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Show That Ukatuen Cuinee. Nearly three thousand Chinamen havo arrived arriv-ed in California within a month, Bays a western exohango, while tho tolegraph informs ua daily of tho disoharge by Jaro firms, in Sao Francisco, of all their Chinese workmen and the employment em-ployment in thoir stead of white labor. Very naturally, juat here, tho question arises what arc theso Chinamen, both the newly arrived and tho discharged, to do? What ia to bcoomo of them? Thoy can't bo permuted to starvo, neither can they bo killed off, notwithstanding notwith-standing tho willingness, of a great many individuals, that eitiior fortune should happen to these unfortunates. It is said that as soon as the Chinaman learns a trade ho sets up for himself and undersoils tho largo manufacturer. , This, certainly, oan bo no just oause for complaint by tho oonsumor, and yet tho men who raise tho greatest hue and ory, over anything and everything approaching monopoly, are alaoamoDg tho loudest dcolaimers against the "Heathen Chinee." It is simply useless use-less to imagino that, bcoauso these Celestials aro quicker and more apt at learning and oan do bettor work at lower figures than their competitors, thoy can be tabooed and got rid of. If ouo or a dozen manufacturers think best to disohargo them because thoy are keen onough to malgt better wages by starting in for themselves, then theso manufaoturors aro tho ones who will loso in tho long run, and thore aro scores of others, throughout tho country, who can afford to employ the Chinamen at such rates as will prooludo tho temptation for the "heathen" "hea-then" to set up Buch a rivalry. While nearly 3,000 Celestials a month arrivo at San FrancUco, tho best thiDg manufacturers manu-facturers and capitalists oan do is to put them to work and pay thorn enough to retain their services |