| Show wm The Chinese side sid of ot the exclusion question qU IB IH set Itt t forth by JL M r Ho Ito 0 Yow Yot Chinese consul g general to the United States In an article In the September number of the North American Review The Time gentleman characterizes the tho ox cluelon act net as 18 n a but with this thie difference 11 I that the th prototype e v wu wa built against robbers and marauded while the Imitation In this country a 19 a leared the Industrious emm p citizens of Ir r n It friendly He lie 1 then positively vel denies that hut Chi I nose nOlo labor In country is tim II a meat ment to us lie He says there can bo Le no nc overproduction but on uch nuch thing as rill time the contrary the tho more production will willbo demand there there Is the time more bo iii and the easier are those th e demands satisfied Were Vere Chinese labor cheap ho time tho Influx of It II to 10 the to coast would be lit the greatest boon that section of country It would open the time soil to life lICe and nil fill It with fruition tie tho vai saat t would open many fields 11 II In III which the tho would an be lill unable to 10 enter and create commerce In oceanic and busl which there would could be atH for tor nil III Hut he further Chine label lubor li ie riot not cheap so th thue lher i In II no well found founded ed od objection to It on that score Ameil Mneri Is cheap While can labor he ho nays Chinese labor Is dear As 11 nil an lion Ion he lie mentions sawed l timber holier which is 18 laid lal down In Iii the tho Settlements for or two Iwo coats cents n a toot tool China he lie says with labor at from S Ii to 1020 20 rants a n day If It It could coult not cut It for tor that price pries the thc cheat cheap labor of or wore were a n fact that China was wall the tho formidable competition bo he would have no It Is In said anti to you commerce All the factories in III inthe inthe the would Voul center canter In China Chinn which natural In de deposits Is la as rich 1101 In III posits of minimis and materials nod and in III US ns B laY iny In coWl coun country try on the globe 1101 0 Machinery makes therefore America Is ii labor nUll and of 01 the tho leading country In III the tIme matter chea labor laborThe laborThe The entire argument Is IngeniouslY much touch constructed I and urged with force Coree but It will Ili not carry conviction to Chinese In la labor the tho American bor tier Is IH objected l to on the tho ground that he time Chinese Although they compete with the tho white laborer In the lIe various which can cnn bo ho earned earnell re refuse reo refuse fields fl In wages of the time fuse fu to old aid In the consumption products of American labor They Tho nar nan narow narrow row ow the field of cC opportunities for tor earn elun In lag nf and do not recompense for tor this by enlarging the tho markets They The live In mall shacks nt at a n minimum of outlay while they ih Rend onil to China for much of their heir food clothing and luxuries They tell lell all nil they can cnn but do not nol buy hu much In n this country countr Under the circum whether what her their labor 13 Ia cheap or not considering Itt Its quality It 11 Is looked upon ns nm a II detriment to the time country there thero Is In another line of argument which time tho Ih Chinese consul general Wily may mayto ml I t to to him U tin u n nell cd ell States Slates Is beneficial to th this country because of time the greater Industrial Ind activity ac ne activity It stimulates why wh Is It It not as beneficial to China Chinn to keep keell thorn them nt at home In order to stimulate the In Industrial activity whore where It Is Ia l ns as much i needed ns nR hero If It there thero Is III no such thing ns liS overproduction anti and distress dl s oil Ott 01 account of competition why h do the Chinese leave heave their own land hand with Its dear labor In bor and como come h here rc where labor laborIs Is 18 so BO cheap Hy lIy his own oln theory theon the use of Chinese labor In the time United States would so enormously Increase the time volume of wealth that Industry would spring up on every hand Time The presence of ot the Chinese laborer would not he ho argued affect the wages nags of the whIte workman The Chinaman would be lie paid only what he lie Is he earns Why Wh should he argue so ford forel forcibly bly buy In favor of ot Increasing ln the wealth of ot the tho United States at the expense of oC a 11 corresponding decre decrease a e of at the wealth of ot othla his hla own country countr The gentleman Is evidently on to business Ho offers us a certain amount of ot surplus of ot Chinese e labor not on the ground that China Chinn would be glad to get rid of Its surplus but on the ground that we need 11 It very Cr badly and that China would accommodate us though a 11 loser by doing loing so 80 Is not that too That appeal will he be In vain notwithstanding lIng Its lis eloquence |
