The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-08

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CARDS the Chinese laborer. skilled OF
unskiIled. and there Is no excuse aof
any man feeling or affecting TO feel the
slightest alarm IN the subject
But in the effort TO carry out the
policy Of excluding Chinese Iaborers.
Chinese coolies. v~aye Injustice anu
wrong have been done BY this Naffon
tn the people OF China. and therefore,
ultimately TO this Nation Itself chi
nese students business and profession
al men Of all kinds-not only mer
chants. but bankers. doctors. manufac-
turers. professors. travellers. n the
like-shouid be encouraged to come
here and treated on precisely the same
footing that we treat students. business
men. travellers. and h Ike OF other
nations. Our laws and treaties should
be framed. not so as to 5uf these o
pie in the excepted classes, but tn state
Chinese Of the eoolie class Chinese
skilled or unskilled iahorers. There
wotrTd not be the least DANCE that anv
such provision would result I'm n re-
Taxation Of the Law about laborers-
These will. under all conditions. he
kent out absolutely. But IL viii he
more easy to see hat both Justice and
courtesy are shown. a. they ought IN
be shown. to other Chinese. If the law
or treaty is framed a above suggested.
Examinations should be completed at
the port of departure from China For
his purro there should be provided A
more adequate consular service in Chi
ma than we now have h approprf-
atoms. both for the Offices OF the con-
suls and for the office forces In the
co~nsulates. should be increased
Open Door i'm China.
As Ii people we have talked much
OF the open door in China and we ex-
uect. and auite rightly intend tn insist
upon. Justice being shown us hv the
Chinese. But we can not expect To re-
ceive equity unless We do equity. We
can not ask the Chinese tn % to Us
what we are unwilling to do u them.
would nave a perfect right 10 ex-
clude our laboring men II our iaborifig
men threatened to come into their
country in such numbers as to
die the well-being of the. Chinese pop
uiatIon: and as, mutatis mutandfs.
these were the ~Sitions with which
immigration actually brought
his people face to face. we had anu
have a perfect right. which the Chinese
Government in no wsv contests. TO act
as we have acted in the matter of re-
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 sptrlt
Of the broadest Justice n courtesy II
we expect similar treatment to be ac-
corded to our own peoDle of similar
rank who go 10 China. Much trouble
come during the past summer from
the orgaoiZed boycott AGAINST Ameri-
a goods which has been started in
China. The main factor in producing
his boycott has beer the resentment
felt by the students and business peo-
pie of China. by all the Chinese leaders
against the harshness of our law to-
ward educated Cinnamon of the profes
sional and business classes.
This Government has the friendliest
feeling for hin and desires China's
well-heing. We cordially sympathize
with the announced purpos of .Inpan
to stand for the integrity of China
Such an attitude tends to the peace OF
Of the world.
The Civil Service.
The civil service aw 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 q gradual extension of the
merit system. The more thoroughly
it's principles have been understood.
the greater has been the favor with
which the law has been regarded by
administrative officers. Anv attempt
to carry on the great executive depart
ments of the Government without this:
law would Inevitably result in chaos.
The Civil Service Commissioners are
doing excellent work and their COM
p%ensation is Inadequate considering the
service they perform.
The statement that the examinations
are not practical in character is based
on B. misapprehension Of the practice
of the. Commission. The departments
are invariably consulted as to the re-
uuirements desired and as to the char
acter of questions that shall be asked.
General invitations are frequently sent
out to all heads of departments asking
whether any changes in the scope or
character OF examinations are re-
uuired. In other words. the Depart
ments prescribe the requirements and
the qualifications desired. n the Civil
Service Commission co-operates with
them in securing persons with these
qualifications and insuring onpen AMI
impartial competition. In a large
number of examinations tas. for EXAM
pie. those for trades Dositionsb there
are 10 educational requirements what
ever. and a person who a neither
read nor write NAV pass with a high
average. Vacancies in the service are
fllied with reasonable xDedltfo ana
the machinery of the Commission.
which reaches every part Of the
try.~is the best agency that has vet
been devised for finding people with
the most suitable qualifications for the
various offices to be filled. Written
competitive examinations do not make
an ideal method for filling positions.
Il they do represent an ~nneasura
bly, advan- upon the "spoils'' method.
under which outside politicians really
make the appointments nominally
made by the executive officers. the aD-
pointees being chosen by the politicians
in question. in the great - ioritv OF
cases. for reasons totally unconnected
with the needs Of h service or Of the
public
Statistics gathered by h Census
Bureau show that the tenure of office
in the Government service does not
differ materially from hat enioved by
EMPLOYEES of large business
tions. Heads of executive departments
and members Of the Commission have
called NV attention 10 the fact that
the rule recurring n filing of charges
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