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Show Xol Favorably Ktrnclc hf Call-loroiu'6 Call-loroiu'6 Cry. Washington, 5. Martin, of the house labor committee, arrived today. to-day. At San Francisco the principal topic of inquiry was as to Iho eGect of Chinese immigration. Farmers, tradesmen, mechanics, peddlers, miners and workmen all agreed that they could not held their own against 1 the Chinamen, and (without intending intend-ing anything of the sort) they bore the atrongeat testimony in favor of the skill, business capacity, industry, endurance and frugality of tho "moon-eyed lepers." In fact, it ia the good qualities of the Chinese that the most fault is found with. Whether these good qualities are soundesirable that immigrants possessing them ought to be excluded from the country is a question fcr congress and government, govern-ment, but there is certainly little doubt that the feeling against Chinese Chin-ese among the working classes in California is very bitter and very general. j |
