The Ordway new era., 1909-01-01
CHINESE LABOR
BAD FOR STATE
60 SAYS LABOR COMMISSIONER
SWANSON IN HIS ANNUAL
REPORT.
IMMIGRATION FIGURES
MINING TROUBLES HAVE BEEN
se7TLep AND MINES EMPLOY
NEARLY 10000 MEN.

II ,ycr-"Chl:,csc labor Is dctrimen.
tqI to the state" says ANcl swanson
stltr labor commissioner In MS bleh'
mai report now ready to 20 to the
irt.r This Is the first complete
r,port in six years to come out OF the
labor commissioner office and 1t Is
n yoiumIuous document in which gen
cral conditions In the state are re-
yIrwrl cXhaustivcly. Discussing the
question Of Chinese labor, Commits
sionrr Swanson states there ar" about
500 Chinese laborcrs In Colorado, that
they are mostly engaged in small bust
ncsscs. such as lauudrics, stores ana
restaurants. that they are few OF them
married and they are detrimental to
the state because they spend but htle
OF their money for American made
goods.
The commissioner recommends an IN
yCstiEDtion OF their manner OF living,
which he declares is unsanitary and
menace to the w flare OF the commun'
lty In which they reside.
Another interesting feature OF the
lANpl 'bullAlA3NlNl'A y l'l'AA - 80 80
uros showing the immigration to Colo
rndo during the last two years. Italian
immigration leads. with l.TG9 in the
past two years, and German immlgra-
tiun comes second with S95. and the
Creations come third with 7l3. That
the Chinese are not increasing by i'm
migration apparently. it being shown
ftR1tH ffg. have I'nlnFuIn
In two years. The number OF people
lmmigrutinE to Colorado is as follows:
German. S95: Scandinavian, 1885, Eng
lish. 375: CrOatlan. Tl3: Greeks. 200;
Armenian. /; Bohemian. 80. Bulga.
rian 9O Chinese. 3; Cuban. /; Dal-
NATHAN. 1901: Dutch and Flemish, IS;
Finnish. a. French. ~. Hebrew. l75:
Irish. l39: Italian. l.7G9: Japanese. IL:
Corean. /: Lithuanian. 3: Magyar. 80:
Poles. 81: Portuguese. 2: Roumanian,
/: Persian. II: Scotch. lGi; Slovaks.
92 Spanish. S: Syrian. -. and 9TH
ers, g. The total is 5.60l for the past
two years.
One OF the most surprising parts OF
this report Is the statement that only
eleven Japanese have immigrated to
the state Within two years. II being
the general impression that the Jap
anese he'd almost the largest number
of immigrants coming in.
Conditions in the mines of the state
are reported generally good at the
/ present time. 1t is stated that trou-
| bles occurring at various mines with.
! In the past few years have been ad.
/ lusted and that peace and prosperity
reigns in the gold producing hills.
with employees and employers working
hand.in-hand. improvements have
been made in the working conditions
of most of the mines during the past
two years and there has been a de.
crease In mining accidents of n fatal
character. The mines are giving EN-.
ployment to nearly 10000 men at an
average wage Of $3.50 per day for la
bOrors and of $3.50 to $500 per day
Tor mechanics and skilled labor
The petroleum industry is preemi
nently mentioned. II being shown that
the oil fields in the vicinity of Flor
ehce have shipped nearly s15.OO0,OOO
worth OF crude oil and that 1000 bar.
fels Is the average production per
day in this territory. Efforts are be
ing made to reawaken interest in the
oil fields near Boulder and It Is pre-
dicted That number of wells will be
TAPPED there in the near future.
ne remainder of the report deals
WIN labor unions, manufacturing in
uuS'fies, agriculture and irrigation
ana indicate that the labor commits
Sloner has worked arduously in con
Quoting researches for data.