Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-12-09
EXCLUSION AS OPPOSED TO The OPEN DOOR
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bowed to Consul Belly --Ye5, am glad
you said that las you have given me an
opportunity of explaining about the
Chinese who are in America and who
have come to this country.
l will tell you now tina. they come
from only two or three districts in the
Canton province. You never find here
in this country any Chinese from the
northern part VI China You lave
heard today about Shanghai. hit on
have never heard of q ChiGuman from
shanghai coming here.
| appeal to all gentlemen who are
acquainted with China, whether they
have ever found Shanghai Chinaman
in America, except as a member of my
Legation, of course; but not as a ira
der, nor as a workman. you never find
them here.
What is the population of the Chin
csc in America? Only about one hun
dred thousand; and they are found in
your large cities, such as San Fran
cisco, New York, Washington, and in
different parts of the country. But this
one hundred thousand Chinese, who
are they?
They all come from Zse-ling and San
Moi, and one other district. will tell
you why. Because thirty years ago,
when you constructed your railway
from the East to the West you were
then in need of laborers, and you sent
to China for them; and you invited the
Chinese, and held out inducements for
them to come her to work on your rail-
road. If you had not sent for the Chin
csc to come here, the Chinese would
never have some here, | am sure. But
you wanted the Chinese laborer in this
country. and having sent for the Chin
csc laborers, you got several thou
sand OF them from Canton. These are
the poor laborers from Canton, who
came here to work and got from twenty
dollars to thirty dollars per month for
their work, and then they went home
and reported to their friends and rela-
tions, and so they came to this coun-
try; but they only came from these two
districts. And these two districts have
only population of one million.
Suppose you were to abolish your ex-
clusion laws, why, there would not be
more than one half a million OF Chin
csc to come here, guarantee. no more.
And what is half a million of Chinese
here in this vast country? You will be
benefited here by them-by. Chinese
laborers coming here. They don't rob
you; they work for you by the sweat Of
their brow, and they have TO work here
day and night; they are useful SER
wants; they do not steal, and II you do
not employ them of course they will GO
away. They only want To earn an
honest penny, and il you want TO en-.
ploy them, well and goo6. Ny only
reason for getting up was 10 refnte
your argument
You fear that the Chinese will come
here in large numbers. There Is no
fear of that, and as regards their living
in this country | admit they want to
make few dollars and go home The
American and English people, they go
to China and they want to make their
pile just the same. (ApplauseJ. Why
do you blame them? You need not
blame them; they want to make q
few thousand dollars and go home, the
same as you do
You go to foreign country for the
same purpose, the same as you know of
some people coming here. | want In
inform you that these Chinese in their
own country have very few Injuries.
When they come here they learn your
habits, and they spend their money
freely. know that from personal ex-
perience. Now, when you go to China,
you 60 to China how? You go there
and you spend your money. That is
the way oil the foreigners in China do
And that is the way the Chinese will
do, and as soon as they learn to smoke
your cigars and drink your champagne
they will live luxuriously, and spend
their money. They do not save much
money.
What / want to say is with regard tC
this vast trade-China could furnish Q
vast trade for this country. Is II
worth while TO keep on yom statute
books this exclusion law against thu
Chinese2 | say it is against your in
terest in the long run, and that thu
law should be abolished, and the soon
er 1t is abolished the sooner yor vii
be benefited by 1t. (Applause).
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