The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-15

=. ,h,.srds Of Cinnamon in this country would he bad.
rbev would bring from the Orient all the vices for which
hcv are noted They would render this country liable to
;lo;es o soourees which arc common in their country.
Fxeept from the standpoint Of the to whom excessively
cbsep labor TO an end--he acquisition Of great
wealth to he used for purely selfish purposes-Chnese I'M
;ortop can not be regarded in any but unfavorabe
light
The present exclusion Law expires by limitation on May
1000 It is therefore highly necessary that immediate
stems be taken extend the provisions OF the act ana IN
This connection is gratifying to observe that several bills
bearing on the subject already been introduced i'll the
two branches congress The members who are especially
interested in the have about decided that the pro
visions Of the eary law should be extended by the present
congress for period of years only The reason Tor TINS
found in the treaty with China which entered into
soon after the Of the Geary law and which was to
cover period OF years The life OF THIS treaty Whch
embodied the provisions OF the Geay law will extend nearly
two wears beyond that of the law itself and it is thought
that it might be unwsc il not dscourteous TO the
Chinese government pass exclusion act which would
be binding after the expiration of the treaty il this plan
I, carried out congress may of take the matter
two wears hence and extend the exclusion for an indefinite
,erod It is understood the authors OF the bills which
have already been introduced willing to amend them SO
as to conform with this latest phase of the matter
Tie bill prepared by the bureau of immigration has been
introduced in house by Representative Kahn Of Caor
MIA and in the by Senator Perkins OF the same state
II is lengthy document covering hirtyseven printed
nares and it said by who have closely scrunized
Z TO be
that no Chinese person person Of Chinese descent other
than such as by birth naturalization have become citizens
this country, such officials OF the ChlneSe gov
eminent teachers students merchants, travellers returning
aboers etc shall be allowed enter the United States
number OF restrictions thrown about the classes
which are excepted and in ali of its spuaons the bill IS
excessively rigid Penalties provided for all violations ct
the terms OF the law the whole the matter to
be covered thoroughly to leave little or room for
further anp6cation or improvement One provision which
is no doubt particularly dsasteul to the Of Pacific
steamship lines the effect that all Cinnamon ineligible
to entry into country who shall attempt to enter shall
after the necessary legal forms complied with be returned
to China expense OF the transportation company which
brought them hiher The bill goes far to direct
the secretary the treasury obtain complete list Of the
officials Of China from the government Of that country in
that frauds he perpeated by Chinese citizens
falsely claiming be officials, In where there is an
clement doubt thorough identification be required
of the person seeking admission.
The bill introduced in the house by Representative Con-
nell PENNSYLVANIA is much simpler than the KahnPerkns
BILL It provides that all laws in force prohibiting and
regulating the entry Of Chinese into this country shall be
tnued in force for period Of years after the
sage OF the The Of all Chinese unawfuy in this
country provided for. and is stipulated that all such
persons shall prior their deportation and subsequent
legal trial and conviction be sentenced imprisonment with
hard labor for period exceeding All Chinese
laborcrs who entitled remain in this country
CURED by the bill Immediately the proper
tidcates. a penalty of maximum fine OF $Iooo and five
wears imprisonment provided for any found guilty of
altering forging such certificates
The other bills introduced do not differ from these in
any Of their essential features,
glance the figures that the operations
Of the Geary law have apparently been quite effective In
1890 there 100000 Chinese the United States while
in there only 5000 total of 10000
California contained 7s47s of the in 1900 The
last showed only 4s,745, decrease Of nearly 40
per years 1t would therefore that the Chi
question solving itself in California and that the con
don in the United States generally could hardly become
anything but better result Of the extension OF the