II. Chinese who may be desirous of proceeding to any other part of the United States for ipurposes of labor. excepting only the State of California. shall be allowed to go of their own free will and accord. Persons of all other classes. with the exception of actual Chinese laborers. whose immigration into California will be tetporarily regulated and limited by the United States. whether proceed Ing to California as teachers. students. travelers. traders. or artisansThis was the proposition of the Chinese commission. in which they directly and in terms asked that artisans should.not be included in the excluded classes. Now turning to the memorandum of what jpassed between the American commissioners and the Chinese commissioners. we shall find .n paragraphs 2 and 3 the following: 2. The United States commissioners feel it thefr duty to insist upon their deflni. .tion of Chinese laborers. namely: "The words Chinese laborers are herein used to signify all immigration other than that for teaching. trade. travel. study. and curiosity hereinbefore referred to and provided for in existing treaties." They cannot consent that artisans shall be excluded from the class of Chio iabernrs. for it is this very competition of skilled labor in the cities where the Chinese labor immigration concentrates which has caused the embarrassment and popular discontent they wish to avoid. Bt they are wining to adopt an article providing that the classes who are authorized to come and reside in the United States shall bring the servants who are necessary to their convenience. 3. The United States commissioners cannot consent to the limitation that Chinese laborers excluded shall be those only who are employed by American citizens. This. so far from being a check upon such immigration. would be simply a prohibition of the use of cheap labor by the American citizens. Every other person. that is. any and every resident. French.
Keywords matched
immigration