He said: "Suppose you work for me; suppose I pay you; what business I what you do with money?
If you work good for me, that all I care.

No business my what you do your pay." Surely he was right; the Chinaman may send some part of his wages out of the country, though not much, for he must eat, must be clothed and lodged, must pay railroad and stage fares, must smoke opium, and usually gamble a little.

When all this is done, the surplus of a Chinaman's wages is not great.

But suppose he sent off all his pay; he does not and can not send off the work he has done for it, the ditches he has dug, the levees he has made, the meals he has cooked, and the clothes he has washed and ironed, the harvest he has helped to sow and gather, and the vegetables he has raised; the cigars, and shoes, blankets, gloves, slippers, and other things he has made.

These remain to enrich the country, to make abundance where, but for his help, there would be scarcity, or importation from other States or countries.
But lately it is asserted that the Chinese have brought or will bring the leprosy hither.