They come in competition with a class of small retail merchants who are least able to stand it. Again. they are such notorious liars. Why. since the passage of the Scott exclusion act they are all merchants. They are posted in advance concerning some Chinese firm with a Co. to it. and. although they may never have seen the store or known of its existence. they come in as merchants and partners in the Co. They swear to all sorts of falsehood to get in and say "Me all same Melican man. my partner keep store." It is a notorious fact in San Francisco that Chinese cooks and laborers are and have been coming in under that clause of the bill which permits merchants to enter.
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Chinese people are notorious liars and falsely claim to be merchants to enter the country.