Speech #570039027

Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee. this is a serious question. with 300.000 Chinese in the United States and 1.000.000 in the Philippine Islands who are entitled to the protection of our flag. In conclusion. the wage women. who are helpless. and set should be protected from coming i contact with these imported Asiatic heathens as competitive breadwinners. Therefore. I ask in the name of 25.000 organized industrial women and in the interest of morality. health. and industry that the Chinese be excluded from our shores. furthermore. that amendments. as suggested by the Pacific Coast Chinese Commission. be incorporated in the Chineseexclusion bill and passed. But not only so. It appeared on the investigation of this subject before the Senate Committee on Immigration having this bill under consideration. from statistics vouched for as reliable in the statement of Mr. Livernash. one of the California commissioners. and long a citizen of the city of San Francisco. made before that committee. that since the year 1880 there had been 1.811 arrests of Chinese persons in the city of San Francisco alone on charges of felony. the list of crimes including more than 100 cases of murder. and also including numerous cases of assault to murder. assault to rob. arson. abduction. assault with deadly weapons. bribery. attempt to bribe. burglary. grand larceny. kidnapping. libel. mayhem. passing counterfeit money. perjury. rape. robbery. receiving stolen goods. and smuggling. But still further. that there were. since the year 1880. 31.161 arrests of Chinese persons in the city of San Francisco alone charged with misdemeanors. and this in a population. according to the last census. of considerably less than 20.000 Chinese. although it is claimed by Treasury officials familiar with the facts that the present population of that city is much larger than shown by the census returns. as it is claimed that a very large number of the real Chinese residents of San Francisco are migratory in their habits. that from ten to fifteen thousand leave San Francisco annually each spring for the northern fisheries in Oregon. Washington. and Alaska. and an equally large number leave the city for the orchards. vineyards. and mines. and consequently are not in the city when the census is taken. But suppose the average number of Chinese in San Francisco each year since 1880 is twice the number shown by the recent census. or say 50.000. and this is probably a low estimate. the fact that in the past twentyone years there have been in that city 1.311 arrests of Chinese persons for felonies and 31.161 arrests on charges of misdemeanor is an astounding coummentary on the immorality and criminal disposition and tendencies of this class of persons. In no part of this country among any other classes. either native or foreign born. can there be found such a large percentage of infractions. or alleged violations of criminal laws of the country as is presented by these statistics. Bearing upon this phase of the case I also attract attention to the statement of Mr. Livernash. made before the committee (see pp. 8788 in testimony taken before the Senate Committee on Immigration) in which he said: Returning to the matter I was discussing I shall read from a letter addressed by the chief of police of Saciamento. a place of about 30.000 inhabitants. to Mrt. Woons. now a Representative in Congress from California. The chief of Felice says: aretdithscy(otenngSr"The totalnumber of Chinese aretdi1hi iy(o ncuigSca mento County) from January 1. 1901 was 85. as follows: "Seventy three for felonies.