The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-02-28

written for the Star BY Hon. Eu-
gene v. sehmitE. mayer OF san
Franciseol.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. l7.-Ths
problem % Chinese exclusion IL no
longer problem. ., - demonsuat-
I'd proposition No one on the Pa
cific coas, who possesses any social
or political Intelligence Or foresight
can see two sides 10 the question.
There is but one. Tho Chinese a. a
race must b, excluded from cur
shores. from injurious competition
with our labor from destructive in-
reference with our enterprises end
from damaging contact with our GIVE
lliEation
Those who have aeen ard known
them In all their native filth and
sauAior. their vicious and degener-
ate vices. their barbhrac fgeds ~
irraeherpun cruelty and their per-
nicioua systems ~ slavery. can un-
1erstand that their very presence H.
q pollution and a source ~ both NOR
81 and physical Infectious disease.
Fer ssH Frsneiscs
No other section - che United
States has come into contact with
the Oriental civilization and suffer
81 from The presence ~ the oftentais
AZ has the Pacific coast. and no city
has been cursed with such an Asia
Csc colony az has san Francisco. In
No other American city has white Ia
hor h~rn obliged 20 compete with
the slave hordeH OF the East the
loves, social drcgp ~ the Celestial
empire. az u has in San Francisco
and the larger coast cities. CunHc-
aurntly. when the Pacific coast rails
- les voice ln protest - the adfniH.
sion - Chinese ana IN demand ~
Chinese exclusion. II should be heed
- as the voice OF experience. plea
for race for country and for home.
Cost q esvsrninE
San FranciHco'a Chinatown costs
more so govern than any similar siz-
ed community In America. and en-
tails more trouble on the police de-
partmeut than All the rest - San
Francisco. one has but 20 80 through
the countless swcat-ahops TO Hee the
effect on American labor An or
binary living room VIII be crowded
90 nuffocatinu with cnoiie slaves
lmAny Of them afflicted with can
ceruuT and Eyphiitic diseased. busy
"a hours day making cigars, or
clothing or shoes, or a hundred 9TH
~ products that are purchased by
interruptions dealers whose selfish
greed outweighs their humanity. and
sold 90 an unHuHpectinR public In
competition with goods made by la
Dor that cannot live on few cents
a day. that require nourishinE food
and suitable clothing. a. well as
good air 90 breathe and reasonable
hours Go work
4 whole day spent in Chinatown
viii not reveal the presence Of n
single Chinaman dressed IN Amcri-
can costume Chinese do not be-
come Americans. and have no IN
tcntion ~ becoming Americans.
Those that have become Christian
tied. have done 40 for business rea-
sons, for oxpcdiepcy and sooner or
later return 70 the faith Of their
fathers
The moral effect on the commun-
ity Of u Chinatown and N the bars
come down. each city IN America will
have its Chinatown-can be other
than pernicious The presence Of a
little evil influence defiles much
good.
Chamber Of Commerce
san Frnncisco's chamber ~ com
mcrce. actuatcd by mercantile greed
and solhshncEs. has betrayed and
disRraccd itself and the community
by resolutions In favor OF the adj
mission " certain classes OF Chinese,
n note OF discord I'm the otherwise
harmonious demand OF the entire
West for absolute and most stringent
exclusion These shipuwncrs have
for years IN direct violation Of the
spirit OF the exclusion act. employ
ed Chinese coolies ne sailors on Am
erican vessels, so that dividends
could be larger.
Those merchants who hope to in
crease their profits by getting
cheaper class Of labor at the expense
or their own race. are pursuing dis
astrous policy, for the Chinaman Is
not consumer In this country. He
| boards his money, creates no de-
| mand for goods, while white labor
or cnlarges the market as his pros
pority increases: the higher wages
he receives, the more he buys. To
| lower wages is 20 decrease the pur-
chasing power OF the class that Gre
ates markets and on whom markets
depend for sustcnanCe To suhsti-
tute Chinese, Is to close markets al
| together.
Against these Monaghan hordes
the American laborcr must he pro-
tected. II IN not n question OF race
prejudice, but one OF conservation