The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1902, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1902. 3 THOUGH RABID IN €CRY FOR EXCLUSION HEARST EMPLOYS CHINESE ON ESTATE Hires Mongolians to Pick and Pack His Fruit Crop Odorous Orientals Take Place of White Laborers Asiatics Receive Pay That Should Go to Americans People Lose Temper and Threaten to Drive Out Coolies | Incendiary Fires on the Property Evidence Anger : Palermo Citizens X BUSE HOUSE i B 5 =5 Give Opinion of NG | Editor's Conduct MORE THAN o — COOLIES AND | HEARST ON | HIS ESTATE | HILE rabidly declaim- WA e iie tnterest 1 the welfare of the American laborer and daily sdvocating throush the columns of his newspapers | the re-enaciment of the Chi- nese exclusion law, William | R. Hearst is marketing the crops from his vast estate at | Palermo with the assistance | of malodorous Mongolians, | whose very existemee im the | country he has long asserted | is = menace to the welfare of the mation. The American workingmen cannot reconcile his decided preferemce for Chinese labor with his pub- lished comtempt for that class. The feeling against Hearst im the vicinity of his orange groves is bitter, and last year a threat was made to run every Chinaman on his estate out of Butte County. | | | E, April 21.—There is a and bitter feeling in Butte County, when t of Chinese ex- ched, and there of trouble if a orange belt is d utterances in whose employ- t understanding. king forward to the approt he people of Palermo on the last two sea- W. R. Hearst's es- h i solely jon and undis- e labor of the icts. Hearst labels his profe of love fc 1 n workingman, with all hi . > direction of installing him- kingman's savior and pro- strangely strays from nd and protector and city as landlord and labor which he in s as a menace to Ameri- ons and the workingmen of HEARST ADVOCATES CHINESE EXCLUSION At the Same Time He Employs Mongolians to the Exclusion of Whites. X ” d people in this favored | State Mr. Hearst and who ) assayed at his true value, for him employer of labor agonistic to the well being and n of his own race. They know > or and to employ and pay the creatures whom he in his ers rails and denounces as dangerous workingmen cf the United States. ud for exclusion of the Chi- 1ited at Washington to help passing of an exclusion act and at time the very same W. R. known to be the employer of or on his orange grove at y County. And this is public professions and his private acts d forth as a gigantic monument to is glaring inconsistencies. His papers scréech for exclusion of the Chinaman, his money bags at the samo time feed, clothe and sustain the China- man, and while he advocates Chinese ex- clusion in the columns of his papers hi | | “If there is to be_exclusion te an anomalous | employs and pays and | s0 g0oes to the expense of | E < = | e = . | | vantages of Butte County as an olive and ‘ HEARST o4 T g { Yruit producing country he took occasiom | b to. score Hearst and his Chinamen. He | | satd: | It is altogether eut of keeping with the preaching of his papers and his supposed pro- tection of the American laboring man in this employment of Chinese upon Heart's estate. During last_years packing there was a move to run the Chinese out. Three fires broke out at Hearst's he One was accidental, see whits ‘ g o ] & ESTATE, hinese have got the labor and the men grow ugly when they learn there’s noth- | | ing for them through the employment of thess Chinese. Naturally it's a hardship on white | 1abor. D. C. McCallum, a real estate man of Oroville, takes the same view as Gray and the Rev. Mr. Wallace and other pa- triotic_citizens of the county in bitterly | opposing the employment of any but vhite labor. Mr. McCallum has this to y about ft: I can not understand Hearst giving employ- ment to Chinese in preference to our own peo- ple. I maintain that whatever work there is should go to our own people. There is plenty of white labor ready and willing to work on the | | Hearst orange groves apd on the deciduous fruit it he will let it be known that he wants | | them and will not employ Chinese. M. E. Phares of Oroville has this to say | | about the employment of Chinese on ths | | Hearst estates: | _Hearst talks & 80od deal in his papers, the | Examiner, the New York Journal and his CI | cago American, about the protection of the Ia borer, but in view of the fact that he employs Chinese on his estates in Palermo, I should say that all his talk is for self, for politics and pa- | tronage. | | _Hans Frederickson, superintendent of Major Hooper's orange grove, and who is admitted to be one of the most success- THE ORAaNGE PACKING Hovse \Q:‘, : ’)4 Jll s B | deliberately gives employment to the Chi- | alien laborers of the most ungodly and | naman to the exclusion of the Americau | filthy habits, obtains all the Chinese he | workingman. | needs at exceedingly low wages. lai\‘”t_h is the condition on the Hcrar.sl 'e;- ‘ LOW WAGES PAID 2w | LESSENS OFFENSE or when the Chinaman | A Juoace- JOHNC Gravy i | good people of Palermo, Hearst do for %7 ecomes scarce | It is a motorious fact that Hearst for | Were Hearst Paying Price Asked the last two years has employed China- | men In large numbers to pick the| by Americans His Stand cranges, pack them and load them. So | : far, indeed, has he favored Chinese labor | Wecu'd Be Wor:ze. that they have been employed to do ev- | ry kind and description of work on his| Surely were he paying them the price st estate. The excuse for such em- | asked by the American laborers, for whom ployment of Chinese is that white labor | he has such concern, his offense, already is scarce in the neighborhood, but against | bad enough in giving preference to the | such sophistry come the arguments of | Chinamen, would be even worse than It is. | | Superior Court Judge John Carleton| Then why does Mr. Hearst lean so te- Gray, who declares there is ample white | Daciously "toward the employment of | labor to be had if wanted. The Judge | Chinese in his orange groves? | declares that he would not employ Chi- | He knows full well that he has only to.| | nese upon his_orchards, and speaks of | announce that he will employ no more | . : .| ful_orchardists in the Palermo colony, their filthy habits, and, further, he ha A‘l|1]vlnlnm;"n on )hls es| nkl‘es: nrsx hevermore s E TR * | sald: no sympathy for any one who empl will he have them pftking and packing his U = | Hearst could get all the girls he would need o b Bt omg ; . | eitrus and deciduous fruits, and he can be ESTABLISHMENT ON THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM R. HEARST WHERE THE FRUIT CROPS ARE PREPARED to pack his fruit crops. Chinamen get the Work Hearst is aware of the antagonism in |inundated w mericahs, . ‘sturdy. -nien BY ODOROUS CHINESE COOLIES FOR SHIPMENT, DILAPIDATED AND UNCLEAN STRUCTURES IN | |8t his srove to the exclusion of white labor. T | : v Al and w , who are only too wiiling to e L e 2 | havy whol o e - e e i S et i e ;m i : S g“ WHICH THESE MONGOLIANS RESIDE. CITIZENS WHO DENOUNCE METHODS OF THEIR EMPLOYER. e Ay S BT | vetl ri he o i e | They come to Palermo in wagons after | | ployment, but their waiting has been in vain. e A A i SrAnSs,Sfasoll 200T€S | treveiing many miles in search of a liveli- | o = 4| ©'One Ras only (o let it be known and men and { of men and women drive in from Chico, Marysville and Sacramento and from the | mountains but to return disappointed on being told that the white man’s and white | woman's services are not needed by | hood, but they do not encounter in Hearst . women will come from all parts around. Many the true patriotism of Louis Glass or Ma- | the disappointment and indignation that a )y They sit and they smoke and they hope | their work is not near as good as the work of | keep away because of the employment of Chi- jor Hooper, Judge Gratwy, E?lwan I% Poli se{lous o;\x{lbreak(wns‘ lg?ked rgr ‘ihn the u}?m patience becomes a burden, arl\)d the white girls. :-n::lcr :;r;g.mzy :’;’%e:“({“a:e(‘:;l.:'e?:’lghlsgz‘::f;: ter, Arthur Corwin, Mr. arwood and | colony. en met and discusse e se- | then one may hear murmurings of doubt| w. ¥. € as s work on his &S han ! Ssars oiher owners and superintendents of or- | rious matter, and while cool heads argued | as to the sincerity of the owner of “the [ oo "[ fig" b ;"“‘::‘ i | rice andi & Fitie phrk AL ke STl S A . s ing in the neighborhood of ‘the | that there was no redress—that Hearst | American pavers for the American peo- | p Ves A% JAC Hass o DX SN RICHINE | vl wishan: of U9 10N 00 S s t groves. 5 in his position was more formidable than | ple.” It is hoped by those who depend | POUSe in Palermo. In talking of the ad- | count HEARST’S CHINAMEN . ‘Hearst can no longer stand upon | any trust or monopoly, there were others | largely on orchard labor In Butte,count the excuse that his orchards and groves | who favored a march onto the estate, | that the publicity of the facts as.the: LIVE IN OLD SHACK | are let to others, for beyond question they | with the object of runnimg the Hearst | stand may bring Mr. Hearst to a realiza- | have not been in the hands cf any one else | army of Chinese fruit gatherers out of |'tion of the discrepancies between his . 5% A “ | but Hearst himself since Skinner gave |the colony. editorial teachings and his actions. Assemble i1 Dirt and Nauseating | them up in 1899, and, as before stated, | “Wise counsel prevafled, however, ‘and | “Hix power as & landlord Is admitted. when that gentleman purchased the crops | heyond loud threats no further steps were = 4 al Atmosphere Near the Pack- b He wields his authority to the extent o P B LD B the absolute exclusion of the American A | sccres of white men and w laborer from his vast estates, while ac- | ing-House. | in_the oranges ):)'r‘gug!’];‘f““,&;;flh‘dn‘fpf’r}f; DISCONTENT GROWS tually favoring his uncanny Chinamen, | In the years 1897-and 1509 W. Skinner | Mforysville a host of hands, American men men of a race that editorfally he despises. of Marysville purchased. the orange crop | sy sumer o ald in the gathering and ANONG E'IE PEOPLE | & peoplé that editorially he would have on Hearst's estate, and employed white | hundling of the crop. 3 banished from Americun soll, but a peo- men and women. His humane treatment | "§iGnner found no difficulty in getting all | A5 They Come for Work Their |Pl° Miles away in the mountain country of his employes is to this day a matter | {he pmv\),.yos he needed. & {\;_mke;: blenealhdhls prot;ctlng wl‘ng;'u of record, and consequently there are| Mjss Neilie Kirby of Palermo acted as Ange- at YCHOW Skins ¢ exclusion an astonis! mgnt o his many regrets that the orange groves went | pjs forewoman, and she shows. that the r own ccuntrymen and countrywomen. hack two years ago to Hearst, who hz wce steadfastly maintained his Chin Lot in luxury, either, but in an old sh: in which between thirty and fifty Mon- gollans live in un-Christian assembl dirt and nauseating atmosphere. To ‘use f ; That Mr. W. earst may become earnings of Hh e Yo 1 50 S D Increases. At S G T But the discontent was too deep to al- | I8 nelghbors on the matter of his AMERICANS MAKE low of a perfect cessation of threaten=d | SIE8¢ preference for Chinese as work: THE EEST PACKERS | moattes o en trom” the Sins | fruit-packing house the following inter- | th work came down . from the hills| jows%are published, with the that | e very expressive description of T Y and mountains and from distant | Y€WF ate PUIShed, adip st gt ol creatures around the ~Hearst orang 2 ., |towns "and hamlets they became | (1% LEAEST-AmE exclusion act, as it yacking house as given by Mrs, C. H.| Apart From Clesnliness, White |incensed to find that. the wellow |} aPPlicd In Palermo, Butte county, may wite of the Postmaster of Paler- | Lab Fridl Chineie at skins had all the work he ' could | g, modifie Ao bl B o e v live like plgs | atorers Excel Chis offer. A fire had already taken place in i ; i | B nat does it matter so long as the | the Hearst house, which was clearly tha | cSuPerior Court Judge John Cariton oranges are gathered and packed and | the Work. result of accident, but two subsequent | Gray: in discussing the employment o tanded in the market at a price that will | he Chinese pack the fruits better | ¢Onflagrations were of such a nature and SRS R, Aaice b, fQyihe Hearst pockets a certain| That the CBleee Do e I atoutly | thelr origin so suspiclous that it became | First of all, I feel confident that we have | Droft? (iav does it matter if the sons | than ‘hbsn.:“malmiflns e ey (m% whispered around that incendiaries had | Rinety-nine out of every hundred persons in X re daughters of the residents of | denies. been at work. These fires were attribut- | this portion of the Sacramento Valley,who are Each year sees the golf as the most popular and withal com- Palermo_are denied a livelihood so long | the advantage of the cleaniincss of the | eq by townsfolk to some strange laborers | 7,f4¥or of the Chinese exclusion act. as Ah Fong Lee & Co. of Oroville Americahs thi . 1 have 100 acres of olives, 50 acres of figs fortable shirt for the spring and summer sgasons. | Others who supply Chinese. Tahor aee ool | more cxpeditiously than do the Chinese, | Who had come from a disfance and fnd- | and 3000 peach trees, and to' thoss who assert ? e e M > i 2 | 2bled to stock the Hears | therefore she is at a loss to understand | Ing the con avorable to their | that it Is hard to get white labor, I distinetly Qur. golf shirts at $1.00 will interest you. Your first interest | 2nd orange-packing Lonc.oLange Broves | o ebs strange preference for the soiled | Ne€ds took occasion by that means of | say that I find no difficulty in getting white / 2 "oy g gy S "';"”-“fl*;‘fa gontras e S aborers, whose loathsome hand- | VEDURE their anger. i b Rt B el el S gt T centers in the very reasonable price; your second lies in the vast | fol seas: ratisfactory to 2 2 ver conts b ¢ The country aroun 'alermo 1s essen- | further, they do the k in a bet! d i i i i i R S 2 Jaun ol T 0t the Btatel® U3 | tially devoted to agricultureal industry, | Clstaciory) mannce ‘than eitber Chincse " or assortment in which the shirts come—there are blues, tans, pinks | 1t ang supaerickson. an expert orchard- | and deciduous JERHE O "ind a single ex- | therefore numerous able-bodled ~ toflers ( Japanese.’ lavenders, ox-bloods, greens, etc., in solid colors and pretty com- Dy SprciyienaML of »M;flg:rfl:{mu{ur | adenret e expreased opinions e the | tramp from the cities at this time of year, SR fabor S50 o inopth ant give’ thei bistan® s ¢ p 0 8 g e sts FEURS. S E v, v hoping to obtain employment. They re- |&00d lodglng and board. s s. | ment that Hearst pays his Ja kindly clergyman, the Rev. Louis Wal- 24 It we o & b 3 | Dorers—and e has mans on hanese 14| lice, who hae E00d things to say of al- |Sent (he, encuragement. of tho YEUOW | ;ial Eirdse sy Hacard the Tabor.snd 1o ‘he Each shirt is made full size—they fit around the neck and the Boy - 2 "‘|‘)'|;' s "'i”’;’;ir:sm;“;l as & cents | MO "f";efll'fimjgag,m({,‘; “:Ef,‘;,’,:l,':,‘ &’;’l:t_ Stand why despised optum flends, who | CCUBtrY be settied up by U SN IR sleeves are the proper length. The making is all you could wish | nese [ 1at the Chi- | T0% in the knowledge of the injury to |live on § cents a day, should have the | The Rev. Mr. Louls Wallace, pastor of re more independent and more than do the Japanese. s so. many of the workingmen of the coun- gr“"ent‘e with a man who publicly | the Congregational church of Palermo for—the seams are double-sewed and vulnerable points are re- The white man asks $150 and $165 a|ty, grows vexed and indignant and de- oasts his support of the very class thac | and a kinsman of the famous soldier and inforced. | day = self, o a h labor in his private capacity he = apparently | author of “Ben Hur," General Lew Wal- 5 o e white s On . aday ) Do e should e henacs "orul | cares not whether It starves by the way- | lace, is also outspolken Tn his condemna- See the shirts—then choose. i % cents per box for packing oranpes |to @ race of people with whom Ameri- | Side. tion of the employmetnt o: the Chinese by -0 making from $1 50 to $2 5 a day, and to | cans cannot assoclate in toll. Mr. Wal- TIENCE EECOMES %flh Je?er:dereennctelflglw e labor. cach twenty girls therc must be a box | Jace declares that there Is an abundance PATI e zéve B n says: % nafler at $16 a day and a man to loaa | 0f White labor to be obtained, and he de- URDEN TO T feel that the employment of Chinese for Out-of-town orders fillod—write us. the oranges at the same figure. Plores the employment of the Chinese by B MANY the last two orange crops by Hiearst s detri- Although there is grave secrecy anent | Hearst. SSMRIS e Mpot Aok AN uutlyll:q‘g pen - the eontract labor price Hears s That Hearst's treatment of the laborin e . e Chrinamen, it I5 prosimed st bays his | 08 f Butte County 1s deeply. resented | Laborers Wait in Vain for Work | tricts who can supply all the labor necessary E ing the orange crops as pickers, packers are an authority on such matiers that has been made known more than once. . P o port H ¥ ; owner of “American papers for Am:rlg%;l: It was only last year that murmurs of in Vicinity of Palermo Com- e gplel al.r.e.u;rl‘em:rxih?lfilon;n“:'; | people” bestows upon his Chinese proteges | discontent and indignation were heard on pany’s Land work_that they are, nevertheless, superseded 4 H |5 cents a box for packing, nafling and |the roadside and in the cottages. The by Chinese, an element that is a menace to r londing his oranges. There are some who | American workingmen of Palermo and | For days these American workingmen, | the people of our own blood. assert their belief that Hearst pays 6| those disappointed ones who came to the | laborers, may be observed standing or| RByron Huse. a resident of Palermo for cents for the work, but this is doubtful, | colony in the hope of securing work on | sitting around in the vieinity of the Pa- | forty vears, was seen at work on one of It ig well known in the neighborhood Hearst's estate became disgruntled. They | lermo Land and Water Company's offi- | the eunm'ot the colony., He sald: ' his estates that this friend of the Amer- | beheld the greasy, unwashed Mongolians | ces in the hope that they may be called |~ Tnere ix a good deal of hard feeling agai ican laboring man. (his protector and sav. | working ai Hearsts orange packing- | upon to perform some duty on the hund- | searst. and It he were doing what was HERt ior of the American people, who, however, | house while they were made idle. o | reds of rich .acres which comprisa | he would cut the Chinese and Japs out. 'ln prefers to employ on his private estates | wary were the threats that grew from | Hearst's orange grove and peach orchard. | packing, the Chinese charge a little less, but n 718 Market Strect.