The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
THE CHINESE BOYCOTT
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Most Remarkably Organized,
D,piua Says Rev. S. N. Ussher. y
IT IS NOT ANTI AMERICAN ONLY
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IT Is, NOT ANTI AMERICAN ONLY
United states Picked Out a. an "Easy
Mark" Declares Ph1ladelphian Back
y. From Tour In China-Move9ent II
Meant to Scare All FOreigners-How
BIZ. G.ilds Compel Obedience. 4ml45
."If the Chinese boycott Of American
products were called OF today its ef-
fects on our commerce would not die
for years." if . Iuaf'Ih {
This is the judgment of the Rev. Sgd
sney, NJ usher, formerly rector Of AL
Saints Episcopal church in Philadel-
phia, who recently returned from
three years tour around the world,
says the New York Times. He left his
parish in 1908, armed himself with
credentials AMI started out to see for
himself. what sort of work the mission.
/, aries were doing. g- t...E -r.t. go ,,f
d. During the Ave months he spent In
"a China he had a chance to observe the
workings of the boycott He says 1t IL
the most remarkably organized move
ment he has ever known of. America
was picked out for the boycott, he said
Ia substance, not SO much because of
the i'll treatment travelling Chinese re-
ceived in the United States as because
the Chinese take the United States for
an ''easy mark"-a country which will
not resort to warlike retaliation.
This sending of troops to the Philip.
pines is one of the wisest moves ever
determined on by President Roosevelt
and the secretary OF war;" said DR..
Usher the other day. "A show, of
force Is what impresses the Chinese
above everything else. --.,i 81 81 .sAtg
1.-THE well founded accusations that
the reception accorded to Chinese visit
Ors In America is not courteous fur
nish a diplomatic pretext, not the real
reason of the boycott. The Chinese dis
like the foreigners for coming in and
splitting up the country, and the boy
colt Is the chief weapon of revenge.
They picked out the United States this
time because they knew we would not
send an army over and fight them, MS
France or Russia might. But the anil
mus of the boycott is against foreign
traders. In? general and is intended to
be a. sort of scare to the European ma
tlons. b tii, .'fi ir.s sir 4.i. n vi lii4f
r,'l The way the boycott Is organized is
wonderful The guilds that exist in
such numbers are the means through
which 1t is kept up. These guilds are
MI powerful. II they once decide on
any measure the man who disobeys II
disgraced- mot he alone, but his family
aiso. :, r ---- --i''---''
ain Shanghai street if try to get q
Chinansn I'd; ;carry me Sd his rickshaw
the conversation runs like this:
a Z" :" How much do you charge to carry
me TO the edge Of the American con-
cessionr
y "cYou 'MelIcanr .9e ,2slH5 79y''
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NO cally Mclean 7 q
mo matter IL offer him double the
price and threaten to thrash him, It's
: the same answer. NO cally Mclean
Then go to another Chlnaman, and II
he asks ME II I am an American I say:
} Don't you hear me speak English
Don't you know that the man who
speaks English Is an EnglishmanT
Then the Chinan1an smiles and carries
me wherever i want to go. He Is NOR
tally afraid to break the boycott de-
elared by his guild on American patron
age. No pecuniary, consideration, no
fear Of bodily harm, can outweigh his
fear Of disgracing himself and his fam
lily through disobedicnce. ast-r,sa
$50 these guilds have spread the boy
. colt throughout the entire empire in all
.sorts Of out Of the way places" IL
,d3Ai representative of an American
watch company showed DR.. Ussher let
ters canceling $500. 900 worth Of orders
unless, the, words MADE in America
were, left or tie watches. ! 4iii
THE man was An a bad predica-
mepty said DR.. Ussher. because the
stamp. Made in America, Is required
by the unions in America. If they
kpew Iwhatlit meant they would not
dick 10 that srequirsment for the loss
of thousands of dollars worth of busi-
ness means overproduction, and that
means the shutting down Of plants and
the dtschRrge Of American workmen."
SSsfZ ~ - =. ~. ~.
"OvERFED ON HUMOR."