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As a consequence of this the Anti-Japanese
Boycott Society has also sent out notices convening a
general meeting of all classes.
We also learn that there has been some dis-
satisfaction among various merchants about the auctioning of Japanese goods seized, since the Society has decided that 60% of the proceeds of the auctioning of such goods should be given to its officers as bonus and that the remaining 40% should be appropriated to the National Goods Foundation Fund. But it must be realized that the people of all classes boycott Japan purely out of patriotism and entirely free from any desire for a bonus. If this bonus
is granted the inspectors will be working for the sake of
money, and not out of patriotism.
Therefore the merchants unanimously demand that all the auctioning of seized Japanese goods should be
appropriated to the National Goods Foundation Fund.
We are also told that the proceeds of the 4th
auction of Japanese goods amounted to $11,000, 60% of
which totalling more than $6,000, was given as bonus for
division among about 100 officers according to their work.
The largest individual bonus amounts to more than
$100 and the smallest to $20 or $30. This small profit
will encourage the enthusiasm of the officials of the
Society, but the merchants have their own reasons for demand-
ing the re-consideration of the matter.