Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-02-13
ANENT THE
CHINK
MUST GO

MUST GIG
(By Ben Ballou.)
We've considered well the matter
we've discussed it pro and con-
And we've finally concluded that the
Chinaman must go.
He's been here since the early days,
when the camp was new and
rude;
He's washed our dirty linen and he's
oished us up our food;
He's served us, too, in other ways,
and We've paid him lots of dough,
But the times arrived in Silverton
when
The Chink
Must go.
He's not the kind of timber that a
mining camp should grow.
And so we have concluded that the
yellow boy must go.
He's worker from old WorlSersvlle,
and he saves to beat the band,
But when he gets a bank-roll it all
goes back to Chinaland.
Now. that's not the proper caper in
this camp of gold and snow.
And the hour has struck in Silverton
when
The Chink
Must 60
He's mighty swift in getting coin.
but In spending 1t he's slow,
SO We've made the manifesto that
John Chinaman must go.
Henceforth for polished linen
and for grub by day or night
Well just cut out the heather and
favor people that are white.
We're loyal. true Americans and
our colors thus we show
BY sending forth the edict that
The Chink
Must co.
And soon to all the outside world this
message will be sent; i
We've whitened up old Silverton.
and the Chlnaman has went
SO the One Lungs and the Ying Lings
better cash their little stack
And hit the trail for other climes
and never wander back
From now on and forever the white
man gets show
In the greatest mining camp on earth,
and
The Chink
Must go.
Silverton's great camp. No one
can deny that and expect to win out
in the argument. 1t truly Is great
mining camp. and every fellow who
district starts of with an array Of
statistics and figures on mining
makes the entire filling of the same
and winds up with figures and statis-
tics. / can't write a mining article
and can't distinguish piece of coun-
try rock from piece OF pure cream
cry sulphide. Hence the necessity of
"iitih6 bchhtthih6 CioC. but
subjects in connection with Silverton
are prolific.
The trains going into Silverton
are loaded to the guards with coal,
machinery, lumber. grub and people
The cars carry in their full capacity.
and the conductor told me the other
day that he never checked up any
empties back TO Durango thought
had him on the return trip Monday
for we pulled out with four empty coal
flats on the head end. and was Just
about to call Mr.. Con down when,
bless me, what did they do but stop
on the way down. throw those four
flats in on the siding and hook on to
five cars of lime rock instead.
Yes, Silyerton, is great camp.
1t needs no argument to convince one
of that who has never been there.
Silyerton's resources are great
boundless; but resources without
pushers TO develop them are value
less. Silverton has the pushers. And
they push. That's the reason Silver.
ton thrives and waxeth mighty while
some other camps l might mention
go down hill and grow alfalfa in the
streets. The man in Silverton who
goes way back and sits down will
gain nothing but age, a sorrowfuI ex.
perience and worn-out pants bosom
Just now in Silverton. as In con
gress. the Chinese question occupies
a DOfitiOn nm the hpad-spt In the
minds OF the populace. AS I have &c
poetically expressed 1t In the few sen
timental pearls OF thought at the be
ginning OF this sermon. the Silverton
Celestials must go. The reason Ii
plain to all and the sentiment which
prompted the Silverton Miners unior
to declare themselves as they have
finds a hearty response in the hear
of every white man in the land. TIL,
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