The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 15, 1905, Page 11

: Pages 11to 20 p——— ANCISCO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1905. i PRESIDENT DISCUSSES EXCLUSION LAWS AND BOYCOTT Merchants of This City Receive Letter F rom the Nation’s Fxecutive Responding to communications from the Jerchants’ Sxchange of San Franciszco President Roosevelt has written a letter in which he expresses his views concerning the Chinese boycott of HAmerican goods and also the exclusion Che President writes that this Sovernment must do justice as well as exact justice; that Chinese laborers should be excluded, but that the exempt classes of Chinese should be treated courteously. IF the gxc/u:l‘on laws need to be amended, Hmerican merchants must exercize their mfluence for amendment, ke saya. Cre President adds that the immigration depariment has acled with utmost harshness toward the Chinese, the fault resting ultimately with mistaken public opinion. Ghe Hferchants’ Exchange held a meeting and gave prompt acquiescence to the President’s views by adopting resolutions favoring suck amendments to the ecxclusion laws as would cause them laws. LETTER DOES NOT ONCE to conform to what the Chief Sxecutive deemed right and just. MENTION MOTHER'S NAME Ga Missive From Russia. Ipern Becomes Hysterical Over BN TR PLDN VST DR SESI SRR < f'{ ) LSS LEPILE . GLEERN == Ronoma Man, Body Was Burned in a Rail Wreck, Said ES REASDR 12 THRDIGH HOCK MWhose Wife's ' to Be Lunatie Z==>a R S Sy Crar2? === ST eSS === >0 Justice as Well as to Exact the Same. CHINESE LABORERS SHOULD BE KEPT OUT OF COUNTRY| iExempt Classes Should Have Courtesy Accorded When They Come Hither. ' RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY DIRECTORS OF EXCHANGE President Roosevelt has written a letter addressed to Becretary T. €. Fried- chants' Exchange of San Francisco, in which, over his own ses the Chinese restriction laws and Chinese beycott and suggestiol that will be read with interest. The letter to which President Robsevelt replied was sent to Washington ity of the Merchants’ Exchange by Mr. Friedlander as secretary of ge. Some time ago the Merchants' Exchange, when the Chinese American goods was comparatively new, held a meeting where ivered and a communical to be addressed to President ation to the Chinese b authorized. Subsequently The I this morning was dated at Wa ce then the directors of o - DG 3 ngtc ove change have met and adopted resolutions in which it is de- inion of the Merchants' Exchange the present Chinese exclusion in justice and equity, be so amended as to permit the free ingress vy and the peacef abi g within the confines of the United e business men, professional men, students and travelems.” plete text of the letter written by President Roosevelt and the ns adopted by the Merchants’ Exchange are given herewith. Presi- sevelt's letter is as follows: \LETTER OF THE PRESIDENT. WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 1905. Sir: Your communication of the Gth inst. has been received. 1 trust I need hardly say to you that everything the American Government ecaa do will be dome to put a stop to the boycott and to secure for our busi- ness interests no less than for our other Interests fair treatment in China. Let me take this opportunity, however, of impressing upon your great and influential body the absolute meed of securing from all good citizens sup- port in the effort of this Government to do justice as well to exact justice. Undoubtedly one of the chief causes of the boycott has been the short- comings of the United States Government and people in the matter of the treatment of the Chinese here. It is our right and duty in the interest of our own wage workers to keep out of this country all Chinese of the coolie class—that is, Chinese laborers, skilled or unskilled.. In the last treaty this reciprocal right was explicitly recognized as inhering in the two mations. The Chinese have a perfect right to keep out our wage workers and we have the same right to keep out theirs. But there is ab- |Declares Government Must Do BEAUTY FILLS CENTURY T CTRIEULANDEE > *? HALL Gazety Club Gives Initial Dancing Party for This Season, Presenting a Scene of Youth and Brilliance. ~mrTes o JOS =) ATHERTON MEMBERE OF THE GAIETY CLUB, WHI PRESENT, WITH AN BQUAL NUMBER OF GALLANTS. BETH LIVERMORE WAS THE HOSTESS AT THE_INITIAL AFFAIR. THIRTY-FIVE YOU MISS GENEVIEVES KING LADY MEMBERS WER CH GAVE ITS FIRST DANCE LAST EVENING AT CENTT HALL. MISS EEIZA- ‘I * The Century Club ballroom present- last evening's ed a gay sight last evening, when the Gaiety Club gave a charming dance, Miss Elizabeth Livermore serving as hostess. and Thurston Wharton. Club, with its beautifully figures being led by Lieutenant Thomgs Selfridge, U. S. A. The ballroom of the new Century | grained | wood, scarce needs further adornment, | THEF WORSTED solutely no excuse for the failure om our part to treat in a spirit of With thirty-five fair members and as - | ¥y~ but the graceful arrangement of au- largest liberality and courtesy all Chinese business men, professional men, s B liiie the: ATEAIE 6x= Din e e e s ] e T emplified the feunesse d'or, youth and | ened the general attract{veness. Ber- | Under the law and under practices which grew up under the law within the past year the objectionable practices that have grown up un- der the law have been to a large extent stopped, thanks to the personal efforts of Secretary Metcalf. The Bureau of Immigration and the bureau it succeeded, under suc- beauty being salient points. passing of a member Into the ranks | dignity of background. matrimonial a vacancy is left, to be filled by election. The only guests are the men. whose personnel is changed with each party. | ly becoming. Her sister, ries, with the many-tinted leaves and | vibration of | Miss Livermore, the fair young host- ess, wore a dellcate blue gown of silk | in princesse mode, which was intense- Miss Mattie . ster & 1e. With 2| these Chinese merchants, professional men, students and travelers have Organized by the younger malds of | foliage, nodded with the e i ness she opened it and mot been properly treated until within the past year. Where the law society, none are eligible after the| music and dancers. while the mora| 2 5 " s Bty K. 5 . A mOMENt| jerelf is to blame I am powerless and the law should be changed: but ringing of wedding beils, and with the | stately palms and potted plants lent a | Redondo Miss Sits T pm Bed and Shoots at Man Climb- | ing Through Her Window Was | cessive chiefs and under many administrations, acted with the utmost Thus is variety provided, with the as- | Livermore, was in a handsome white » A R A : ’ oL :a.,h"ffi' harshmess toward the Chinese, the fault resting ultimately with the public surance of partners, for no man re- | lace rohe over white silk. Epecial Dispatch to The Cail. Spectal pat The Call ‘.'r:? ‘:"; opinion which demanded this harsh ‘reatment, under an entirely mistaken fuses an invitation to the Galety. Miss At the dance of January 3 Miss| LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14—Miss May SN Y T Ops improper idea of what was accomplished thereby and of its need; Helen Percy Chesebrough is president, | Emilie Parrott will be the hostess, the | Ridgewis: of Refondo. proved. that. #he donl e i o #he ilbeet while there existed mo sufficient body of public opinifon on the other side Afill {Sacki ‘Gsnce. Is Fontessed by & Gif-| two fallowing. paxties to e presided | i e hita & ez’ T r even to call attention in effective way to the abuses. ferent member. over respectively by Miss Elste Tal- not afraid of burg and that she a I-known wine grower - The cotillon is held in high favor, |lant and Miss Anita Harvey. is something of a revoiver shot. whem 00 -day to a was taken alpern is but lttie over a| k D. Comer there and each tw then, that Santa women in the store rushed to her They could no 's efforts were ss; dught out of her hys- in to the Central for assistance and | away for treatment. J. Tillman finally suc- ing her fears and turned friends who came for her. 19 years old and ize the t St her might not | ter through | comfort her. | he could not of her ss Her g in and ter- d the danger | weeks wrote Gertie | that they were Little was we! girl | taken with hysteria when her sister did not once mention the mother's name. Miss Galpern was born in Russia. More- Y | over, she is proud of the fact that she grew up to be independent, and a year | | ! It was some time before 1 thoroughiy understood where the difficul- ties lay, and that in addition to the defects in the law there were de-” fects in the practices handed down through a long succession of adminis- trations. These practices have not been remedied. The most effective work that a body like yours can do In helping put a stop to the boycott is ac- tively to champion ese reforms that have been intreduced im the prac- tices of the Bureau of Immigration, and the reforms mnecessary in the law. CAUSES FOR THE BOYCOTT. You can be absolutely certain that there will be no permanent re- covery of business comditions, so far as they affect American interests in China, unless we cam say with truth that all just cause of complaint by the Chinese against us has been removed. Of course the evil dome by such conduct as that I have recited on our part often continues to exist for quite a time after the cause of the evil has been removed; and, moreover, it may be that the evil passions excited, partly by our own actions, will in China preduce results which cannot be met even by acting justly and courteously om our part. If such should be the case the American Gov- ernment will most assuredly insist with all possible firmness upon the rights of its citizen: will take whatever means are necessary to se- cure them. But we must ourselves do justice; primarily because to do justice is right, and secondarily, because only thus can we put ourselves in a position to demand and insist upon justice being done to us in return. You say im your letter that unless strong steps are taken to stop the boycott American trade will be put back many yeary, and that the mer- chants of San Framcisco feel that their interests will be jeopardized. I wish you to feel that I appreeiate this, and that I am keenly aliye to the apprehension you express; but I wish you also fo feel that I have done B - the cause of the boycott, you will probably succeed. Sincerely yours, THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Mr. T. C. Friedlander, Secretary the Merchants’ Exchange, San Francisco, California. ACTION TAKEN BY EXCHANGE. The resclutions adopted by the Merchants’ Exchange are, with the preamble, as follows: “Whereas, There is at present frictlon between the governments and the people of the United States and China in relation to the present Chiness exclu- slon. laws and their enforcement, which friction has found expression in the Chinese boycott of American products and goods: and “Whereas, It is right and proper that all causes of frictlon between the United States and China should be removed, having at all times due regard for the fact that no change should be made whereby American labor, skilled or un- skilled, should be subjected to competition with what are known as the coolie or working classes of China; therefore be it “Resolved, That in the opinion of the Merchants’ Exchange the present Chi- nese exclusion laws should, in justice and equity, be so emended as to permit the free ingress into the country and the peaceable abiding within the confines of the Urited States of Chinese business men, professional men, students and trav- elers; and be it further “Resolved, That nothing herein shall be construed as being in any way in favor of the admission to the United States of the working classes or coolles of China: and be it further “Resolved, That the Merchants' Exchange deprecates any personal invidious treatment of any Chinese now in the United States: and be it further | before daylight this morning she fired | three shots at a burglar who was in the | act of climbing through a window to her room. She had been out shooting yesterday afternoon and had cleaned her 44-caliber Colts before retiring for the night. When a noise awakened her and she saw the figure of a man in the | window she did not scream. but reach- ing for the weapon she sat up in bed and opened fire at the burgl The dark- ness prevented her seeing the sights and that probably saved the man's life, for her first, bullet passed through the man's hat, knocking it off, and he dropped to the ground. The young woman ran to the window and fired two more shots at him, causing him to vell as if struck by a bullet. The shots aroused the town, but the would-be thief escaped. e e— WILL SPEND A LARGE SUM ON A LABOR-SAVING ROAD Reservoir Company to Build a Short Railway te Haul Material to Mountaius. SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 14—J. 8 Bright and A. R. Drew of the contract- ing firm of Bright & Drew have signed a contract, which was Sled this fore- noon, with Vice President and General s 0. The new OWNers | zzo she came to San Francisco. Here she v Smi » ritd stel and otherwise im- | worked and saved and wrote letters ml everything my power to stop the boycott, and that the State Depart- “Resolved, That the Merchants’ Exchange commends the reforms that have i"'&“‘;fl.fi:fifi?fi C("o?:’»ma(:vurzf‘,h: ‘\nr:'_ > the place. The purchase consists | (hoce whom she loved. Every two weeks| ment has dome everything i its power at present. been futeoduced in the. practices. of the Bureau of I o o ertetite the fsea X ir Company to bulld an of acres | s letter came from her sister, carrving | Anything further must be dome by your own representatives in the Chinese exclusion laws; and be it further awtichadiok > o Riyat: cwiling ‘oIt ——e——————— | the glad news that “All's well. Xea!Pl:-| Senate and House, by way of making such changes in the exclusion Jaw “Resolved that the Merchants' Exchange heartily approves of the steps about six miles of the road up the Fartbguake in Vallejo. | aay (-am(;] (!h; °3’:§’§2 (:’ n-.‘ehmo‘mers as to prevent the injustice and humiliation to which the Chinese who do taken by the President of the United States to relieve the tension caused by the | mountains. The cost of this work, A Do SR Sl e S U S 0| ot belong 1o e coolle clans bave veen sublecied n coming lo hi cwnn. | ImpTOTe TN, of rson 1 U scaled piviegsd siase of hine sesking | which s o enale i Compan (o bk ock of earthqu 5 - ., e ma or the Little onis, was felt here to-might at 7:45| Miss Galpern is living with a family at| 7 If you and all the other American merchants who are injured by the exprees its thanks for the attention given the matter by the chief executive of | dam under comstruction with cable cars, @'clock. 252 Foisom street. boyeott will urge upom your representatives im Comgress to do away with the United States. - .m“m“ ~