Washington. D. C.: The exclusion of legitimate Chinese merchants that will result from the passing of the exclusion act now being debated in the Senate is an act of gross injestice to the mercantile and merchant interests of the Pacific coast. and of San Francisco in particular. and we hereby respectfully protest against such injustice and request that the bill be so amended as to freely and legitimately admit merchant class of Chinese. Any special committee insisting upon the exclusion of Chinese merchants does not voice the sentiment or desires of those interested in the mercantile welfare of San Francisco and in the development of the commerce of this port. Claus Spreckels.
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