Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-26

the people Of tho archipelago arises from
their dread of sudden and excessive ex-
ploitation. which they fear would defraud
them of their natural patrimony and at the
same time relegate them to status OF 90
cia1 and political inferiority.
Gen. Smiths Opposition.
Gen. James F. Smith. now Judge of the
court of appeals of the Philippine Islands.
recently said:
"A Filipino can't live like q Chinaman.
For this reason. If had no other. am OPP
posed to the Importation to the Philippines
of Chinese or japanese labor. We have
seen how disastrousiy immigration from the
orient resulted right here In California.
Surely IL the American laborer. with his
unable to compete with the Asiatic, what
can be expected Of the poor Filipino? He
would very quickly fall by the wayside.
The systematic importation Of labor not
would do all that Is claimed for 1t. but the
advantages would be more than counter
balanced by the driving out Of the labor
market and business field the native ele-
ment. whose protection and advancement Is
our first duty.
Does history repeat itself7 The people
OF the Pacific coast who by reason of their
long enforced contact and bitter experience
ought to be credited with some knowledge
on the subject. almost unanimously declare
that 1t does.
st Is most serious mistake for the citi-
gems of the eastern states to believe that
the anti-Chinese sentiment is limited to any
particular class or faction, creed or ma
tionality.
Sentiment General.
The sentiment is general; there Is prac-
ticaIly no division of opinion on that sub
ject. At an election held in 1879 the ques-
ton Of Chinese immigration was submitted
to the voters of the state of California as a
test of sentiment, and resulted in 154, 63S
votes being cast against immigration and
only 1888 votes in favor. In other words.
the people of California in proportion OF
IT'S to voted for protection of the federal
government from Chinese immigration.
Surely it cannot be held that this almost
unanimous vote Of the electors Of an en-
tire state was cast without good and sufti-
Client cause, and not a result of dema-
gogic or irresponsible agitation.
There is no good raeson to believe that
this sentiment has undergone the slightest
change. On the contrary, there is greater
cause for stricter exclusion. Our recently
acquired possessions of the Hawaiian and
Philippine Islands have added hundreds OF
thousands of Asiatic coolies to our popula-
ton, the correct disposal OF which already
causes serious apprehension 10 our Alnert'
can statesmen.
Ceases are cited where Cinnamon in Cali
fornia went on strike rather than work
in factories with white men. While the
consumes very little either of his own pro-
duction or Of ours. He imports from China
much that he eats and much that he wears
He underbids all white labor.
To Be Permanently Settled.
Now and while this territory is still
practically unoccupied and within the life
time of the present generation the type of
human species that Is to occupy this side
of the American continent is to be deter
mined for all time
THAT in the life and death struggles
now going on for the possession of the
western shores of the American continent
the Chinese have advantages that must Sc
cure to them, If not a complete victory, at
least a drawn battle in division of occu-
pancy with us.
ITO begin with, they have a hive of 49,,
100000 to draw from. with only one ocean
to cross, and behind them imoulsve
force of hunger unknown to any European
people.
'Our common ancestors came to the
American continent to found a state. The
greatness of a nation does not fie in it's
money, but in its men and women: and
not in their number, but in their quality,
In their virtue, honor, integrity. truth. and,
above all things, in their courage and man
hood"