Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-10

WASHINGTON. March &-The report
Of the house committee on foreign affairs
on the chinese exclusion bin was filed to-
day. The report says IN part:
The committee are unanimous in the
opinion that the admission OF Chinese Ia
borers snto this country would be serious
evil Every endeavor has been made 10
report an act which viii secure the ex-
ciuxion OF the Chinese coolies
con the other hand. this country desires
IN obtain its fair share OF commerce with
the east and with CHA and In our treat
ment OF the. privilege classes. the genuine
rnerchants students. etc, allowed by the
treaty 10 enter this country we, have en-
.deavored 10 avoid any discourtesy or an
norarce which was not required 70 pre-
vent fraud. 49,
The report says u. the provision Of the
Kahn sbllI forbldding the employment Of
+ Chinese on ships carrying the american
fag. which was stricken OUT that the
result OF such q provision would be 70
compel steamships that now noat the
American nag on the Pacific TO take Brit
ish register.
AEy,protest win not amount to anything
before congress. but our own people should
know ard comprehend fully the sort Of
lexfslafion which f. 70 be forced on the
tx payers of tiis country.
Already che ship subsidy bill has passed
the senate, giving q gratuity OF nine
millions Of dollars 10 ship owners In Amer
lea. Now the Chinese sailors are, TO be
utilized BY these ship owners for reasons
plainly stated. while agriculture, which
needs labor more han any other calling
or profession under the shining sun, Is de-
pr1ved OF eoolie labor.
New there a. one question which de-
mands an answer. n-
IL Chinese Immigrants are unit persons
70 occupy the son in America how can
they be made 1T for ship service. where
fidelity 70 discipline and honest service are
inperafiveG
II TIE Chinese are excluded for racial
defects, then they are unfit. for sailors.
II they are good enough for sailors they
are quite good enough for day laborers
on farms Take either proposition care
not which.
Ard THE south should rise up and de-
rnand an answer 20 these questions Our
representatives should investigate this
subject. because q stringent exclusion bill
AGAINST Iaborers who are uniformly the
most tractable and easily governed OF any
class or business professions ana an ex-
ception IN favor Of common seamen with
other professions would not only De IN
inst but a fraud. 20 state 10 mildly.
Have we not bowed down low enough 70
ehlp subsidy people already without this
added humiliation and deceit7 Having pre-
scented these almighty ship owners with
their running annual expenses. congress is
preparing 20 give them a monopoly OF
the labor.
II disEusts common sense and common
decency 70 read Of this barefaced proposal
and the Chinese government should stamp
the law when Il passes az q trick and dis
honest and meant 20 deceive and betray.
What's the difference between q Chinese
cooIie in port and coolie In a vineyard
or q cotton field?
The only difference that can see Is
the difference between drunken. disorderly
sailors everywhere and sober. hard-work-
Ing farm iaborers everywhere
And Il IS preposterous that we are TO
Be placed IN subsection 20 ship owners by
politicians.
There are thousands Of acres of land
IN Georgia that cannot be cultivated be-
cause OF scarcity OF labor. Such as we have
as laborers have foresworn the farm
when they can teach. preach and Toll
about town or work on public works.
The Chinese are crowded TO suffocation
in their own country. They are willing
and eager TO work. and the United States
say. no We don't want you" The Re-
puhheans say: The negro Is as good as
a white man. and the Chinese are not
nt 10 look AZ either.
II the Democratic party knows its bus
mess II Will send more labor into the
states that need and beg for IL. The Chi
nese and Japanese till the soil OF China
and Japan like gardens and Africa bounds
IN tungies and cannibals where the negro
depends on his own race for enlighten-
ment. Who WIN expose This fraud?