they have so
woven themselves in and out through our
Industries that We are almost dependent
upon them. When the Geary act COM
polling the Chinese to register themselves
was passed 1t was my duty to enforce the
provisions of the bill. l saw that We had
20 keep the Chinese that were now here,
for time at least. and at the same time
keep out the hundreds Of thousands of
coolies who were trying to get in. As soon
~ the act was published cry went up
from the sand lots. or the hoodlum ele-
ment. that the Chinese must go. At the
same time there came word from the vine
yards and fruit-growins districts Of Cali
fornia that the wholesale deportation of
them would ruin ali such industries. The
result was the problem how to keep out
the coolies and keep IN the present labor
ers."
II should think that You could have got
ten outside laborers for the vineyards"
said I.
1.-THE thing has been tried" replied Mr..
Quinn. "but no workers seem to beas good
~ tho Cinnamon. Down in Fresno not
long ago 5000 negro men and women
were brought from Tennessee and Ala.
hama to work in the vineyards there.
The Chinese were discharged and the ne
Erocs put in their places. In less than a
month there Was not negro able to work.
and the raisin growers having lost thou
sands Of dollars fell back again on
the Chinese. Tho picking OF grapes
In California is by no means an
easy job. The sub-irrigation Of the
soil and the hot sun, which runs AZ
high ~ 103 degrees in the shade. makes
the work so terrible that only coolies eau
stand IL, and IL wilted the negroes II is
the same in the orchards. Train loads OF
boys and girls were sent to the country to
take the place Of the Chinese fruit pickcrs.
and in two weeks the orchardisss had
houses full Of sick children and the
Chinese again ut work among their trees
On the deserts in Southern California and
Arizona tho railroads have To use China
men as section hands. as white men can
not stand the terrible summer sun. The
Chinese know that there Is q certain class
OF work here that they alone can do. They
nr~ not fools and they ask and get as high
wages as white iahorers."
Tell the something about the Six Com
panics. Mr.. 0ginn," said.
THE Six COMPANIES" was the reoly
Saticn have ever heard Of it rules the
d. stinies of every Chinese in America
with an iron hand. 1t has deiied for
years and Is now openly deiying the
United states government. During this
present trouble 10 raised $3.50 in contri-
buttons Of 81 each from the Chinese in
less than thirty DAYS. and this money WAS
asked for and given With the understand
Ing that it was tn be used 20 detca, the
operations Of the Geary law"
when was the SIX Companies formed"
asked.
NO white man knows" WAS the renly.
And DOUBT whether very many Chinese
could tell YOU. You can; find the records
OF the companies and no one but their
presidents and secretaries know where
they arc. Their books are kept in a
cypher which can only be read hv them
selves ana ali th~S work Is done IN secret.
The Chinese in America. you know, come
from SIX different districts Of China They
are ia reality six different people, having
No more PORTS III common than the differ
en-. Indian tribes. am told tina: the SIX
Companies were organized a, tirst - carry
ON sae business between the different
tribes ot Chinese in this country. to
settle their disputes without recourse
10 the courts, punish tho offenders. take
cafc Of the sick. and above all, send bones
cE The Chinese who died In America back
60 China. This they 10 today, tut thew
have grown from a small organization u a
great power aisd great wealth. They have
che power ~ ltie and death over the China
men here. Were | to tell you thai the SIX
Companies have sentenerd not one bat
twenty men 10 death and that the sen.
tence in every case has been executed [
would tell you only what sGeh men as [.
Ii. Harscn, newspaper reporter who has
made work among thc Chinese n specia atty
ior ten years, has time and again Published
over his own signature"
How DO these Ssx Companies stand in
Gilman"
They are recognized hy the Chinese
government IS the real power Of that em-
pre- in this country. TIE Chinese consul
general 10 IN sx-otseio member o. their
executive committee and counseis with
their president. These companies have
for years taken charge OF the moneys o;
the Chinese of the Pacific slope from Alaska
81 Guatemala and Of the United States.
and they have constantly on deposit an
enormous Snioaat o: money here Their
deposits IN the hanks Of San Fran
etssso often Fan np a. high as
0.O.,oo 81 gold csasn. and within
the last forty years they aave SHIPPED
Gu. III tins eo0asTe a. tains the enor-
NOUS sara 81 So. sssG. coo IN geld. This
meaey AS ma1e up 81 the savings of
Chsnese ish0svss ARA tse profits II chi.
nsss merchants. and il TO-DAY the Cainess
were seat ogt az ,ae United States teev
would carry away with taera fsasare than
3t.tss u0s q. Enonsy. Nv figures Tor
these sasas ase tFeEn shc banking hs,s.ses
of San Francisco. los Angeles. Portland
and sram the Offices % the slx Cofnpansrs
They are "a underestimate rather than an
oversssssrafe."
''Has do these e0sapagie. wozA :" I
assed
'.Fssey do their worS opealy TO sreas
extent" ysp.isd IL. Gasaa. -sTAey act a.