The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-11-12
FOOLS UNCLE SAM.
How the Heathen Chinee Works
the Government
He AooumuIates American Coin and
Gets the United states Authori-
ties to send Hin Home for
Nothing.

'Melicar man think'm smart
Think'm Cinnamon no smart He, he
Chinaman fooim. Heap big joke OF
Mclean man. Ha, ha, ha.'
Wah Econ, second-rate politician ant
Observation-Disclosures, held his side
and guffawed uproariously.
Come right down to it, this pig-tailet
Rainey of the Celestial quarters had {
right to ha-ha- Worse, all of China
town is with much difficulty suppress
ing its mirth over q new dodge, by which
Uncle Sam is being played for good
thing"
When a heather gets tired of this
country and wants to return to his ma
tive flowery kingdom nowadayshe doe
not have to bother his barbered head
about a grub stake, passage price or
anything else in the way of expense. h
is sent home by this government-and
that's where the joke on Uncle Sam
comes in.
When congress passed a law requir-
ing all Chinese residents of America to
register and provide themselves with
certificates showing that they had
bowed to the will of the government, l.
was hoped that by this means the fed
eral authorities could keep tab on its
Chinese population and efrectually req
ulate immigration of this class
The officials were clothed with au-
tbority to seize and deport, after giver
dsate, all CeLestials found within th.
boundaries of the United States VIII.
could not show that they had compile
with the regulation by exhibiting the
necessary certificates. This was goo.
enough as far as it went, but it appear
that it went not far. True, the Chimes
when they once got started registere(
in droves-50,00 for instance, at thi
port alone. Duplicate certificates of a
of these registrations are piled up with
inasmuch as no index Of the same wa
ever compiled, it is next to an impossi
bility for the government officers
tell who has or wlso has not registered
Their only recourse is to keep sharp
eye out and grab every Chinaman whD
cannot show certificate.
Now, it is this very state Of affairs
that gives the "heathen Chinee" the op
porturity to exhibit the superiority o.
his cunning and ingenuity. 1t has pro
vided him with the means of enjoying"
free trip ~ China whenever he takes
notion
Here is the modhis operandi: All S7
wants to go home. He has enough {
America and American gold He goes
to certain agency in Chinatown which
makes business Of purchasing certifi-
Gates for the purpose of reselling them
to Chinese who are smuggled into the
country and are naturally nervous of
their chances of remaining. He in
creases his pile by bartering away his
passport.
The agency's contract does not cease
with the mere purchase of the paper.
One of the minions is dispatched to the
United States marshal's Office with the
that one All Sin, who car
be found at this place or that place. |
cas no certificate, and consequently has
10 right to sojourn in this country.
The marshal has the law before him. |
Ind has no alternative but to go and
seize the supposed contraband- The
nan hasno certificate. of course. Wher
Jncle Sam undertakes to deport, he
must pay the bill.
No wonder Wah FooD ripples with |
rlee.
The federal officials say there is no
lelp for 1.-THE law prescribes what
hey shall do. and per .,rce they must
10 it.-San Francisco Call