The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-22
CHINESE EXHIBIT.
Will 1t Require Three
Hundred Men,
SOME DO NOT THINK so.
But the Monaghan Manager
Says Eyes"
HIS STATEMENT IN FIGURES.
The Astute Pagans Deny That They
Intend to Thus Elude the
Geary Act.

The following dispatch from Washing
ton. ID. c., yesterday provoked consider
able comment in this city:
The president OF one of the Chinese Six Com.
panles has sent to Secretary Carlisle letter
specifying how many Chinese will be REQUIRED
at the Chinese Midwinter Fair exhibit. They
want 1926 admitted and state just how they will
be employed al the fair il allowed 20 enter.
Mcguire thinks that seventy-five of this num-
Der Will be enough TO answer the requirements
of the Chinese Government In looking after its
exhibit. Mcguire says Carlise's experience
with Chinese trickery at the W orld's Fair does
mol incline him favOrahly toward admitting so
many MongOans.
About five hundred were allowed to enter for
purpose OF looking after the exhibit there, but
only sm~ ii percentage of them went to Chi
cago after arriving In san Francisco, and only
about hundred showed up for deportation at
the appointed time. Special agents are now
looking for the four hundred. For while Car
Isle believed the section OF the Midwinter Fair
bill authorizing the entry of certain Chinese
might have been repealed by The absolute exclu-
sion provisions of the McCreary bill, which
passed later, but now IS OF the opinion that as
McCreary's act merely extended he period Of
suspension of Chinese immigration. prohibited
in the acts passed prior to the MldwinIer Fair
bill, the Chinese specialists" may be allowed
10 enter.
The question raised by this dispatch GEN.
tered chiefly on the Dumber of Chinese
said to be required to properly man the
Chinese exhibit at the Mdwinter Fair.
The general impression seems to exist
that the Chinese intend to secure as many
admissions as possible on the score of the
fair. That whereas there are plenty of
Chinese in this city to run such an exhibit
as is proposed, there is scheme on foot to
run in large number of Chinese, who
will pay $500 apiece for the privilege of
landing in the American Eldorado of the
Chinese, and who will afterward scatter,
and. as in the case Of the Worlds Fair,
would thereafter be unavailable" for re-
turn to China when required. In other
words. the reQuistion for 325 men is
thought to be an essential of scheme to
elude the Geary and McCreary acts for the
financial benefit of private enterprise.
Naturally, the astute Chinese deny this
plausible construction of their demand for
men. 1t could hardly be otherwise. They
claim that it is their intention to provide a
rare Chinese exhibit, and that of all 325
importations are required for that purpose.
Moreover they allege that there is at least
one mac uracy in the dispatch quoted.
Vice-Consul King Owyang on being
shown the dispatch disclalmed any con-
nection between the proposed exhibit and
the Six Companies.
1T is a private enterprise" said he. "be-
ing promoted by private individuals with
=
Fong, commonly known as Little Pete,
and Long Lam. the president OF the com
| pauy having the enterprise In charge. The
| Six Companies subscribed $1,000 to the
stock of the company. but certainly no
president in those companies had any au-
thority to send or has sent this letter to
Secretary Carlisle"
Long Lam, the supposed president was
therefore sought. He is fat, specialized
Monaghan. with fair knowledge of Eng
lish. His occupation is that of well-to-
do merchant on Dupont street, and he
beamed all over when the purpose of THE
CALL reporter was mentioned.
He had several su bOrdinates in attend
ance, who ObligiDgly prompted him when
his memory or invention seemed lacking,
and it was curious to note how quickly he
grasped the purport of questions and the
proper way Qor Chinese interests in which
to answer them.
Long Lam acknowledged that he was
president of the Chinese exhibit at the
Midwinter Fair and that he had written to
Secretary Carlisle asking tor the admis-
sion of 325 Chinese to run that enterprise.
What do you want all those Chinese
for?" was asked.
I'VE are to have big building. 90x16O
feet, and will require 375 men in order to
give such a special exhib as ours.'
"Can you not obtain all the men you
want in this city,"
No; the men here are chiefly mechanics
and mere aborers. We wish to import
specialists in different lines and to make a
show that will be surprise even to the
Chinese residents"
How do you propose to make up your
list # 325 men ?"
I'VE will have actors. tumblers and
workers in various arts as follows:
Actors %, tumblers %, singers 20, toy
makers 5. fortune-tellers 2. clerks 20,
ebony-wood workers 5. glassmakers 5,
jOsshouse attendants 10, porters 20. mer-
chants 20, embroderers 10. walters for tea
house 20, cooks 10, f1ower-shOw attendants
8. candy-wOrkers 10. agricultural show 8,
decorators 10, carpenters 20. trumpeters
Is, statesmen 20. musicians 20. silversmiths
8. watchmen 5, money-takers 10, draughts-
men 5; total. 325."
"Could you not obtain many of these
say, the cooks. musicians, candy-makers
watchmen. etc.-from the Chinese already
in this city,"
mot of the kind that we require. Be-
sides, the wages paid here are too high
We can get men and special men in China
for One-half and less the money we should
have to paw here"
viii you return all these men to
China?"
1--WE are under contract to return them
to China at the expiration of the fair and
have to deposit a forfeit, which would ruin
the enterprise if we failed.
Long Lam then proceeded to explain
that the capital stock of his company was
$50. co., a. d that it proposed TO give show
which would attract worldwide attention
Four agents had been sent to China to Sc
cure exhibitors, and nothing but the fairest
deal was purposed He declared that the
exhibit could not be conducted with sew
enty-fve men, and deprecated any imputa-
tion that it was intended to evade the
Geary act. Still, there was hesitation
about his statements and an elasticity
q hopt his hot of ~