CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA.
In California the Chinese have, it is said, become so indispensable as servants that, notwithstanding the outcry raised against their immigration, they have established a footing there based entirely on their own merits. Consul Booker, in his report on the trade and commerce of California for 1873, lately issued, states that in the early part of last year the anti-Chinese cry was taken up by all classes of politicians, and at one time took so forcible a shape that the Chinese companies who control the immigration telegraphed to stop it altogether, and for a few months there were no arrivals ; but of late every ship has brought a few Chinamen, and, notwithstanding all that has been said or written against the Chinese, it must be evident to every one that without them many of the wants of the people would have to go unsatisfied, as in the country they are almost entirely used as domestic servants and perform many duties for which they are especi ally adapted. Strong as the prejudice against them may be, it is certain it is not strong enough to keep those who are their most formidable opponents from making use of their services.
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Globe, Volume III, Issue 216, 17 February 1875, Page 3
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201CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA. Globe, Volume III, Issue 216, 17 February 1875, Page 3
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