Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-04-17
FORTUNES IN SOAPSUDS.
What tho Chinese Laundry Bush
ness Amounts to.
AS an Organizer of Labor, and n ManiPu-
lator OF Capital, John Chinaman Is an
Expcrt-A Union That Has
No Strikes.

tnCI INC SD1nC:SG IN Llll5 clCy, "IlllS
they give no outward demonstrations,
are more progressive in thcir IDEAS of
organized labor than Tic average Amer
lean worker vas clearly shown to Il re-
porter of the New York Journal tho
other tav by a. lal;ndryInaau.
Although John ChinaHan says and
' docs little in the Wy OF labor aT,tGtion.
tic Acknowledged Cc!Cstiai3 i'll this vicin-
ity have one OF &c :itrongc35 labor or-
Gani23tion3 in existence. More than
fourteen thousand Cinnamon arc band
cd together, end not Glon" do they keep
wages up, but they support their anion
and aG3iat il the aapport OF 81 their
needy brothers, rcEar>llc3I OF ID; iai3il,
who lave not rCnouuccd the YGviSt re-
liGion.
Tie organization IL called The Chinese
La-1utIrylncri'3 association, or. liz Chi
nc.c, the Sac Pow Yen S.lcc Cow.
There gre in this city and it's suburbs
nCariy fifteen thousand Cinnamon en-
gagged in the laundry blliincs3, and in
no inStancc is there = nonunion work
man among them. In fact, the union il
perfect, and whatever di3scnsicn3 may
ari2o Gro Quickly settled by the rlayCr,
whose word is law. Consequently such
Il thing IL q strike among them is IN
iinpCs3ihi!ity, for TO disregard the de-
ciTi1u OF the mayor means simply that
Il laundry workman must pack Up his
trunk and SO back to China. lie can
never again secure y position at his
trade. Wo Hung, in iIobolicH, Lee
Sing. in williamsburg, and Sam Wah,
in New York, hare = uniform scale OF
Iy,t. Of cl, i-fE.
and cuffs. Under no consideration must
it be dcviatCti from, and no matter
where {; person may go to lave his
laundry work dcn2 in the vicinity, he
wilFilnd it impossible to get one shop
with cheaper prices than another.
The society admits rs members any
man who is physically able and sulii-
cicntiy expert to work at the business.
No apprenticeship is necessary, ard
therefore there can bo no nJnunion
mGn. The scale OF wages for W0Ili;nGn
is uniformly three dall;!rs a day, and
the foreman OF = laundry receives; no
higher wages than those who work I'M
der him.
There arc certain agents or walking
delegates; appointed by the head OF the
| society to visit the various l;:unLricG
during II certain period t. discover the
| needs or grievances OF the llen. Should
| any trouble arise. it IS inlmc;liAtciY re-
| ported to the head OF tIc organization,
| who presents both sides Of the case to
! the mayor. lie renders IL decision, and
| the matter is then and there and for MI
| time settled.
Other agents arc employed to visit
p1p1t l.r11~oTit.Ny Is, ',1
| dues OF twenty five cents from each
worker. This is placed il q general
| fund. Some IS spent on the union and
| part Of it goes to pay thc salary Of tho
mayor. The residue is kept to draw O;
i'll case of sickness aid DEATH whethe'
Il Chinaman be IL launGryman OF u fan
tan player.
A large number OF the laundrics hero
! about6 arc owned and controlled 10y
| Hyndicntc, on the Same play that liguol
| saloons arc owned uy the brewers
| When good location can be found an(
| Il Chiuaman desires to venture in tht
laundry business the Chinese capital
lists arc only too ready to fix up tn;
place, stock it with all tile ncccSsarie
and take I, ChiucSc mortgage on IT.
Ti""5c mortgages arc simply mar
word. There can be nu loss, for s.;
thoroughly aud nationally arc Thy
Cinnamon organized that man fintls /
little t1 his advantage to em5ez::}c. II,
has no Chinese Canada to go to, seek
ing tefGgc flOin the law. He know
that he is branded and that it is simpl,
q matter Of time before he is discov
cred, and he suddenly disappears from
tho faco of tho earth. He vs. soon for
gotten AMI his disappearance from hi
friends simply 2c,ninds them Of tn
punishment that will surely be i,cte
out to them if they follow in llia linz
They know that the society which j
commonly known rs hfghbindcrs is re
lentlcss and sure .&ssESn
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