The evening world., 1889-11-07

One of tho Mombrrs Of the Association
Declares that tho Offending Chinnmnu
VIII Tie Locked Up In Mott SIrect-A
General DcnnnclUtiOn OF Chinese Pnupcr
LnbOr-Tntcrvicws with LRuudrymrn.
~ Spring shirts &c o'oh'; collars l. SnH', &c.
Hop Lee cut the rates for washing shirts,
collars and cuffs ye' terday. aud put the above
Advertisement in THE Womb. From his own
poiut Of view he IL an Unti-laundry trust China
man, but from the point OF view OF his COM
pctitorS he ia an enemy of Chinese labor. The
members of the Chinese I aundry Union OF
Brooklyn were highly indignant when they
heard of Hop Lees advertisement yesterday,
and some Of them feared that they might soon
be ruined by Chinesc cheap labor. Hop Lee is
at present washing clothes at less than cost
One of IL WORTH reporters visited yesterday
afternoon the laundry of Mr.. Hop Ling, in
Washington street, Lcarly opposite the temple
OF the Salvation Army. He asked Mr.. Ling IL
he might obtain his views on the way in which
Hop Lee had marked Gown prices. Although
Mr.. Ling was busy balancing his books-for
he was counting some beads to determine
how much he had received for washing during
the day. and how much he had expended tor
starch. nnd blueiIg he ErnciOusly consented to
give. his opinions. Owing to his comparatively
blief residence in tue. cGuntry MIR. Hop Ling
which would make his fortune ms a writer Of
short, dialect stories, had he not chosen to toll
man. HI said in. substance:
II amp aware that Hop Lee is irving 10 pau
SGScTwSnne p s4S i" ONE f;Sslf Ff" We have a 1t Lan nnS wnnnSs :
Trade MON which Includes every Chinaman, in
SSNrS York tsn and Gon grop Ior w EXCEPT Hop nrT Ice, We .
shirt; he charges five. We make a collar look
like ivory for two cents; he does it for one cent,
O. them up for two conts a pair. II will hardly
fRGSia IKE to know how aoq Lee !. going
aud waS6.boards in sr.t.clS.s rOrSir with such
S"r. iS.S SG = o = a"y. Y is .ru %5 ibs GG .o n%t make make
sI;5H a dsy' but 21ly a very fey make as
unde stand why he mas adopted such low rates. "
I'VE are not going to he ruined by Chinese
cheap labor, !" said an indignant member. of the
happened to be in the shop. The ClinAmen
do laundry work at such rates. They will stop
him ~ about two weeks;
They will lock him up"
lin Mott street."
in doubt whether he was in earnest OF in lest.
The reporter next called at the laundry in
for the polish which he puts on collars. Be-
cause OF the great amount OF work he does it
has always been supposed that he had money
invested in real estate in China. But, like
most Chinese laundrymen, he pleaded poverty.
He said In substances;
belong to the Union, yet come weeks I do
not make more than ~ above my rent / earn
all the way from 81 to slO q week, I pay e3C .
apiece and furnished the starch ! should starve
10 death within three weeks. Living costs SO
much more here than itttoes in China. When l
lived in Canton l made Chinese shoes. and earned
80 a week. l spent q dollar and a half q
week to live on. and | had nearly all the
luxuries of life. l used to go to the theatre
almost every night in the week. They have fine
plays there. Sometimes I go to the Park Theatre
here, but can't u1GerStand it. don't Know
what its all about. II may be q Are theatre. but
often think I'd like TO 20 back to China. l
would be happier there. They have more fun
in Canton in q week than You have in Brooklyn
in a year. It's a fine city-but / can't get enough
money to 90 back.
III Hop Lee Handlers shirts for Ave cents
apiece in two weeks he will be bankrupt! It's
not the price the Union charges, Our Union has
one price all over BROOKLYN and New York. and
it is twice AZ high az Hop Lees price but we
don't grow rich on II. II the price of laundering
shirts falls to five cents, l will leave the business
and go back to China"