Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-14
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" JOHANNESBURG John Chinamat'
must 80 Out - the Transyaal'
] ,te pemas ',aa@ .., has Written '..s,i
~ 5bat d1csce on the Industrial WIZ
OF south &frlca NJ more coolies are
10 be innortad The htas shipment OF
s,O0o back to China was made, nov
more ttuin il ycua age and otfers VIII
Dr. exported at Intervals 18TH thess
yellow slaves us the, are called, an"
eliminated from the golden treasure
vaults Of tte Rand
THE CHINESE AND THE WORLDS
GOLD,
fiin movement will affect the whole
w9iid " VIII for il time, dam the
onotmous streams Of the yellow metal
which huyo been nownr out of these
mines and Will cut down the gold sup
Ply Of the nations With&l the past
twenty yoal'S South Africa has pro
duced billion dollars worth of but
lien, and about half III this has been
turned out since the Eoer war 1t has
been mined largely by Chinese et1Aan
1aber and !uW thai tho Chinese are Ia
no. the mining nAhobS airs IN despalr
agie setting others to tWte their nlaees
Gold mining in the TrausvHal is It
low grttde rfopusitlan aud Ii must he
ca 81 ~ lalpce upw ON the Rand more
THAI nUo-third do not veld over 81 81
worth OF gold 10 the ton and in sntnr
the vield he Stili less. Thc quantity
nj orc is practically ineNhaustible, anl
the output is limited, almost entirely
by the amount OF labor ~ hand. Lust
year II was about Si3n.0Go 0Gn or he
tween one-third ANA one fourth of tile
whole gold stp,nly Of the world, It
could he doubled or trebied II the Rand
had the labor. and IL it has it NOT. 1t
must fall There arc more than 30 900
Chinese here at work and they form
tile best Of the unskilled labor that
the Rand has ever had
THE NATIVE LABOR SUPPLY.
But first let me toll YOU something
about the native labor Of South Africa
There are about 5,000.000 negroes in tho
British possesSions south of the eoua-
tor, and there are perhaps l0no,u0o
more in Portuguese East Africa over
the Way. OF this. however. large
number are cpmursed of old men and
women ana children. The men en-
pluved In ths mines range in age
from Is To 40 md it is estimated thnt
there IS only something like 100000
at.ailnhle employees in the whole nnpu-
latinr Moreover, the nativ-s will not
work lonver than six months at time
so this outs tho constant supply doWn
to rnssihle 100000, which, even If IL
could he relied upon, is far less team
tho wants of the country.
Reforc TIE Rner war there were ILL.,
COO ratives employed in the gold mines
This number dropped to almost nothins
during thnt struggle. and the high
wares ben naid by the armies and 9th.
cis 50 disorsnri2ea the industry that
when the war closed and the mines
again began ia work the shortage In
the labor supulv was 30,0oG and more.
II was thcngthat the possibility OF get
ting Chinese was discussed and, as a
result the GeIastials were brought here
by the ,shiplp2d, .5is
HoNaTIdE CHINESE CAME TO
A5 AFRICA.
The importation began in 1904 The,
first SHIPMENT came in July. and by the
close of that year 10000 Of these al
mond eyed pig tailed workmen were
getting out gold. Since then about 80
or more steamer loads have been
brought, ard the total invasion has
amounted to 10000 or more. This has