The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-08
THE CHINESE
MUST GO
Commission Appointed by Canadian
Government so Reports.
TO STOP CHINESE IMMIGRATION
They Recommend That the Present
Tax of 500 Each Be Raised to
$500, to Act as a Check Until Legis-
!ation Can Be Passed.

Vancouver, B. c., March 1.-THE
Canadian oriental commission, ap-
pointed by the Canadian government
about a year ago, after taking evil
dence in Vancouver, Seattle, San
Francisco and other places, has sub
mitted to the feaeral government a
report that is a record breaker in the
matter of length, and perhaps in the
definiteness of it's findings. The docu-
ment is a typewriter one of 200
pages, and the commissioners say in
very clear terms that no more Chin
csc are wanted in Canada; that the
further immigration of Chinese labor
ers into this country ought to be pro-
hibited, and that the most desirable
and effective means of attaining this
end is by treaty supported by suita-
BILE legislation. In the meantime, and
until this can be obtained, they advo-
cate the raising of the present per
capita tax of 500 to $500.
The commissioners are r. q. Clute,
a well known Toronto lawyer; D. ].
Mum, one of the Fraser river can=
ners and a prominent business man
of New Westminster, and Chris Fo-
ley, a miner, the man who worked in
the Center Star at Rossland and left
his work underground at the last gen
eral election to contest Yale-Koote-
nay-Cariboo as an independent labor
candidate. The only point upon which
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was as to the date when the $500 tax
ought to come into effect. Chairman
Clute and Miner Foley wanted the
bigger sum charged against the in
coming Mongolians at once. Mr..
Mum favors tax of $500 for two
years and then the more prohibitive
measure But that is minor point,
and with the federal parliament the
opinion of the majority should rule.
1t now remains to be seen what ac-
ton the Laurier government will take
upon this report. British Columbia,
the province which is most severely
affected by the incoming of Chinese
coolie laborers, will expect the ad-
ministration to carry out the sugges-
JlOuS Cu JuS commissioners.
Sir Wilfrid Launer, on a former oc-
casion, said that in the matter of
anti-Chinese legislation, the wishes
of British Columbia would prevail.
Those desires could not have been
better stated than in the recommend
alton of the report.
The suggestion to secure a treaty
with China is considered here to be
eminently fitting and not hard to
achieve. Indeed, it is thought to be
statesmanlike way of settling the
difficulty.
The yellow peril is greatly OBJ
jected to in British Columbia. And
it was allowed to come in in most
innocent way. In the days of the
construction of the Canadian Pacific
white labor was not easy to get in
the, "sea of mountains" The con-
sentative government, then in Office,
allowed the company to bring in a
certain number of celestials to work
on the railroad, the understanding
being that they should be shipped
back to their country when the line
was completed. But that understand
ing was never carried out. In those
bustling, pioneer days men were too
busy to attend to a little matter like
that. Moreover, further immigration
was allowed from China until the in
fuX began to excite the apprehen-
sion of the province.
When the agitation against the vel
low men here became to strong to
remain further unnoticed the domin-
ion government appointed the com
mission There were not found want.
ing those who said that the work OF
the commission would be abortive. It
was openly declared that the person
mel of the commission was such that
it could hardly bring in a report that
would be of any service to the gov
eminent in deciding on it's legisla
ton. The finding now produced
seems to prove the falsity of that
view.
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