popularly believed that the Emperor of China sells Coolies himself, by

the shipload, and even at retail, but such is not the case. He is known

to be exceedingly anxious to destroy the Coolie trade. The "voluntary"

emigration of Chinamen to California already amounts to a thousand

a month, and this treaty will greatly increase it. It will not only

increase it, but will bring over a better class of Chinamen-men of

means, character, and standing in their own country. The present Chinese

immigration, however, is the best class of people--in some respects,

though not in all--that comes to us from foreign lands. They are the

best railroad hands we have by far. They are the most faithful, the

most temperate, the most peaceable, the most industrious. The Pacific

Railroad Company employs them almost exclusively, and by thousands.

When

a chicken roost or a sluice-box is robbed in California, some Chinaman

is almost sure to suffer for it--yet these dreadful people are trusted

in the most reckless manner by the railroad people. The Chinese railroad

hands go down in numbers to Sacramento and often spend their last cent.

Then they simply go to the Superintendent, state their case, write their

names on a card, together with a promise to refund out of the first

wages coming to them, and with no other security than this, railroad

tickets are sold to them on credit. Mr. Crocker and his subordinates

have done this time and again, and have yet to lose the first cent

by it. In the towns and cities the Chinamen are cooks, chambermaids,

washerwomen, nurses, merchants, butchers, gardeners, interpreters in

banks and business houses, etc. They are willing to do anything that

will afford them a living.

The Treaty With China