The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-12

glorious traditions, prompted py greco
for money. we are 10 have slaves IN
South Africa, yellow slaves who will
live under worse conditions than the West
Indian negroes. The ordinance drawn up
based upon force. compulslon,. penalties
and restrictions. Confinement Is IN q
word the negation Of personal freedom
and industrial liberty. and is for the
benefit OF one side only--the mine mag
mates.
AS to whether indentured Chinese labor
is or is not slavery. or is an institution
par,akinE ollssaysry one good =. test s II II
The Amerieaa standard Of what coeli esI1
fornia. that should represent both by
knowledge and experience the. facts.
states; ''.Asiattc coolieism is form Of
human Slavery and is forever prohibited
in this State. and all contracts for coolie
labor shall be void. f.s
This was applied to Individual con-
tracts and to Chinese who We're free to-
live where they liked. and who were not
finished they were repatrated and lost to
all other trades. and who yet became IN
so many ways such moral menace and
industrial evil that in 1879 the importa-
ton, free contract or indentured had to 4
be prohibited. What the Chinaman Is as
an imported Industrial. one can gather
from the fact that all our colonies and
America have had to exclude him.
AS one who has worked with Iroomen
and other natives In South Africa. l am
convinced that this ordinance means slav-
cry even with the disposition TO treat
the Chinese we'll under It and on that tho
last people l should trust are the Rajahs
on the Rand
II revlves In worse forms than the old
negro slavery. the seryltude of yellow to
white men,. IN many Of its most odious
aspects. That II Is really and in fact by
51he compound system worse than the old
slavery is demonstrated by the Chinese
Minister. as proved py ms suggested
Safeguards one OF which Isl
That in no case shall it be allowable
for the employer or his servant TO intiict
corporal punishment on the Chinese Inn.
migrant and that any violation OF this
provision shall be punishable at Law ~
His provision IN this respect Is justified
BY what has occurred in the past in
South Africa,
an oyersear. who was brought up and
fined only SIS. In the month of Fehru-
airy, 1881. a miner caused the death OF a
rstiSye by nprposeiy pushing him HIN into
slaughter and found not guilty, a verdict
tilat MAS hailed with approval by the
whites in the court,
{, The Chinese Minister also asks that the
free and easy transfer conditions of the
ordinance which Lord stanpore said
would enable men 10 be bought and sold,
should be altered, and he sagaciously
ADDS; This is necessary IN order TO pre-
made a mere chattel OF article Of com,
n,eres.N
He then proceeds TO riddle the ordinance
IA other ways, al Of which goes %
what al the colonies affirm, the labor
movement everywhere contends and all
bat eo@aFdly ministers ana shareholding
Legislators subscribe 10. thar this Chinese
ordinance Is q human document for the
tfsnsh!pment Of men Violently recruited
b. corrupt rnandar!ns from the jails and
~ ~ ss,.s,sS ress Of poverty trlcken China
Il. 81 ,lse5 for the violent breaking down
of ire STANDARD Of comtort OF black and
wfits iabo7 II South AFRICA,
who are then. The men Who support
By tngir past records and the cost. they
have beea 10 tns Empire their calious
conduct ts Inscribed In The reports Of TWO
Pagiia EaenH
They aEe The .psople who have grown
nch sinppiy W the accumulation OF other