The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-11-22
IN BEHALF OF THE CHINESE

From the Washington Post.
| Editor Post: In this mornings paper
you speak of the outrage at Kwangs
and after calling attention to the fact
that the Chinese hostility appears to be
directed against Americans, you ask,
can the Chinese minister explain why
none but Americans ar, under the ban?'
The answer is easy. A few days ago
at the Mohonk conference I spoke of the
shame that all honorable Americans must
feel at the manner Of execution of the
Chinese exclusion act. This is at the bot
tom of all the trouble, and 1t is time that
| this country called halt; it is time that
Congress showed that it is animated by
a spirit of fairness, and that it will treat
Chinese by law on the basis of the pres
ent treatment of the Japanese. It is hard
but true that this country does not dare
to treat the Japanese as it does the Chi
nese. This is what rankles in the bos-
oms of all the Chinese. There is no use
in Americas returning indemnities, being
generous, and demanding a recognition of
Chinese autonomy, and various other in
teresting things of that kind, as long as
its treatment of the common people of
China stands as 1t does today, colossal
disgrace to this country.
The truth of the matter is that when
the Chinese come to America they become
SO Americanized that a very large num-
Der remain here permanently and become
useful and valuable citizens. 1t would be
the best thing that could possibly strike
this country If today 1t could admit $780,
COO cooks and house servants, who would
do more to restore the American home
by making it possible to keep house, than
all the moralizing and philosophizing that
is now so generally extant.
The answer to your question, Mr.. Edi-
tor, is perfectly plain. The Chinese hate
the Americans because the Americans
treat the Chinese liks dogs, and in man.
ner they dare not treat any other people
on the face of the earth.
VIM. r. CASTLE,
4 Tlfakkru MED UHRYSANTHEMUMS
From the New York Press.
A chrysanthemum with perfume is one
of the newest things in flower culture.
What is still more striking, 400 such
buds grow on one tree and all are OF
pale rose color. Chrysanthemums are
gorgeous flowers. but what might have
been called an imperfection in them is
their lack of perfume. This has been
changed by an Englishman named
Broomhead, who worked for many years
seeking to evolve such a plant. He mod
estly admits this success was largely
thing of luck, but his explanation of
how 1t was done really is an interesting
story. "For a long time" said he, II
have tried mixing the essence of flowers
in the hope of finding new variety.
This Is done by taking the dust from
the anthers of one flower and sprinzling
it in the stigma of another. But you
may keep on doing this for many years
without success. The seed of combina-
ton may only produce an ordinary flow
err, but one day the flower chemist
may wake up and find he has a fortune
| in a flower. That Is what has happened
| to me- / knew l had something out of
| the ordinary when l became aware OF
the delicious perfume. Other growers
can produce the same bloom now by
| purchasing the seed, but they cannot
solve the secret of the yellow dust used
| in its original cultivation"
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