New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-06

standard of living Not only is it to the interss.
of this country to keep them out but the chi;
nese authorities do not desire that they shoris
/ be admitted At present their entrance IL M
hibted by laws amply adequate to accompl,sE
/ this purpose. These laws have been are bssr
and win be thoroughly enforced The violatior
of them are so few in number to be inhDitsss
NAL and can be entirely disregarded Tbsr.
! is serious proposal to alter the imrnigrs.i.-
/ law as regards the Chinese la borer sk{llsd -
unskilled, and there is no excuse for any ma,
feeling or affecting to feel the slightest alarn
on the subject.
But in the effort to carry out the policy Of A.
Guiding Chinese 1abOrers. Chinese coolies srsN
injustice and wrong have been done b., M
nation TO the people OF China and therssa-s
ultimately to this nation itself Cbinsss
students business and professional men NJ an
kindS-not only merchants, but bankers doctor,
manufacturers. professors. travellers and ,hs
/ Ilke-Should be encouraged to here ana
treated on precisely the same footing that ~
treat students. business men, travellers and tn
like of other nations. Our laws and treaties
should be framed not 20 put these nAoni.
in the excepted classes. but to state that We MI
admit all Chinese. except Chinese Of the cooia
class Chinese skilled or unsked laborers
There would not be the least danger that an
such provision would result in any reaxafin-
of the law about laborers- These will md
all conditions. be kept out absolutely Pu.
1t Will be more easy to that bos5
justice and courtesy are shown as tbsv
ought to be shown to other Chinese. IL the Law
or treaty is framed as above suggested Ex
amiuatiOns should be completed at the mort ~
departure from China. For this purpose fhers
should be provided more adequate consular
service in China than we now have. The sp-
propriat lions. both for the offices of the consuz
and for the office forces in the Consulstss
should ne increased
AS a people have talked much of the ops,
door in China. and expect. and quite rights
intend to insist upon, justice being shown us bv
the Chinese. But cannot expect TO receive
equity unless we do equity. We cannot ask ira
Chinese to do TO what are unwilling IA
do to them. They would hate a perfect right
to exclude our laboring men if our laboring men
threatened to come into their country in such
numbers as to jecpardiZe the webeing Of the
Chinese population; and as. mutatis nutandE
these were the conditions with which Chinese
immigration actually brought this people face
to face. had and have a perfect right which
the Chinese government in no way contests to
act as we have acted in the matter of restricting
cOolie immigration. That this right exists for
each country was explicitly acknowledged in the
last treaty between the two countries. But we
must treat the Chinese student. traveller and
business man in a spirit of the broadest justice
and courtesy if We expect similar treatment to
be accorded to own people of similar rank
who go TO China. Much trouble has come dur
ing the past summer from the organized boycott
against American goods which has been started
I'm China. The main factor i'm producing this
boycott has been the resentment felt BY the
students and business people of China, by all
the Chinese leaders, against the harshness OF
law toward educated Cinnamon Of the pro-
fessional and business classes.
This government has the friendliest feeling for
China and desires China's wellbeng. We cord
tally sympathize with the announced purpose
Such an attitude tends TO the peace of the world
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
The Civil Service law has been on the statute
books for twenty-five years Every President
and a vast majority of heads of departments
who have been in office during that period have
favored a gradual extension of the merit sys-
tenn. The more thoroughly its principles nave
been understood the greater has been the favor
with which the law has been regarded by adj
ministrative officers Any attempt to carry on
Z 6a dpD9TtmPUtS
ment without this law would inevitably result III
chaos The Civil Service Commissioners are
doing excellent work. and their compensation IS
inadequate considering the service they perform
The statement that the examinations are not
practical in character lis based on mlsappLs-
henson Of the practice of the commission Inc
departments are invariably consulted as 10 the
desired and TO the character OF
questions that shall be asked. General invita-
lions are frequently sent out to all heads OF de-
partments asking whether any changes III tns
scope or character of examinations are required
In other words the departments prescribe the
requirements and the qualifications desired ana
the Civil Service Commission Co-operates win
them in securing persons with these Quaihca-
lions and inSurIng open and Impartial Cplupeu-
ton In a large number Of examinations tas
for example. those for trades POSITIONS there
are no educational requirements Whatever anu
a person who neither read nor write may
mass with q high average. Vacancies IN Inc
service are filed with reasonable expedition ana
the machinery of the commission. which reaches
every part of the country. is the pest agency
that has vet been devised for finding people WIN
the most suitable qualifications for the various
Offices TO be filled Written competitive exam
inations do not make an ideal method for filling
positions but they do represent an immeaSuLd-
BILE advance upon the 'spoils' method uhaer
which outside politicians, realy MAKE tne az
pointments nominalIy made by the executive Of
fcers the appontees being chosen by the poi.
ticians in question. in the great majority 9.
cases. for reasons totally unconnected win ths
needs of the service or of the PUBIC
Statistics gathered by the Census Bureaa
show that the tenure of office in the government
service does not differ materially from tha'
enjoyed by employees of large business COZ,
pOrations. Heads of executive departments anu
of the commission have called my q.
tentfon to the fact that the rule requiring
filing of charges and three days notice oeioh
an employee could be separated from the ser
vice for inefficiency has served no good puFposs
whatever, because that is not a matter upon
which a hearing of the employe found 10 DC ~
efficient can be of any value. and in pracuce w
rule providing for such notice and hearing Las
merely resulted in keeping IN a certain hui4'
of inconpetents, because of the reIuctahee
heads of departments and bureau chleIs 70 -
through the required procedure EAps s.i-.
has shown that this rule is wholly menecu.
to save any man, if a superior Tor lnlpt9p.
reas sons wishes to remove him, and IS rniSchi 80
Gus because it sometimes serves to keep IL
service incompetent men not guity OF sps tbs
wrongdoing. Having these facts IN N view,
rule has been amended by providing that 49, 40
the ineciency or incapaetty comes "l' asnart-
personal knowledge Of the head or ospaIL
ment the removal may be made without Hos. Ss
the reasons therefor being filed and mace ~
ord of the department. The absolute rrita
removal rests where it always has resteu' mis-
the head of a department; any limitatoh oI "a ~
absolute right results in grave INJURY - 80
public service The change is merely one o. s IN
cedure; it was much needed, and 1t is proo"'''S
good results. ~
The Civil Service law is being energeuC~ ,.,,
and impartfa1ly enforced and in the lar e,!+s-
ority of cases complaints of violations 81 s1 SsJ
he law or rules are discovered TO be uIIoe 49,
In this respect, this law compares VeIy Zee ',ss-
ably with any other federal statute. Inc Zion
ton of politics in the appointment ana re- ork
Of the men engaged in merely ministerial tbs
mas been practically eliminated In Amos
entire field Of government employment COY ana
tho civil Sarxyica The action Oh