East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-06-20
NEW YORK LETTER

New York, June 20.-The southern
commissioners who have come here
TO talk to the emigrants that fill Ellis
Island every day, and induce them to
go south instead of west, find the task
very difficult The emigrants are all
well informed concerning the situation
and know where the best wages are
paid, and where their work will Yrofit
them the most and so they stay in
the cities, or go west or north into
Canada.
Commissioner Watchorn says that
out of 400 emigrants 399 know, when
they land, exactly where they are go
ing, and nothing that the southern
commissioners can do, will alter their
determination. Besides they want to
get near friends and countrymen. who
speak the same language and love
the same customs as they do They
can find plenty OF such localities in
the north, and indeed they have been
sent for from just such localities. and
by such old friends. When they are
told how superior the south Is, they
think the men telling them that are
confidence men, and shrink away from
them. Then the south finds 1t diff
ficult to supply them with work at the
trades they follow, and offer them
farms instead, which the emigrants
say they know nothing about
Thus the tide continues to trend to
the west and the north. with a large
share left in the cities that are near
est to them as they land. An emf
grant is a tough problem; he fixes up
the whole program before he leaves
his old home, and does not believe in
changing it at the solicitation Of stran-
gers. Notwithstanding the fact that
they officially represent states OF the
republic.
Chinese Orator of Ability.
Inspired by enthusiasm for the
cause he was advocating in a speech
against the exclusion of the Chinese,
Joe Tong Lee, a native of Canton,
vanQuished four of the American stu
dents who competed with him in the
Sandman oratorical contest which was
a feature of the exercises in connec-
tion with commencement week at the
New York University Lee, who came
to this country to fit himself to be
teacher. surprised every one by his
Oratorioal ability. The contest is open
to seniors and juniors of the School
of Applied Sciences. and prizes of s75
and SIS are awarded annually from
the George Augustus Sandman fund,
founded by Miss Anna NJ. Sandman.
| Six men, all from the junior class,
were entered this year and few ex-
pected that tho modest young Chi
nese would beat all save one of his
competitors. From the start, how
ever. Of his grafton he warmed to
his subject, as though every word he
uttered were a plea for justice to the
members of his race. He made Il
comprehensive argument in favor of
letting the Chinese come into this
country.
Was il Dye. or Acid?
The knowledge possessed by Rol-
and P. Molineux as to the composition
of various acids dyes and other chem
icaI compounds was in request in the
federal court a fortnight ago.
The question at issue in the trial
was whether "bromo-fluoric acid" is
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