Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-02
Chinese IN MEXICO
RESIDENT GIVES WARNING
TO PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA
Is Surprised at Apathy Over E1clu-
sion Law - Influence Of CoOlie
Chinese Has Been
Degrading.

San Diego. Nov. 17.-From Ensena-
da, Lower California. comes a letter
urging the people of California against
failure to use every effort to prevent
the threatened influx of Chinese labor
into this country. The writer. an
American business man who expects
some time to return to this country.
depicts the state of affairs on the west
coast of Mexico, where the people
have not had the protection of a
Geary exclusion law and where the
deadly effect of unrestricted immigra.
ton may be daily seen on the public
streets. He warns Californians
against allowing such a condition ia
become possible here. His letter fol
lows:
"Ensenada. Lower California. Nov
10, 190l.-There seems to be some
apathy in Southern California regard
Ing the renewal Of the Chinese exclu
sion act, and wish could bring be
fore your people the object lesson
which this district or Mexico teaches,
TO remind those in California of what
a tremendous calamity will overtake
them II they fail in foresight in the
question. The yellow peril. has drop.
ped out of sight largely during the re.
spite afforded since the exclusion act
has been In force. and 1t seems evi.
dent that the people are viewing the
approaching crisis with a listlessness
that Is remarkable.
when the exclusion act went into
effect. 1t diverted a considerable
stream of Chinese into Mexico. They
came by way of San Francisco to the
west coast of Mexico and to this en-.
tire peninsula. The Chinese mer.
chants and manufacturers are to be
found In almost every town. certainly
In every large one. As the standard
Of living of the people with whom
they compete is not very high their
advent has not been an unmixed evil
and not SO great detriment as II
would be In country of nigher gen,
eral civilization than this. Here the
Chinese control the vegetable markets,
the overall factories. shoe factories
and laundries and they have nearly
driven the keepers of small stores out
Of business. Besides this they have
developed the opium den in all It's hor.
ror.
There is no question as to the in
dustriousness and and meekness OF
the individual Chinese. working as a
cook or as a laborer in the country
but the real liberation in the body
polite commences upon their asso
ciating In numbers In town. Then the
meek cook. laborer or laundryman be.
comes the blear-eyed. stupefed opium
fiend, whom the Californian has near
ly forgotten since the plague was
stayed and 1t seems to me he stands
In great danger of having him agar
In his midst unless there Is more
strenuous opposition to the humani
tartan friends of Minister WI Tin,
Fang In the Eastern colleges. VIII,
seem to be beguiled with the brother
hood OF man feeling which will permit
them to foist on the Ca1ifornians !,
burden In which they themselves have
no share.
THE Eastern workman Is protected
by his alien contract labor laws ant
he Is therefore exempt from food o
low-grade competitors: the South Il
bearing Its large burden for the sin.
OF its fathers. In the negro; and Cali
fornia. freed OF It's former burden ant
peril OF the Chinese. has grappled will
full energy with the development o
Its territory and no part of the Unitet
states shows In the last census
healthier and hrmer growth. To con
tinue that development the Califor
man should bestir himself while Their,
Is time and secure the cooperation o
the East In the passing Of the nationa
law which safeguards the Pacif
Coast"