The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-05

n ANTON. ~ The Chinese boycott
against American goods will cost
TIL business interests of The Unit
ed states millions of dollars. The en-
barge against Yankee products has
gone into effect in seventeen Of the
eighteen provinces of the FloWery
Kingdom, and even if immediate steps
are taken To stop the agitation against
American wares, irreparabie loss has
already been done to our commerce II
VIII take many months, perhaps years,
10 recover the ground we have lost in
this great market This is all the mOre
10 be regretted because il misNs have
been prevented. The causes leading up
20 this extensive boycott all revert pri-
marily TO the work of bungling or COR
rupt American officials.
The American merchants held a de-
cIded advantage in the vast market OF
China, becasue our government has al
ways befriended the Celestial empire.
Our influence has been eXerted to pre-
serve the integrity of China when Eu-
rope ciamored for its partition, We are
the only power that has resisted the
temptation 10 take a slice OF its rich
territory when others were helping
themselves. Our merchants We're NOR
ally certain TO benefit by the favorable
feeling created by this friendly atti-
tude, when this boycott occurred TO
clog the wheels Of our commercial
progress
Our Treaty With China.
The trouble reverts 10 official abuse
OF the treaty Of 1880 regulating Chinese
immigration TO the United States the
second article of which reads: Chi
nese subjects. whether proceeding to
the United States as teachers, students,
merchants, or from curiosity, together
with their body and household serv-
ants, and Chinese labOrers who are
now IN the United States, shall be al
lowed 20 go and come OF their own free
viii and accord, and shall be accorded
all the rights, privileges. immunities
and exemptions which are accorded to
the citizens and subjects of the most
favored nations"
This ruling Is so plain that there can
he ~ mistaking the rights OF certain
Chinese subjects named therein, vet
official action i'm the United States has
become SO strict that for years no
Chinese. no matter how important a
persOnags he might be, could enter our
country without being subjected 10
most sweeping and embarrassing eS-
animation. This state of affairs re-
suited first because both native and
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frauds by giving merchant and student
certificates to coolies, and because
the western officials particularly those
or san Francisco have been oVer-Zeal-
Gus in catering 10 the labor vote Of
their state. in their determination to
Keep out the cOOlie, who is not wanted
and who cannot enter legally, they
have brought about a more serious
consequence by offending and array
ing against us the best class Of Chinese.
They have gone from one extreme 10
the other Thousands OF coolies I'm
America could not have damaged us as
much as this boycott VIII.
Chinese Not Treated Fairly.
Many specific instances are cited
where prominent Chinese have been
treated with ilasrant disrespect and
often refused admiItance to the cOun-
try Not long ago a young student was
sent back because his papers did not
state what school iu the United States
he proposed to attend. He had the reg
uIar consular certificate. a letter from
an American missionary stating that
the Chinese consul i'm America should
determine which college III would be
best for the young man to attend and
other letters besides; yet the immigra-
ton officers held that his papers We're
irregular because he did not know
which school he wanted 10 attend. II
is harS to see how there is anything in
the treaty which would warrant them
going TO such an extreme. The law
saws that students shall be allowed
10 come and SO OF their own free win
and accord" and the young man clear
~ had the right % set advice before
making a decision.
a wealthy Chinaman, accompanied
by his wife and daughter, was treated
so mira goOiielvf that when he WAS |