California and the Pacific coasthave thus far been the principal sufferers friom this terrle evil. but in the absence of restrictive legislatiou. such as is here proposed. the day is not distaiit. and cannot be. when our rtufotitnate experience will lie shared by every community throutghout the length antl breadlth of the ltlad. With Lapopolation of.15.0(s).000 to draw upot. the numerical ability of the Chinese Empire to literally submerge its beneath a. tidal wave of vice. disease. aid bairbarisn catnot be denied. And the will. the disposition. is not lacking. The census demonstrates that Chinese immigration is steadily illcreasing. No doubt the tide has been checked in some measure by the unceasing agitation oi the Pacilic slope. But defeat this bill. throw wide open til (olden Gate. aitl no itan calt predict the end. no man cal foretell the ultiutate offect on the freedom and civilization of this country.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese immigrants are a tidal wave of vice, disease, and barbarism that will submerge the country.