Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-27

JOHN c. QUINN, INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR.
bill. / saw that we had to keep the Chinese
that were now here, for n time at least, and at
the same time keep ont the hundreds OF thou
sands of coolies who were irving 10 get in As
the act was published u cry went up
from the sand lots. or the hoodlum clement
that the Chinese must go. At the same time
there came word from the vineyards and fruit
growing districts Of California that the whole
sale deportation OF them would ruin all such
industries. The result was the problem how to
keep out the coolies aud keep in the present
hbOrers."
TIE CHINESE FRUIT GROWERS.
Il should think that you could have got
outside iaborers for the VINEYARDS" said l.
The thing has been tried" replied Mr..
Quinn. .but workers seem to be az good as
the Cinnamon Down in Fresno not long ago
three thousand negro men and women were
brought from Tennessee and Alabama to work
in the vineyards there. The Chinese were dis
charged ami the negroes put their places
In less than a month there was not negro able
TO work. and the raisin growers having lost
thousands OF dollars fell back again on the
Chinese. The picking of grapes in California
Ia by no means an easy job. The sub-irriga-
tion of the soil and the hot sun, which runs as
high as los degrees in the shads. makes the
Work so terrible that only coolies can stand it.
and 1t wl.Eed the negroes. 1t is the same in the
orchards Train loads o. oovs and girls were
sent to the country to take the place OF Chi
nese fruit p,ckers, and in two weeks tho or
cnardlsts had houses full OF sick children and
the chinese again at work among their trees
On the deserts IN southern California. and Ari-
zona the railroads have to Use Cinnamon as
section hands. as white men cannot stand the
terrible summer sun The Chinese know that
there Is a certain class of work here that they
alone can do. They not fools and they ask
and get as nigh wages a. white laborerS."
HOW THE AMERICAN CHINESE ARE RrLEp.
''Tell me something about the Six Com
panies, Mr.. Quinn" said l.
The SIX Companies" was the reply. .'con-
stitute the most wonderful organization have
ever heard or IL rules the destinIes of every
Chinese in America with an iron hand II has
dehed for years AID is now openly defviny the
United states government During this Dres-
rnt trouble 1t raj ed SI25.CO0 in contributions
of one dollar each from the Chinese in less
than thirty days. and this money was asked for
and given with the understanding that it was
to be usei to defeat the operations of the
Geary law.
when were the Six Companies formed" I
asked.
No white man knows was the replr ..nd
doubt whether very many Chinese eould til
you You can't find the records of the comma
MES and no one but their president, and sec
rrtarIes know where they are Their hooks
are kept in 4 cvpher which can be read ONLY Inv
themselves and all their work is done in secret
The Chinese IN America. you know. come from
SIX fferent districts of China. They are in
reality six different people. having no more
points in common than the different Indian
tribes am told that the Six Companies were
organized at first to carry on the business be-
tween the different tribes of Chinese in this