. Actual government as applied under American conditions. Copyright, 1903, by Longmans, Green d- Co., New York d-London. §197] Movement of Foreign Commerce. 453 The reason for the exclusion of the Chinese was partly theprejudice of European laborers on the Pacific coast, whodisliked the competition; pardy the demand of nearly thewhole community on the Pacific slope ; and partly the con-viction of Congress that a large immigration would ultimatelylower the scale of living and unfavorably affect the loweststratum of the white population. The Chinese already in thecountry form useful household se
. Actual government as applied under American conditions. Copyright, 1903, by Longmans, Green d- Co., New York d-London. §197] Movement of Foreign Commerce. 453 The reason for the exclusion of the Chinese was partly theprejudice of European laborers on the Pacific coast, whodisliked the competition; pardy the demand of nearly thewhole community on the Pacific slope ; and partly the con-viction of Congress that a large immigration would ultimatelylower the scale of living and unfavorably affect the loweststratum of the white population. The Chinese already in thecountry form useful household servants and laborers andlaundrymen; but all experience goes to show that, although avery habile people, they have so different a mode of thoughtand so different a social organization that they never couldbecome a permanent part of an American community. Thelegislation of Congress has saved the Pacific Coast from asocial difficulty akin to the negro question in the SouthernStates. 197. Movement of Foreign Commerce. One of the principal reasons for establ
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