Chinese Immigration (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Tue question of Chinese immigration has drawn to it a degree of attention since the immigrants began to land in this country thirty years ago, which can hardly be explained by their numbers, their conduct, or their capacity. The total arrivals from China during a quar ter'oi a century have not equaled the number of per sons which have landed at New York from Europe in six months during most of those same years. Their behavior, under great provocation. Has excited no com motion nor has their learning. Power, skill. Or bigotry been such as to give any reasonable ground for alarm. It is not easy to account for the excitement on rational grounds, or to explain the many unfounded statements against the Chinese which have passed current, even after their inaccuracy has been shown. A good deal of the discussion has arisen from the different views taken as to what might grow out of their presence or increase. Some, drawing on their fears for their facts, regard them as the first ripple of an overwhelming flood of ignorance, poverty, heathenism, and vice; while others. Speaking from experience. After trying them in various capacities, assure us that the Chinese are docile, temperate. Thrifty. And industrious. And have great ca pacity for improvement.

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