ANTI-CHINESE LEAGUE.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 43, 19 August 1895, Page 3

ANTI-CHINESE LEAGUE.

TO TM EDITOR. Sib — Having read a great deal in'yonr { columns on the above subject, I must confess that I am duappointsd, being a - Britisher and Freetrader, and aa auoh I " would not be consistent were I to have to own that I was unable to compete against a Chinaman. I say that snob an admission is lowering the English raoe. If two Europeans enter into competition, both on equal terms, the one being sncoessfnl while the other fails, credit and honour is the reward of the snocepsfnl oompetitor. Why treat Chinamen differently? Of course, John's tronbles commenced in earnest when be entered the ranks of expressmen. Now, I don't say 1 altogether objeot to the / action taken by tha Carriers' Union, ™ as I believe there are more expressmen bi than can make a living, but I would ask Mr. bi Allan Urr, who, I believe, is actuated by tbe best intentions, to not countenance or lend any assistance likely to be construed into persecution, for long before Mr. Urr became a resident of Wellington fruit and vegetables were luxuries not procurable by working people. I say, " Compete with John ; open shops and start market gardens, but let it be fair competition." If it is true that there are instances where John uses bis bedroom as a storeroom, and that more people congregate together than is consistent with health, then I cay let the League confine its operations to sanifciry matters, and compel the Inspector to rigidly enforce Banitary laws. Knowing your columns are always open to fair criticism, however hnmbla the people, I am, 40., Englishwoman.