The morning call., 1894-01-03
THE: COLLECTOR HELPLESS.
A Hundred Chinese Laborers OF
:, 49,: the Gaelic
WHO WILL COME ASHORE TO-DAY
They Land Under a Special Act.
" Presumably to Help the Mid
winter Fair.

g. To-day or Tomorrow 1903 Chinese will be
landed in this city from the steamship
Gaelic, which arrived ia port on Sunday
last. The Chinese have been sent here
ostensibly to aid in conducting the Chinese
exhibit al the Midwinter Fair. They en-
ter this country under a special act Of
Congress passed to aid the Worlds Fair
and extended to benefit the MidWinteT EX-
position. BY the terms of this resolution
Of Congress each and every Chinese landed
here to take part In the Chinese exhibit at
the Midwinter Fair is to return home to
:: China as soon as the fair is over. Such
were the provisions of the resolution un-
der which the Chinese for the Worlds
Fair at Chicago were landed.
- Collector Wise has no option. He must
land the people on the Gaelic as he landed
those who came here months ago bound
for Chicago, because they bear certificates
which rest upon the powers that be" in
Washington. But Collector Wise knows,
as does every one else who has followed
the work of the Chinese in their efforts to
break down the laws of this country eX-
GLIDING the race, that not one in twenty of
the Chinese landed here for. the alleged
purpose of assisting in the Chinese exhibit
at the Mldwinter Fair will ever return
home.
Months ago The CALL ascertained and
published TO the world the fact that of the
hundreds. Of Chinese landed at various
times as actors. aero bats. tea merchants,
expert clerks. etc. for the Columbian EX-
position. or Worlds Fair in Chicago less
than forty were in active service during
tie fair in that city. The truth ls that the
men who sent to China for the actors,
acrObats, etc. were compelled to employ
Chinese who had been III this country for
years in order to give any exhibition, Chi
nese imported for show purposes having
run: away almost as fast as they were
LANDED.
Now comes another proposition to land
poe more Chinese for the purposes of the
exhibit at the Mid winter Fair on exactly
" the same terms. To start with, the man
= " no comes on the Gaelic with the first
consignment Of MidWinter Fair Chinese
1li3 IN mum ber-ls no less parsonage than
Chung 7 ing. a cousin Of the notorious Lit
tie Pete of Chinatown. 1t has been openly
stated at the CustOm-hOuse in this city bv
one. of the white men who was interested
in bringing the Chinese here for the
p: Worlds Fair that 100000 was made by
the Chinese III Pekln ana Canton who got
together and shipped that consignment of
mef3. In other words, every Chinese who
landed here bound for the Columbian
Exposition under the act of Congress
providing for their landing without
. certificates. examination or anything else
in the way Of safeguards, paid ana paid
well for that privilege in China before
e he or she started The fact that Little
Pete, who has been known here for years
as the head and front of almost every
crooked piece Of work Of any magnitude
In which the Chinese have engaged, is en-
cheering the importation OF the MIdwnter
Fair Chinese, Is alone enough to make the
customs officers certain that a repetition
of the Worlds Fair business is intended.
'1n ha1f
Chinese landed here for the hIidWnter
Fair exhibit not one Will return. They
Believe, as was the case in Chicago, that
the Chinese brought here ostensbly for
show purposes will never serve a day in
Sunset City, and they also believe that
Little Pete or his agents or his cousins in
china have collected from every one Of the
Chinese brought here for the fair fee
before they embarked in China, which
= was in payment for securing them the
right to land In the United States without
question OF hindTance.
: =. Although satisfied of this, the customs
Officials, from Collector Wise on down, are
powerless to prevent the landing Of the 1O3
CHINESE now on the Gaelic. Congress has
=. card they should land, and the customs
6f1ceTsmust have them ashore To-day or
.to-morrOw. The next ship from China
will bring ninety more Midwinter Fair
Chtnese, and they, too, will be landed.
When the fair is over the 1913 people are
SUPPOSED. by the act of Congress, to walk
down to the dock and hoard a ship and 90
:. back home. So far as is known, not a
!: single man of the Chinese contingent
brought here for the Worlds Fair at
Chicago has gone home, and there is
:. every reason to suppose that the mem bers
of Little Pete's importation will likewise
TIA ke:their time in returning.
:. Yesterday Collector Wise, Surveyor of
tho Port English and his chief deputy,
Sam Ruddell. inspected the Midwinter
Fair consignment Of Chinese on board the
q .Gaslic. What Sam Ruddell does not know
about Chinese is not worth knowing, and
when he said. Pm satisfied, Mr. Col
=: lector, all these people have come here to
. stay" the Collector swore in pure Kahn
tuck for minute and then said, But,
: Sammy, what can l do? Congress has
said they can come in. and sven if Little
Pete is bringing 'em over. what can we
:doH
Sammy sheok his head, and today Little
Pete,s immigrants will be landed high and
dry in the earthly paradise of the Chinese,
= the United States. By and by they will
comply with the McCreary act Just to save
trouble, and meanwhile Little Pete grows
richer and richer every day.