The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-04

A NEW YORK PAPER WANTS.
CHINESE TREATED WELL

luS representative Oh the Unit
ed States at the port or place from which
he comes certificate, in duplicate, in the
English language, of the government of
which he may at the time be citizen or
subject. with his photograph attached.
identifying the said Chinese person or
person of Chinese descent and giving
the tribal, family and individual names,
lsex. height, general physical features
and special distinguishing physical marks
former and present profession or occupa-
ton, with capital value of such occupa-
| ton and pecuniary interest of such per-
son therein; specific periods of time
when. and the town or village and DIS
trict such occupation or profession has
been followed, and Inc town or village
and district of residence. The term mer-
chant. as used in tho section which
have quoted from the Kahn bill, Is to be
construed to mean only a Chinese person
or person of Chinese descent who shall,
! by the possession of the prescribed GER
tificate and by proof satisfactory to the
officers designated to enforce the pro-
visions of the act that he was the owner
In his own individual right, in whole or
in part, OF the mercantile business de-
scrfbed N the certificate for at least one
year prior to Its date: that this business
was OF the precise nature and was con-
Quoted at the place mentioned in this GER
tifCate, and that he has the means I'M
der his immediate control and has COM
becoming the owner in whole or IN part
of bona fide mercantile business locat-
ed at a fixed place in the United States
or its territory, the premises and business
of which have no connection, direct or
indirect, with laundry, lodging house.
restaurant, barber shop or mandatory.
''As if this were not enough to deter
any Chinese merchant from visiting the
country, there are other provisions call
culated to make the return difficult or
any merchant already domiciled here who
has gone to visit his native land. To ia
cilitate the investigation and determine
ton of the right of any Chinese person
or person of Chinese descent, to re-enter
the United States Or its territory as a
domiciled merchant therein, 1t Is pro-
vided that the business manager or other
member Of every mercantile firm in the
United States or its territory shall be re-
qufred, within ninety days after the pas
sage of the act, and annually thereafter,
to file with the officer designated for the
enforcement of the act of the district
in which such mercantile business Is con-
Quoted, a full and complete report of the
nature and character of the business of
such firm, the average value of the stock
on hand and the average daily sales
made by the firm at the time of such re- /
port; the capital invested, the number or
partners comprising the firm, the full |
tribal. family and Individual name, in |
tluu4iiS any AISilClZSu version tnereO1,
of each partner, and the amount of his /
interest in such firm; when each partner /
acquired his interest," whether he owns ,
such interest in his own right, and how
much he PAID for ii, and also the specific I
work performed by each partner in the
conduct of the firms business and the /
business manager, as often thereafter as /
a change is made in the character of the .
business or partnership of the firm of
winch he is member, IS required to re-
port to the officer designated for the en-
forcement of this act, the fun name of
any new partner and all facts as to such
new partner as are required in regard to
the originally reported members of such
mercantile firm. The reports of Chinese
doing business in the United
states or its territory which are thus
provided Tor, are to be used to identify
any Chinese person or person of Chinese
descent who shall apply at any port of
the United States or it's territory for
permission to re-enter as domiciled
merchant therein, and If such identity
n detail as to each and every particular
'equired cannot be established from in
ormatlon contained in any such report,
he merchant alleging previous dornicile !
hall be refused admission and be return
"a to China or the country from which Y
lie came at the expense of the vessel I
which brought him. Y
Was any such legislation ever heard c
Il in civilized country, and that, too, I
gainst the merchants of a friendly peo- 1
lie, with whom we are avowedly anx- I
BUS to cultivate closer relations of traQe 4
nd on the free access to whose markets I
lready depends the prosperity of one c
cry important branch of American in
ustry? But for the reopening of the v
'hinese markets and the resumption of II
he ordinary currents of trade at the q
eg1nning of this year. we should have I
ad a very serious state OF things in the
reat cotton industry of the United Z
tates. Half the cotton mills of the c
outh are absolutely dependent on the e
nlnese consumer for the sale of their '
1tput OF cloth, and in default of orders
ON China, nothing could prevent a de-
.ructlve competition between New En-
land and the South for possession Of
lie home market. 1t will not be long
elore our great iron and steel industries
ave as we'll defined an interest in the z