China as Affected by Protestant Missions. [pp. 613-622]

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stability at lion~e aud tbey lil~e a strong orderly governrneut.
Tl~ey are an educated I~eople, and venerate leari~ing. Tbe
poorest coolie can often read and ~~rite. No~v for t}~e app}ication.
They are anxious, beg,gJug for hard ~~oric. ()ur people are
restless and ~~ish to avuid it. They ~~orl~ at tl~e n~ines all day
~nd are atisfed ~vith eight dollars a ~~eek. ~ur people grunible and pass ou to ricl~er diggi~~gs at t~~enty-eight dollars a
week. They con~e and glean aiid obtain a cornpeteu~Y after
our populace have dec~ded they must move or starve. Quartz
Ininingis inexhaustible, and yet ~)flr people, recklessiy extravagant, have already wasted $o9OO,OOO,OGO. Certainly tlie tia~e
lias con~e for a ne~v ~ystem, for a slo~v, plodding, but not a
reckless people. ~Ve need the silver and the gold, our currency
and fiscal operations plead strongly for it. Shall we neglect
the gift that Providence has provided for us? ~ut there is a
bitter prcjndice against this ~1ongolian race. Let us heed our
lesson. Sn ch prejudices n~nst siiccun~b.
The want of good household servants is a great and deplorable evil. For every disease, however, Providence provides
tl~e remedy, and often summons human iI)genuity to work
out tl-ie probleni. ~hen hand lal~or was too expensive, (4od
provided macl~inery; wheii ~ewing-girls were exhnusted, the
machine took their place. The mails are not rapid enough,
arid we use ilie telegraph. So h~ the present case the Cliiiiese,
possessing all the qualities of g~~od seiwants, are at our door,
begging, not with hrazeu look and arrogant mai~iier, as too
many are, demanding employment. They are good cooks, the
best in the world, tlie French excepted. They will obey
orders to tlie letter and spirit. They woA~ ~ll day, and are
satisfied with moderate wages -who says all this? The
Pacitlc ~Iail Company from San Francisco to Cltiiia employ
only Chinese Chinese sailors, cooks, waiters. They speak in
the highest terms of their honesty, sobriety, faithfulness.
Passeiigers passing over that route give the same unvarnished
testimony. San Fraiicisco, California, tells tl~e same tale.
For fifty cents they do more woM~ and better than those wlio
charge one dollar for it. A friend, for years in business in
China, has employed Chinese servants. Ilis statement is
this: "I have been very sick; no female could have nursed