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Show TELEGRAPHIC HEY ASU THE C1I1X:m, Io?lui!iMti'r (eucml fcpeuk- uj GuoJ Hord lor the llvitlUvn. NtiW York, 1. Times Washington: In a converc;ition with Key to-day, on the condition of the CLiinfaa in California, he gave tho following as the result of his observations during bis recent visit to the Pacific Coast. Politicians aro almost to a man against Chinese and mitagon;z3 lliein i bitterly. Merchants, manufacturers, farmers and nearly the entire employing employ-ing class, are very fond of the Chinese, ;ind prefer them t j any other laborers. They ape tiU in the highest terma uf Chinese. They eiy they are docile, obedient, obligiDK, punctual, hard-working and laithlal. They are exceedingly thrifty and economical. economi-cal. They are temperate in their habits, do not drink liquora of nny kind, eut very little meat, and live ulrtifiot onlimlirnn rifH fl in wnnflpr- alruost entirely on rice. It is wonderful wonder-ful to tee bow liltio a Chinaman can live on. Their economy struck mc ;u something marveiouB. Lrge num-hera num-hera of them eleep in a Bingle ill-veu tilated room. Xhey constantly vioUl the fundamental laws of health and yet ttiey are seemingly very healthy. I was a&tonidhed to le'ain that they bad no hospital, I waeshown tbrouiili tlio Chinese quarter of Son Francisco by the mayor, and saw everything in that locality, but there are a number num-ber ot places beio in Washington fully as bad if not worse, than anything any-thing I saw in Chinatown, I also observed that the railroad companies employed a large number of China men, and found them excellent workmen, work-men, While on the Pacific Coaet the postmaster general had Bpecia! opportunities for observing the habits and customs of Chinese and of ascertaining ascer-taining correct public aontiraent in regard to them. He was escorted through the Chinese quarter of San Francisco by the mayor and other local officials, and as these o Ulcere are known to have the prevailing prejudice againEt theBe people, every aspect of the question unfavorable t Mongolians was preaented. The postmaster general has returned from the Pacific Coadt with the impression that the Chinese are not aa much an -infliction as the "hoodlums" represent. |