IS LIFE WORTH LIVING
The following dialogue is reported to have taken place in the manager's office at a Hang kong business establishment, A young fellow arrived from England enters the who recently arrived of geting an increase of salary. The manager is seated in an easy chair enjoying repose under an electric fan,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1901,
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I could fill your columnas with similar cases of secret societies, who are actively distribut- and I am fairly certain your correspondents ing relief in the inundated region to any one earn more than this, and you must remem willing to join them the dilatoriness of the ber this commitice was composed of local officials to afford belp particularly favour business mer, viz, Mr. R. M. Gray, Mr. ing the secret societies recruiting propaganda. David Gillies and Mr. Robert Shewan, who But there is a still more potent reason for pm2 would model their recommendations for inducing discontent, even to the verge of rebel NTWENTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY creases on what They did in their own busi lion, in the three provinces above noted, roYEARLY MEETING of the SOCIETY will be nesses, as it is not reasonable to suppose marks the foregoing latter, which it would be held at the HEAD OFFICE, No. 1 Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, TO-MORROW, the
with the public funds than' with their own.
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The Manager (pulling a cigar stump from that these gentlemen would be less generous | well for the high authorities of those provinces oth October, 1901, at Noon, for the purpose between his teeth and glaring at the young And Mr. Showan, finding he can command tention of these high mandarins, as urged bytheir gether with the Statements of Accounts for
fellow before him): What! you want an in- crease of salary? Surely you can save at least three quarters of your present handsome re muneration.
The Clerk (pulling himself together and endeavouring to appear indifferent). But I find that living is very dear in Hongkong, and it costs me at least $90 a month for board and lodging.
T. M.-Lodgings, what do you mean? Try
a matshed:
·T. C.-But, board, sir; f musi eat and. drinki
T. M.-Don't be absurd. 'Chinese chow is very filling, and not at all expensive.
T. C. (nerviously twitching his fingers).—And smokes and refreshments?
TM-Dear me, a young man want to -smoke and drink. Its deadens the mind and dulls the brain. Besides you, will smell my weed occasionally, for I smoke in the office, and, by the way, don't let me hear again 'of your smoking that cheap, nasty French tobacco either in or out of the office.
T. C.That is all I can afford, sir.
T. M. (sharply)-Well don't smoke at all if you cannot get better stuff than that. I rarely
smoke more than half of a cigar, and you are perfectly welcome to the stamps thrown in the grate; they will smoke well in a pipe. What else have you to grumble about?
T. C-1 also find that washing is a big item sir, and--
T. M.-Well, keep yourself clean and if you have any pride at all in your appearance the next time you come to the office I hope you will have the decency to appear in a new suit. It is quite time that you discarded your present.
fatters.
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-T. C.—I cannot afford it just now, sir, be- cause the other day when I was feeling unwell
I had a heavy doctor's ice to meet.
T. M. When was that? Do you mean to suggest you were absent from the office with- out permission?
T. C.-On Tuesday, sir i
T. M. (with a sigh as he thought of the $10,000 lost that day at the race meeting)— Oh Yes. At any rate you speak to me this day six months and if my finances can stand it I will consider the advisability of giving you a small increase. But' mind, after that do not approach me again on the subject.
T, C.-1 am sure I connot live on my present income.
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to ponder over and consider well. It is the in subordinates from the rank of Taotsi upwards, for $80 a month no doubt thinks that
to lay an extra imposition on all private-owned fair for the Government to pay and reland, equal in amount to about four-fifth of 'commends an increase of $15 per month.
the present land tax on cultivated fields. This plan was advocated owing to the failure of the attempt to enforce a house tax in the cities, strong opposition having been shown to the impost; and it is alleged that, thinking it easier to impose upon the agricultural classes, the mandarins now desire to obtain an extra revenue from them, ostensibly "to assist in paying off the recent war indemnities." The mandarins
Again Mr. Gillies, acting no doubt from per- sonal experience, proposes $10 a month rise after 18 years constant service. You will see by the above that I have good cause to think the average salary is ample because I, in my business, pay double the amount of these 1 have cited. Apologising for the length of this letter..
I remain,
Yours,
THE TRIAD REBELLIÓN.
would seem to forget that the agricultural and land-owing.classes are the nucleus of a coun AN EMPLOYER FOR 20 YEARS try's strength and that opposition, raised by Hongkong, October 9th, 1901.
them will shake the foundations of an empire, Finally there is another thing to be considered, namely, that the regions affected are the places from whence spring the great majority of the best class of soldiers who compose the nucleus of the armies of the Viceroys and Governors of the Yangtze provinces and the eastern portion of the Empire drained by the Yellow River.
To Ti Eutron of THE "HongKong Tuiramaru,"_
THE FRENCH BAILWAY IN YỪNNAN. The local mandarins have received dispatches
Si noticed a letter yesterday under the above heading which struck me forcibly. It came to my knowledge, through overhearing a con- versation, what the prime objects of the last rising were, and the Euorpean was never mentioned.. From what I heard the aims of the Triad Society are sufficiently lofty for us to leave them alone dated about six weeks agó, from Kueilin, the to work out their own salvation. The damage capital of Kuangsi province, reporting the done to the mission stations, it was said, was passage through that province of a large body of not the work, or with the approbation of the Annamese (so-called) "navvies, led by a propor- leaders but, by the scum of the country,tionate number of Frenchmen en route for Yun- who always fork to where there is trouble in the hope of obtaining loct. This phase of the question, Sir, is worth bearing in mind.
I remain,
Yours, &c.,
"FAIR PLAY," Hongkong, October 9th, 1901.
AT THE MAGISTRACY.
NOT HIS TRADE.
Man Tak, a bricklayer, of San-on, was sent to prison for six weeks for stealing clothing, value $6, and $24 in money,
nan" to construct the railway." "There are," continues one dispatch, grave reasons for thinking that the strangers are not what they apprently seem, and the provincial authorities can only keep a sharp look out whilst obeying instructions sent by the Chinese Plenipoten- tiaries at Peking.".
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As already stated before in these columns, order to strengthen his ground for demanding the evacuation of Chinese territory by German troops in Shantung, Governor Yuan Shih-k'ai has asked for and received reinforcements from Kiangyin, in the shape of the Tse chiang Brigade of 5,000 men; of all arms, ie, infantry, cavalry, artillery, en-[/ Pung Win, a trader, paid $25 for dealing in gineers, 'sappers and miners, organised and lottery tickets.
A BAD DEAL.
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TWO ASPECTS OF TIME. Chau Yau, a servant of Bridges Street, stole a whatch, value $40, the property of Mr. A. H. Skelton. Chau will do time for six weeks,
WARNING TO WATCHMEN. Su Leung, Ng Ni and Tang Ying, watchmen employed in the Kowloon Godown Company's premises, were brought up on remand charged with stealing from the Godowns a bag of cotton, value $8. Evidence given showed that on the morning of the 6th inst. a man was seen carry ing a bag of cotton in Des Voeux Road. After
T. M.---Well, what's the necessity? The clark shuffles towards the door, and is about to retire when he is told to bring in bis note book, He produces one from his pocket, and takes letters of invitation to a card party and an abrupt request to'a charitable institution not to bother him in future with subscription lists. He then retires, and leaves his employer pulling himself together prior to leaving for the club. Outside the other clerks are discussing the advisability of submitting a bundle of chitswards the bag was handed to another man with to their generous employer, but, they are a request that the contents be made into a quilt. suddenly interrupted by a stern voice inquiring The godown keeper proved that the three mon whether either of them had stolen a five cent.
were employed to watch the outside of the piece which had been accidentally dropped Godowns. The defendants said the colton was near the case of champagne.
sweepings and had been found with some rubbish. Their excuse was of no avail and they were sent to prison for two months with hard labour..
CORRESPONDENCE,
We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressad by Correspondents in this column,)
IS LIFE WORTH LIVING?
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Hongkong Telegraph," SIR-I have taken a great interest in the letters from correspondents you bave published under the above heading, and as an employer of labour in Hongkong for over 20 years think I am entitled to an expression of opinion. may preface my remarks by allowing that the question will always be argued from diametri- cally opposite points of view. That of the employer to have his work done faithfully for what he considers a fair remuneration, and that of the employed to get as much as he can so as to (in most cases) enjoy the life he finds himself placed in. With regard, to the letter from "Employee" I will not altempt to reason with this gentleman, --His sole argument in favour of increased salaries seems to me, to be able to purchase more beer ́and, more tobacco; but, I would remind him that if his wages were double and treble as much, he might find it difficult to satify his increased appetite for unnatural, tastes and luxuries and would, with greater facilities to supply his cravings, find it all the more difficult to live within his meant. Also, Sir I must pass over the sanctimonous twaddle of "An- other Employer, of Labour”. In fact, the two letters appear to have stepped from. the pages of "Dickens," the first by "Sweedle pipe cum Sawyer" and the second by The Rev Chadband assisted by Mr. Pecksniff. My own firm conviction, Sir, is that wages are fair and enable any steady man, married or single, to live in a fitting manner and-save money. In support of my argument, I turn to the recommendations of the Committee ap- pointed to enquire into the salaries of the Sub-
dinate Officers in the Civil Service. I that one Officer has been serving the Colony for eleven years, (without increase) at a salary of 180 and is now to get fos. I read that man_in_a_trustworthy-position bas dond his work for 18 years for $120 a month I notice men after eleven years are receiving $100 a
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THE PLAGUE.
Number of cases reported ( Chinese......1,562 up till noon of the 8th Other Asiatics 54 October, 1901...........(Europeans... 31 Number of cases reported (Chinese ......... a
Other Asiatics o
during the past 24 hours Europeans....... Q
drilled after the most approved German methods. These troops, according to a Yang- chou dispatch, passed through that city on the 30th ultimo and started immediately by
Grand Canal boats for Chining Shangtung, where the Brigade is to remain for the nonce. In addition to the above corps, a Nanking correspondent further states that about 4,000 more semi-foreign drilled Hunanese troops have been selected to reinforce Governor Yuan's troops in Shantung, but that "they will not crass into Shantung territory until the exigencies of the time damand it." It would appear that the Chinese authorities consider the result of the Shantung crisis as the criterion of similar crises elsewhere, vis-a-vis other Powers.-V. C. D. News,
THE BACILLUS.
Those who have had the privilege of seeing a lovely woman fasten on her hat, says the Birmingham Daily Mail, recall the fact that sometimes she holds her hatpins between her pretty lips. This characteristic has been noticed by the bacteriologist.-&c. &c.
Oh would I had lived in the brave days of old-- In the days that were pre-bacteriological, In the days when the scientists didn't unfold
deeper matters than things mythological, In the days when one safely drank nature's
pure draught and ne'er thought of microbes | and bacilli,............
In the days when they would have considered one daft to drink whisky in stuff that fizzed gastily,
Total number of cases reported to date 1,647 | Now poison lurks' deep in delectable things, Number of deaths reported (Chinese1,527 If it can't walk itself, on Anopheles' wings
and the wee little wriggler ubiquitous,
up till soon of the 8th Other Asiatics 36 October, 1901
(Europeans......12 travels round in a manner iniquitous i Number of deaths reported Other Asiatics o
And pleasures we erstwhile indulged without (Chinese ...... ✪
fear, the bacteriologists tell us, during the past 24 hours Europeans...... Are giants that stalk through the land far and
near, with clubs lifted ready to feil us.
Total number of deaths recorded to date 1,573 Since noon on Saturday last the cases and deaths are
Cares Chinese .....................
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Other Asiatics a...mmun. European..................
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Deaths Chinese
Other Asiatics Europeans
Total
The plague retums for last week were ---
Deaths...................................
NOTES ON NATIVE AFFAIRS,
ONE OF
THE PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF
· ·DISCONTENT.
A private letter from Nanking emanating from a perfectly reliable source confirms the news published in these columns yesterday and states that the Yangtze high authorities have possession of reliable news of an intended simultaneous rising throughout Kinngin Anhui and Hupeh provinces amongst the discontented populace, fostered by the agents
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