The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-08-15
SHANGHAI
BOyCOTTERS


Chinese in the United States.
on Wednesday of this week the local
Chinese committee on the subject, ap-
pointed at the recent mass meeting OF
that nationality. sent a cablegram to
Shanghai asking those in charge of
the matter there If they wanted any
money from Hawaii for the boycotting
cause.
Yesterday a cablegram in reply was
received, which stated that no money
vas needed at present, but that full
particulars of the situation would be
forwarded by mail.
With reference to the news from
abroad that the idea of boycotting
American goods in China originated
in Honolulu. there is cited as proof Of
the assertion an article that appeared
eighteen months ago in the local Chi
nese paper Sun Chung Kwock Bo,
which strongly advocated such boy
colt in default of better treatment of
Chinese in the United States. The ar
ticle was widely reproduced throughout
China. Part of the article was as fol-
lows, translated:
"At present the United States sends
about $40,000,eO0 worth of goods to
China. All of the United States manu-
facturers have agents in China and
they tell their firms at home about
trade. The people in America who OBJ
ject to the Chinese and will ill-treat
them are the laboring people. II the
Chinese will band together and buy
no more American goods then the
American manufacturers will have to
reduce the number of their workmen
and the very persons who oppose the
Chinese will have no work and will
understand that Chinese must be re-
spected. If America treats China we'll
and our commercial relations are made
pleasant then there will be plenty Of
employment for American workmen, as
China can buy the goods made"
Ching Ye ON, Of the Chinese papers
staff, wrote the article. II
SSSSSSSSSSSSssSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSScSSSSSS
this showing of days worked, the time
slips show that some of the men work.
ed extra days in the month, and which
men worked such days. For instance,
Keanu, employed on the Iwilei Dump,
worked only thirteen days at his regu-
lar employment, but he worked three
days extra on the garbage wagon. This
made his total of sixteen days along
with which he was given the five Sum
days and the Fourth of July. A proper
understanding of this time sheet sys-
tenn is necessary to a proper under
standing of how the clerk, working over
the figures of the fractional rates OF
own labors very materially to give the
I11a oil hn 1n In, r. tn
stead of figuring how many each man
was entitled to as his share. Or, it
may have been that the clerk grew
the system being too intricate
for him. At all events, these particu-
lar tables are too elaborate for re-
production at this time. The time
sheets, however, are open to inspection,
and this explanation should make them
clear to the reader-Ed. Advertiser.1
SYSTEM TOO INEXACT.
The garbage and excavator service is
handled as follows
Sevenregular garbage wagons are sent
out daily at a. m. six of them manned
by two men each, and one in charge Of
one man, making a total of thirteen
men each day.
Extra wagons are sent out from time
to time as required for service which
cannot be performed by the regular
wagons, such as occasional removal Of
rubbish, dead animals, etc. Removal
of dead horses requires four TO five
men.
One wagon with two men goes out
every Sunday, but this item is not
charged on the payroll.
Excavator tenders consist of one luna
on monthly salary and three regular
men or less. An extra man is employ
ed when 200 or 800 feet of hose are
handled.
Iwilei dump requires two men and
kalia dump one man. Extra men are
required after heavy wind and rain
to spread out the rubbish for drying.
1T GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT
A PAYROLL RECKONED ON THE
OF CALENDAR DAYS IN
THE MONTH IS FRUITFUL OF
AND DEVOID OF
THE ALLOWANCE
OF. EXTRA SUNDAYS REQUIRING
MORE THAN AVERAGE MATTHEW
ATICAL APTITUDE. AS l AM TEM-
IN CHARGE OF THE
SHALL RECOMMEND
THE ADOPTION OF A FLAT DAILY
WAGE RATE APPLYING ONLY To
DAYS ACTUALLY WORKED.
IN MY INVESTIGATION, I HAVE
FOUND NOTHING IMPEACHING
THE INTEGRITY OF MR.. SAMUEL
WHO is SUPERINTEND- Il
ENT OF THE BUREAU. HEl
SHOULD, OF COURSE, HAVE SCRU-
TIMED THIS PAYROLL MORE
CLOSELY, BUT 1T is ABSURD TO
CLAIM THAT THE ERRORS IN IT
COULD IN ANY WAY REBOUND
TO HIS ADVANTAGE WHETHER
PAID BY SEPARATE WARRANTS
OR IN A LUMP SUM. MR.. JOHN
SON IS A MAN OF REMARKABLE
EXECUTIVE ABILITY AND HAS
EvINCED CONSIDERABLY GENIUS
IN ORGANIZATION. THE MEN UN-
DER HIS CHARGE ARE LOYAL
AND OBEDIENT AND THERE is Al
NOTICEABLE ABSENCE OF FRIC-I
TIoN BETWEEN EMPLOYER ANDl
EMPLOYED.