The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-09
MORNING FRANCISCO TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1905

Joe, President of the Sam Yup Company,
who said that he came here in the tenth
month of last year, it being his first visit to
the United States.
81 am not a merchant" be said, "and
came here to attend to the business OF the
bers in San Francisco and in the country
/ was selected President of the company by
members here, as they always select some
reliable educated man in China. In san
Francisco there are over 1000 merchants IN
the company. The remainder OF the mem
beers are laborers, workmen, etc My salary
was fixed by the company at $40 a month.
1.-THE other saaried officer OF the coin
pany is the Interpreter at 500 month. Ills
duty is to look after the comfort OF tine poor
Chinese sent back to China and to take care
of new members when they land. My
company has an income of about $500 a
month, which is collected from the rental OF
buildings. These buildings were bought
many years ago with money that was OBJ
tanned from persons who were fortunate i'll
early days and gave the cash to the COM
pany. There are no dues. About thirty
members of the Sam Yup Company went
back on the last steamer for CHINA. The
old men are not coming back. .but the
younger ones intend 10 return. The young
men each paid So, which money is turned
over to the Six Companies. The Sam fup
Company is organized for protection
against imposition on the part OF persons
outside the company.
How can you do all this without receiv-
ing annual dues or subscriptions from the
members OF the company was asked.
A GOOD INCOME ASSURED.
1--WE are already receiving good income,
and why should we ask Tor more? l can
swear we receive no money that Is not re-
ceiyed from proper sources. We settle dis
putes between members and others in refer
ence to money matters. Grievances in ref
erence to commercial matters are tried be-
fore all the six Presidents of the different
companies 1t is not true that the CON panies
use force to collect debts. know very little
about the highbindels. They often kill each
other, but more often through Jealousy than
by reason of debt"
Soy Wy, President of the Young Wo Com
pany, was next sworn and through the in
terpIeter said There are 400 or 1900
members of the Wo Company in this city
and about 5000 members in the United
States. l receive salary of $40 month.
The other salaried men of the company are
a janitor at $50 a month and au interpreter
at 500 l don't know how much the Presi-
dents of the other companies receive-that
is their business"
The remainder of Wy's testimony was
similar to that given by the previous wit
ness. In addition he said that the meetings
of the companies are rot ned with closed
doors. but that every one is admitted.
AT this juDcture it was observed that
L IcoluCHb JUG, WIN lldu Dstu pei 10
remain in the room, was communicating to
the witness by signs. Then 1t leaked out
that one All King, Secretary for Consul Bee
had told all the Presidents not to remember
a case wherein merchant from New Or
leans had been imprisoned until h. paid cer-
tain claims against him. The witness was
excused and an adjournment taken until
evening.
AT THE EVENING SESSION.
The committee also held a sitting in the
| evening III the Palace Hotel and William l..
| Wiley, President of the Pacific Coast
| Laborers' Union No. l, which has men,
| bershp of 2165, testified that the union is
composed of unskilled laborers, who do
| general work with the pick and shovel, tear
down buildings and sometimes work On
ranches. The average earnings of MEM
bers are from 81 so to 50 day, and on the
! outside work ON ranches and ditching they
are nearly shut out by Chinese contract
| labor.
At present over 20 per cent of the men,
| berS are out of work, and 1000 could be pro-
cured to labor at once without difficulty.
| While hundreds We're starving here last
| winter and contributions were taken to
| give them employment in the park, 120
| Italian Immigrants arrived in this State,
| and were distributed among the vineyards
| in Butte County.
We're it not for Chinese cheap labor
the thousands who appealed for work last
| March would not have been out of employ
| ment. Wiley said that his union adyO-
| Gated the exclusion OF all foreigners for at
| least ten years. They also had peculiar
views on the question of naturalization.
George ID. Gillespie. a laborer, and men,
| Der of the Organizing Committee of the
union, cOrrobOrated Wllley's statement in
! reference to the evils of Chinese immigra-
| ton. So did Hugh Stewart.
The committee will meet again to-day.