West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-10-05
IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST.
An Interesting Letter From an Old
Prcstonian About the "Hcathen
Chince" and Arizona.
Special CORRESPONDENCE Of the Argus.

People along the Pacific coast arc
wonderfully worked up. owing to
the iallure OF the authorities to en-.
forco the law known as the Gcary
Act. Almost every person in the
country knows something about
this act. The people in the extreme
western States and Territories were
specially interested, because they
thought there was at last a law
whereby Chinese immigration would
be stopped aud possible chance to
get rid OF some that were already
among us. This law was to have
taken effect on May 10th of this,
year, we believe, but what has been
done towards enforcing tho law |?
Practically nothing. Judge Ross,
OF Los Angeles, California, is the
only official in the country that has
dono u single thing towards enforc.
ing the law. Why is this !? We
believe it is simply because the peo.
pie in the East sympathize with the
heathcn and think that tho ENFORCE
mcnt Of this law is an unjust perse-
cution, and that the poor China
man, like the poor Indian, is mis-
trcnted, mlsreprcsented, &c. Now
| can tell the readers of the ARGUS
what would be q sure cure for all
this sympathy. Just take the few
Chinamen there is IN California
(only seventy thousand) and place
thcm in New York, Pennsylvania,
or distribute them among two or
three Of the New England States
for one year, and we would venture
to gamble that there would be no
opposition TO the enforcement of
the Gcary law, nor would they get
an extension OF the time in which
to register. If they are given an
other chance there is no doubt that
every one will register, and tens OF
thousands more will be smugged
into the United States via British
Columbia IN the meantime, who
will prove that they have lived here
ten years and will be- allowed TO
stay. We fail to see where they are
OF any good to any community or
person, except to corporations who
want to employ cheap labor. They
will work for about one half what
white man can live on. Not only
that, they won't spend cent with
white merchants il it is possible TO
avoid it. They will live on ten
cents day and all the balance OF
their earnings go direct to China.
Consequently there is about four.
fifths Of the wages paid to Chinese
each year taken out OF circulation.
This is wonderful drain on the
money OF the country. And this is
not all. They are a class of people
that we don't believe will ever be-
come Christianizcd. 'rlIey care
nothing for our laws, and only Te.
spect them through fear Of punish
mcnt. They are dirty, even filthy,
in their way OF living, and city
governments have great amount
Of trouble and expense in trying to
keep thc quarters in q sanitary
condition. There is not one in five
hundred Of them that want TO be
citizens Of the United States, and
it is we'll they don't, for they are
not fit TO be citizens, consequently
should be deportcd, and unless
there is something done soon to
relieve the people along the Pacific
coast, there certainly will be trouble
between the white laborors and John
Chinaman. 1t is estimated that
there are about as many idle white
laborers in California to-day as
there are Cinnamon, aud il is the
general belief among the people in
this part Of the country that II the
Chinese are gwen six months more
in which 10 register that tic people
who arc ont Of employment will rise
up IN arms and go to killing them
wherever they end them.
The weather continues pretty
warm, bus has tempered down from
115o in The sbadc to 9Go. II il said
by old timers here that tho past
summer has been an exception to
4he rule. We had about five good