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iDEPORTATION* resuChinese of Bakersfield accept |*f t decisiontbeir cases wan a specie* or apniuen Indifference, beneath which, however, there la an evident current of anxiety. Several of the principal, ones amongthem were interviewed yesterday onthe matter, and when as.Iced what they would do about it, replied with the usual “no Babe” They were prolific of j grot questions as to what the latest new was and what the government won IHeaseise viet of ttheHinmt h mdo.ft is a settled fact now that the Chi nese must go, and we are now fronted with another problem, what•hall we do without them ? Homerears since Hants Hart sera determinedroanapnukaclal ithew. _ theto tlto get rid or her Chinese taunones ano passed an ordinance driving them tie- j anyyond the city limits. The Chinese In retaliation refused to do Hanta Barbara's washing, and as a result Hanta Bar tiara went unwashed for two orthree weeks. The ordinance was repealed and the offensive Mongolian was Invited to return.Will the state of California And Itselfis In I(Hll 11liotfthetreaiof IttheableIn the same position? Largely for political purposes we have kept up a clamor against the Chinese for years and our demands are now granted In a short time at most 100,000 menial workers will be withdrawn from thean onotlalair market of our state. Can we replace them with white la I Hirers who will be willing to perform the sameclass of work ?11There Is no question of the undesirability of the Chinese, of their vices, their filth and. diseases, but there Is awonKi 1 i 1SWOIthe4» rserious question as to whether the work now done by t lie in will lie done , hy others, and whether in adjusting 6urselves to the new order of things wepoulA nilit44evershall not suffer Severely, It is as though a law were passed to kill all the horses in the country, because somelass doesThat white laborers -wJ’l replacethem in time is unquestioned,and thattoo whether they remain or go, hut itwill take some time to get here people who will do this class of work.powshe*spri111 eThe tramps and the hobosOlirjatis alb! hiake the Chinese an ex-eu*e for their laxiuess, will 11ol workmormehumI) testkey*chicdoorminiwhen they are gone. People who haveenterprise enough to strike out into the Tar West io uiuke a new home do no* Hcotne to do menial latwr. People who comare win tented, with that class of 'work In tlare as contented in the east as they of rIt anHUlcmoittwould be in the west ami will not come. Our native daughters have largely been bred to think of washing and cooking as disgraceful, and a great many of them would even preferworse 11 vee t o me n I a 1 eu t ploy it ten t.In our orchards and vineyards theChinese have been largely employed They can be had at times in quantity as required, are reliable and not likely to j C|H(„ go. on a strike when they know their an,j services are imwt needed. Etfurta j B„c, have been made in many of the fruitnot!H.thehyl«rTsections, especially around tlte Jargercenters, of 'populations, to replace themIn this pursuit w ith the labor of wo- jmen and school children, and thatwith great success so far, but evenwith tills source of help ill the orchardsthere lias still been a great deal thatthe Chinese have had to be relied upon to do. And that when they are' gone we shall iiave to Itnd other labor to door leave undone to our great loss and detriment.nut1witTheir deportation will effect a coin-1PalAC 11lugplete revolution in the latair market,: K'”1 and it will take some lime for us to re- j.adjust ourselves to the new order of p, things. It may be that when we be- by oonie settled It will tie better us, but in the meantime we have a serious problem confronting us, w hut■hall we do without them?
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Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Thu, May 18, 1893
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Gabriel M.
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