The total value of the personal and real property owned by a popnlation of twentyfive thousand in the heart of the great city of San Francisco. is less than $600.000. on which they pay an annual tax of $8.229.50. t sun insufficient to pay the salaries of onehalf the policemen stationed in the Chinese quarter alone. The rents in that portion of the city occupied by Chinese are from 50 to 75 per cent. lower than the rent of buildings in other quarters not as favorably located for business purposes. That such a population should be permitted under the sanction of law to crowd thousands of our own mechanics out of employ. inonopolizo the trade in the five great Asiatic staples of tea. rice. silk. opium. and tobacco. and fill places that would afford occupation for four thousand idle boys and three thousand poor men. women. and girls who need themo. is one of the most extraordinary spectacles of our times. Sir. this is not all. The Chinese are equally incapable of instruction in our politics and religion.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese are incapable of instruction in politics and religion, monopolize trade, and take jobs from Americans.