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Show the cnne email A Flood cf Public Opinions Against If. Prominent Citizens Express Their Ideas on the Subject. Some Even Co So Far As to Demand the Retirement of the Council. The Dispatch man has buttonholed some of the business men regarding the action nf the City Council in awarding the contract for the board of prisoners to the Chinaman. Sing Lang, and here is what some of them said: "I believe in giving all such work to American citizens, and I think it a t reat oversight on the part of the city fathers to award such a contract to a Chinaman who has no interest in our city or our country." R. R. Irvine, of Irvine & Barney. "My opinion in regard to the awarding award-ing of the contract to furnish the city prisoner with board, revolves itself upon the basis that a citizen and taxpayer tax-payer that furnishes means to the support sup-port of city government is considered of less importance than would cover the difference of i a cent per meal. Why. of course, the economical demands de-mands upon the city fathers compels them to award the contract to a Chinaman." China-man." F. W. C. HATnENRIUXK. 'I think it bad enough for a roan to be in jail without having to eat after a Chinaman, and as a taxpayer and humanitarian hu-manitarian I am willing to pay five or ten mills more to sustain white men, and this kind ot protection against foreign for-eign labor I favor." D. P. Felt. "I believe the City Council would have the uuauiinous support of the citizens of Provo if they had awarded the contract to an American, even if the city would have been obliged to pay more for boarding their prisoners. My reasons are these: 1st. It is against public policy to encourage Chinese labor in America; 2d. It is questionable question-able as to whether or not the Chinaman China-man will be able to furnish tha neces-sarv neces-sarv security for the faithful performance perform-ance of his duty." John M. Haxsex. a celestial's glory. "No Chinamen for me while a fellow fel-low citizen can be found to do the work. If he does get i a cent more, let the tax-payers and citizens be recipients re-cipients of the favors that demand the public money to pay for it. 'Ye Gods! what next?' 'A Celestial's Glory' with a vengeance." A. A. Nooy. ' What do I think of the Council's action in awarding to the Chinaman the contract tor feeding city prisoners? This: Chinamen, at least Provo Chinamen, China-men, have no interest in Provo. They oay no taxes; they invest no money; their manners, their morals, their all, are of not the sleightest advantage to the people. On tiio contrary they are a direct injury. They come here to gather up what money they can, and when they once get hold of it, good bye to what they received. If they spend a dollar for wares it is for the Chinese make. Their food to a large extent ex-tent the same, and what is left they ship out of the country. B. M. Roberts Rob-erts is a man, a citizen, and a tax payer pay-er in Provo. with a home here, and is spending his time, labor and means in bulletin's up our city, and bid within one-half a cent per meal of the Mongolian. Mon-golian. Well, I think that if the action of the Council is to be judged from a standpoint of economy it is most stupid. From any other standpoint, stand-point, ditto. Our nation has declared that we have no use for Chinamen, and so say I. "Provo work for Provo workmen " D. D. IIotttz. "I think it an outrage on civilization, civiliza-tion, and the tax payers of I'rovo in particular, because the man that had the next lowest bid was a tax payer. I am in favor of giving the tax payers the benefit of all such contracts, even if it costs ali'.tle more." W. 1). Roberts. "1 think that the meals will cost the city 20 cents, because the man to whom the contract was awarded will send every cent out of the country. Whereas a man whose interests is centered cen-tered in I'rovo will place it all here. Therefore to my mind the Chinaman's bid was the highest-offered lo the Council." V. L. IIalliday. "I am unqualifiedly in favor of giving giv-ing the preference to American citizens citi-zens in all mutters of employment. My preference for Americans is bigger than a half cent per meal. The city council have, in my opinion, acted on the practice of half cent patriotism. Away with Chinese cheap labor, and the city council that patronizes it to the exclusion of Americans for the sake of a half cent." J. W.N. White-cottox. White-cottox. "To award contracts to a class of beings be-ings whose only purpose in our country coun-try is to hoard up and carry away our wealth to another nation is a policy that should be condemned by every true American. I believe in awarding contracts to the lowest bidder when all things are equal." Ed. Olsox. "The Council is authorized lo award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, yet at the same time, when it comes so close, I think the contract should have been awarded to a citizen and taxpayer." J. D. Jones. "I am opposed to running out citizens citi-zens and taxpayers in favor of Chinamen.'' China-men.'' II. E. Giles. "f am in favor of Americans and people who intend to make America their home and become citizens, receiving re-ceiving all the benefits that go from our people to laboring men. Chiiu-men Chiiu-men or anv other class of people who come to tliis country for the express ..purpose- of acquiring a few dollars and then leave our country never to return, I am uncompromisingly opposed to, and" to their coming in competition with American labor." A. D. Gash. "i don't think Provo has any money to send to China." Jos. E. Daniels. "I think it was an improper course to pursue, as ail public contracts should be awarded to our citizens in preference to Chinamen who have no interest m our country." T. M. Sam-uelsox. Sam-uelsox. 'T am opposed to giving a Mongolian work of any kind, as it is in opposition opposi-tion to the policy of the government." Alex. Wilktns. "I am opposed to giving a contract to a Chinaman against a resident taxpayer, tax-payer, where public money is involved, and would rather see a taxpayer get the coutract, even though the Chinaman China-man agreed to do it for nothing." J. A. Brown. "I think it a genuine outrage. I would rather pay double the price to a white man, than" to a Chinaman." A. D. Hold a way. "Democracy says. 'Provo work for Provo workmen,' and any man who would give a Chinaman the preference over a Provo boy and a taxpayer, should sink into political oblivion. Provo lias no uee for such a Council." W. II. Brown. |