They assimilate with American society and become a part of the American people. The competition iu the field of labor between such men and the American is a contest between equals. While the Enropean immigrant augments production he becomes a liberal consumer. The Clinanmi clothes himself in cheap imported fabrics. and his principal article of food is imported rice. The European immigrants build homes. rear fitiilics. and surround themselves with the luxuries and ruitenieuts of modern life. The Chinese take shelter in the hovel. or mass themselves in houses like swine in the sty. and send their wages to China. The accnulations of the European immigrants remain in the country and swell the aggregate wealth of the nation. Moreover. they are free. independent men. who control their own labor and their own destiny. They soon become the earnest defenders of fie institu tions and republican government.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizes about the living conditions and economic behavior of Chinese immigrants, contrasting them negatively with European immigrants.