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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1920.

CORRESPONDENCE.

| [ To the Minor of the wilongkang

Jelegraph ")

THE STRIKE.

Sir, I am very pleased that Mr. Pollock is asking for "light" on the reasonableness of the men's demands. Very few people»»@kn Ito realize how much harder the ffed and rent conditions have hit the coolie than they have the (higher paid dtter. The question af determining exactly how the increasing easts have affected the ifferent workers in terms of pers centage on their wages is not of course an easy one, due to the dificulty in getting the trua evidence by simple interrogation. I have however been able by cross checking, and from independent witnesses, la draw up the enclosed Jable “A” which 1 AM

now

tiated gives an approximately correct analysis of the cases riven. The table is too intricate for reproduction in this column but will be shown

Any persan desirous of seeing it-52) With the information that during the past 6 years rents have ad vanced on an average 33 19 per cent, rice 100 per cent, provisions 25 per cent, and clothing 10 per cent, on their normal prices, which of course equals 25 per cent, 50 per cent, 20 per cent, and 9 per cent, on their present values, and applying these figures to table “A” we are able to get more “light”. n the subject than it is possible; to get by bare assumptions and unsupported statements. By ap- plication of the above method we rrive at the answers to the following questions.—

Question: To cover the in- creased cost of rent, rice, pro-: visions and clothing, by how much per cent, would wages require to be increased?

Answer:-

Table 5".

1. For the 330.00 a month ütter without dependents $3.70, equal 12 per cent

123 For the 320.00 a month fitter

with wife living in caso~. 'try $1.12, equal 14 per cent., 10. For the 330.00 a month ütter with wife and two children living in Hongkong 37.60, equal 25 per cent.

4. For the $12.99 a month coolie without dependants. $290, equal 24 per cent.

15) For the $12.00 a month coolie with wife living in coun- try 33.19, equal 26 per cent

6. For the $1200 a month coolie with wife and one child Hving in Hongkong 35.49. 45 per cent.

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The case of roole W. S. in Table "A" is particularly illuminating; it! 15 at first sight, paradoxical-the expenditure exceeding the income. Beeper enquiry into the case how- aver shows that this coolie bor- rowed money from one of the umerous native lending societies. and repaid same out of the pro-: ceeds derived from the sale of three of his daughters, one in 1917 fer $30.00, one in 1918 for $20.00 and one in 1919 for $2.00. I am cut in any way attempting to be |humourous, bat simply relating a

feet which ought to move a heart: al stone. In face of the above 1 have no hesitation in labelling the uzmands of the fitters, for 40 per cant.

cnreasonable.

They should get something, but the case of the coolie who is unsble "at the roment to shout "Hands up!' shtold receive some consideration, and the settlement should be made from the standpoint of equity rather than that of expediency. It should be clearly understood; that I am not in any way claiming the percentages given in table "B" as the ones that should be awarded to the strikers they are merely given as facts which might be useful to you, Sir, and to the roblic. The satisfactory settling of the terms would involve an im- partial sense of justice, tempered by sympathy and generosity. The Ifact should not be forgotten, that if the present high cost of renta and rice could be reduced, the

be automatically relieved and I hope in a subsequent letter to be

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