Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1911 — HONESTY OF THE CHINESE [ARTICLE]

HONESTY OF THE CHINESE

“I know of one old French Canadian who in,his younger days was aprotS CanidlaTborder ““He in furs or any articles of commerce. He made a practise Of smuggling Chinamen across the border, and according to his own statement Amassed enough money to set himself up In a comfortable business. “He has often said that the duty of a professional smuggler ended when the Chinaman was landed on the soil of the United States. Then Ij, was that the smuggler got his money. After that it did not fall to him to. look out for the Oriental who had been his charge. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred the Chinaman was apprehended and sent back to hlB former abode by the Immigration authorities. “Nevertheless the smuggler received h» pay. Never, according to the story tol& me by the old man and numerous others who have been connected in different ways with the smuggling of Chinamen, has there been known an instance where the smuggler was defrauded of the price promised him. This illustrates the predominant trait of honesty in the Chinese character.”