The Chinese Question.
[TO THE EDITOR.)
Sib, —The Chinese question seems to be engaging the public attention a little, and now that we have them in our midst, with their shops and vegetable carts, it is a fair question to ventilate in your valued medium. Tbe first question to ask is, I think, do we like the Chinese in our midst, and ft so, why do we hear so much said against them as fellow settlers in this new land’ And why, it they are objectionable, do we trade wiih them as we do? Is it not a fact that most of those who speak against the Chinamen are purchasing goods of all kinds, whether it be from » cart filled with vegetables or a shop where goods of all sorts are found on sale -nay, the very people who howl loudest about protection are the people who it they can get a cook at a trifle lower wages, or a bunch of turnips with one more in for the same price as from a white man, are ths people who support the Chinamen, The whole question is in a nut shell—leave off trading with the Chinamen, and they must go, for they cannot 11 ve among themselves.—l am, &0,, WfUTB.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 574, 24 February 1891, Page 2
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210The Chinese Question. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 574, 24 February 1891, Page 2
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