The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-07-16
ENSLAVEMENT OF THE CHINESE
HongOlians Struggled Into This Coun-
try Practically Sold Into Bondage.


said Inspector Ross of the immi-
grafton office, who, for several
years, under Chief Inspector Tip
petit, followed the trail of the
smugglers. 1T is made to pay in
the same way as the negro traffic
in the south was made to pay in
slavery days" continued Mr..
Ross.
The poor Chinese, who come
to this country at great expense to
some persons, are nothing less than
slaves for several years. What
man who understands the business,
wouldn't be willing to put up, say,
$1,000, in order to have a bond
slave working for him, for perhaps
five years, for nothing but TODD and
clothing?
In order to understand Just
how it is done, one must know all
about the conditions under which
Chinese live in this country; must
be familiar with their mysterious
organization and their social in
stlnct, and the national tie which
binds them together in the very
mist of a race, which would like
to do away with them, and which
has passed exclusion laws to that
end.
while we are all the time try
ing to trap and arrest the men who
are bringing the Chinese over the
border, they are not the ones at the
bottom OF the system. The ones
who are actually at the bottom Of
the system are wealthy Chinese
merchants in Chicago and else
where, They are the ones who
usually finances the enterprise,
but to connect them with the
smuggling in a criminal way seems
almost impossible. Yet, many Of
these Chinese merchants are not
at all secretive in their interest in
the Chinese, whom we sometimes
capture They come into open
court and put up cash bail for the
Celestials and they see that they
are delivered back to the court.
For instance there is Hong
Sling, who owns several laundries
and restaurants, and who is inter-
ested in various other enterprises.
in Chicago. He didn't hesitate
to show an interest in three Chin
csc we recently brought over from
the border. He was in Commits
sioner Harris's Office, in Port
Huron, when the three were ar
raigned, and he supplied 5000
cash bail for the three men, taking
them to Chicago to await exami-
nation.
Il asked Hong Sling if he were
not afraid the three men WOI1Id
run away, and he be the loser.
" They won't run away re-
piled Sling. They wouldn't dare
go
- Suppose they did run away?'
asked Sling.
" I'd get them again he said.
What would happen if they
did try to keep away from your
| asked him again. And Sling
drew his finger across his throat,
smiled meaningly and made a CUR
Cling sound.
Perhaps Sling didn't mean Just
that. But he meant something
like it. He meant that smuggled
Chinese can't evade their bond
masters. Suppose these three
Cinnamon did run away, and Sling
lost 81 900 each for their bail,
they would have to pay him in
labor for years to come.
Even if they don't run away,
and stay to contest the cases in
court, those Chinese will cost close
to S., 900 each before they get free,
if they do escape the courts. 1t
costs about $500 to have them
Struggled, and it costs about $500
in court for attorneys and ex-
penses. 1t is just matter of in
yesting 81, 900 in a slave. OF
course, you might say that a
Chinaman will work in gratitude
for the man who defends hin, hut