The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15
CHINAMEN FLOCKING IN.
THOUSANDS ENTERING THE UNITED
STATES ny WAY OF CANADA.

The Present Law 1nadeonats TO Keep
Them OF the Canadian Pa
cihc, Lawyers. ana Others Oct or the
Business Frauds Prnctised by the Chinn-
men TO Get lathe thiness Boy Game.
Between three and four thousand China
men are coming into America every year by
way OF Vancouver. More than two-thirds
Of them are being shipped across tho conti-
nent through Canada. and are brought into
the United States by the Canadian Pacific or
connecting roads. The United States laws
excluding Cinnamon other than merchants,
IL seems, are entirely Inadequate to stop tho
Influx, and the Cinnamon are coming across
tho border almost in drovcs. A couple or
lawyers are getting rich helping the China
men to evade the In ws. and the Canadian "a
ciic Railroad is adding largely 10 us uiVl-
dends by carrying the MonGolians,
During the last three months TIL Sun has
carefully investigated the business of bring
ing these Cinnamon into the United States.
and the result of its investigations warrants
these general They Will not Oe
denied, either, by the United States customs
officials at the ports where the Cinnamon get
into the country or by the officials OF the rail-
road companies bringing them In. The Gus
toms officials plead that they are poweriess
| to ENFORCE the Ia" DeChuSO VI iui'hh VI van
United States courts relative to tho charac-
ter of tho evidence that Cinnamon produce.
The last treaty between the United States
and China was promulgated in 1894. 1t pro-
yided several excuses fer tho presence OF
Chinese In the United States, and set out
the ways that they might get here. In the
first place, Chinese laborers were absolutely
prohibited from coming into the country. But
any Chinese laborer who was here and was
properly registered might visit China and
come back within One year. provided he had q
wife or child here or property worth $1,000.
or debts due him to the amount of $1,000.
and. provided further. that he had secured =
! certificate settling sufficient facts about him
self to identify him fully, including a photo
graph. This certificate was to be left with
the Collector OF the port OF departure. and
when he returned 1t was to be through the
port he departed rom.
Sext, merchants were admitted provided
they produced II certificate issued by their
Government or the Government under which
they had last resided. and visaed by the Amrri-
Gun Consul at the port of departure. Chinese
merchants residing in the United States, Il
was provided, had the right to leave the coun-
try and return upon the production of salts
factory evidence hat they were bona-fide
merchants In the United States, and had not
less than n thousand dollars invested in their
business. There were provisions, also, for
the admittance OF teachers. students, officials.
and travellers. Under this treaty it was de-
cided by the Treasury Department that n
Chinese lauudryman was a la 'orer whether
he worked In n laundry or was the owner OF
one or half u dozen. The treaty did not rro-
vide for the return to the United States OF
Cinnamon who were born here. This wasn't
necessary. for 1t was acid that Cinnamon
horn in the Ditpd Statas thouyh fhey cnulu
not become voters. were American citizens.
and could not be kept out OF the country.
1t is rs American-horn Cinnamon that the
Chinese are now coming into the United States.
TIE Grand International Underground Rail
road as the old system of Chinese smuggling
was known, has gone out OF business. All
Cinnamon. whether they speak English or
not. come in as American born. They come
in comfort. They live at all American hotel
one day. the Go. ernment pays taoir fares to
the nearest town where a United States Com-
missioner is to be found. and In an hour or SO
they are FREQ to go where they will.
Al the Chinese bound for points in tho
eastern part OF the United States enter tho
country either through the port OF Burling-
ton. of which the Hon. Is. B. Smalley is Col
lector. or the port of Plattsburg, of which the
Hon. George S. Weed Is Collector. The duties
of passing these men into the United States
or OF refusing admittance to them devolves
on the tao Collectors. but because of United
States Court rulings they shift the responsi-
bility upon the United States Commissioners
of their districts. The Commissioner caEnrt
shift the responsibility.
A. the Cinnamon who come TO America by
this route land NJ Vancouver. The Canadian
law 10 strict. Tho Canadian Government de-
mands a head tax Ct sac for every Chinaman
who intends to stay in tho country. and linn
its the number who can come according to the
tonnage of the vessel that brings them. In
der this law the biggest ships in the service can
bring about twenty Cinnamon each trip. All
those ChiaAmen who cannot enter Canada by
paying the Lead tax must n" bonded. Tho
law provides for the bond. The. railroad COM
pang puts it up. The ships. which are owned
by tae railroad company, come in every fort
night. and each brings from 400 TO 800 China
men-that is, from hfteen TO thirty times as
many as the Canadian law will permit to land.
tined n to point, in N the tinted States" The The,
railroad company must see that they get there
or 1t will forfeit the bond. These excess China
men are loaded into cars and are then$hipped
bond given at Vancouver is dismissed and a
lew bondis executed. The Cinnamon are sent
to boarding houses kept by Cinnamon, aud
from tho Unitsd States, with instructions TO
come on for examination,
United States buy their tickets In China clear
through to their destination. In the contract
tncTC is u peTlultlDTy tiAihC W INC eHccL
that the tickets are sold subject to the right of
tho purchaser to enter the United States. 1t
means about as much Rs the clause on an or
binary railroad tIcret 10 the effect that the
company will not be responsible for baggage In
excess OF $500 in ynlue. AL Cinnamon COM
Ing here have papers OF Home sort. The mer-
chant has a c, rliicate setting, forth his bust
ness, do 'cribing him. bearing his picture. and
con aiming the names of two WITNESSES who
can testify that he. Is n merchant md has q
right to ente the United States. The lab.rer
has the papers described In the treaty. The
student has a certificate issued by tbs Gov
crnment OF China and yisaed by tho American
Consul at the port OF departure. and the al
legged American-born ChinamAn has a paper
setting forth that he was born in America. that
he returned to China in his youth. and that le
now wishes TO return TO his native" land.
When the tickets are sold TO these China
men They turn their papers over to the rail-
road official who sells the ticket. and tho pa
pers arc forwarded with the Cinnamon ~
Montreal, and then ahead OF them to the Col
lector OF the Port through which they are 70 en-
ter ths United States. This Collector sends Tho
papers To tho customs officer at the point near
est the place where the Cinnamon say they
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