Arizona republican., 1902-03-11
Mir. Lucky" Baldwin said to {

Mir. Lucky Baldwin said to Los Angeles Times reporter a few days
 ago: The exclusion law CHINESE is a mistake. If we con- EXCLUSION. tinue to shut the Chin
 csc laborers out we will pinos, for it is impossible to get enough American laborers to fill the demand" So far as We have noted, Mir. Baldwin is the only man on the Pacific coast who has boldly taken position in favor of unrestricted Chin ese immigration His proposition that there are not American laborers in suf- ficient number to meet all demands will appeal to no broad American citi- zen. There is, undoubtedly, a strong sentiment in the eastern states in favor of the Chinese, but it is based on senti- mental grounds, mostly. The oppon- entS of exclusion have found that con- gress will not permit the Geary law to lapse without enacting some new legis- lation to take its place, and they are advocating 'ccmpromise,' which may meet with congressional favor This compromise is predicated on the argu- ment that it will be necessary to nego- tiate new treaty with China within two years. and it is proposed. instead of passing q new and more stringent bill, to continue the Geary act in force for two years more.
 The coast country will not be satis- fled with this proposition. It has been evident from the beginning that this country could not, unoer existing con- ditions, prudently welcome into unre- stricted competition with American workmen and American working has for centuries been treading an eco- homie level tremendously l over than to which the people Of the United States have during the past century 1 been accustomed. It is useless Tor i idealists to enter the plea that in the i evolution of modern science and of modern invention earlier prejudices have been dispelled. that earlier necessities have been obviated and tha i in the new order of things all nations oi the earth, not separated but united 1 by the intervening seas, should throw open wide their doors and meet and mingie upon terms of absolute equality. It is clear that this argument, which hot l@ 1 T service in the interests of China, is one of these dCctrinaire propositions which the moment they are subjected to the scrutiny of practical statesmanship lose whatever weight they may once have been though to possess. China and the United States are antipodal ir | ideals as well as in geography. In the domain of ethics the two peoples are I irreconcilably different. In character disposition and temper the Chinamar and the American are as distinct as are the equator and the pole. Racial tastes, racial ambitions, racial aspira- tions and racial ideals are not to be made over anew by legislative enact | LleHtS III <AiEeflca the Cnlnanan IS an exotic, and an exotic here he will everlastingly be. He belongs to that peculiar kind of fora that may put forth buds in any land bat is content to blossom and waste it's perfume or the desert air only in the Celestia kingdom If the history of Chinese immigration to the United States means anything. it demonstrates be- yond the shadow of doubt that thy Chinarnan comes to America not to liv, but merely to make a living. and thar having wcn a livelihood here he re- turns to his native land, there to spenC the profits of his industry. Such al