Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-01-27
AS THE CHINESE SEE IT.
Circular Issued in Shanghai Urging Boy
colt of American Goods

colt OF American Goods.
This IS a translation of circular is
sued in Shanghai in connection with the
Chinese boycott on American goods:
The first month of the year is fragrant
with the fragrance of the plum tree
flower.
On the western side OF this world
there is great calmness.
In that sea there is set the country of
the fOwery banner.
The affairs of that country are con
trolleJ by men of the labor unions
The second month is beautiful with the
beauty of the flower of the red apricot
We men Of China who went forth to
labor suffered many hardshipS.
We successfully opened many mines OF
silver and gold
For the American people we bailt and
completed ali tile roads where rails are
of iron.
The third month opens with openinc
Of the flower of the peach tree.
The men of the labor unions. forget
ting the work we had done in the past.
devised other and newer ways.
They consumed with fire the streets o
Dong Sung ka.
They burnt us natives of China unit.
the weeping of both men and women
WAS pitiful 10 hear.
the flowers and plants and herbs.
AS for MS, we men of China We
thought upon the bitterness of our lot.
We too have been sent into the world
by heaven: why should the treatment ac-
corded to dead pigs be melted ont to us ?
The fifth month is the month in which
the flower Of pomegranates fourishes.
As for the men of the labor unions OF
America they carried out the scheme of
injustice they had planned: ON their
coasts they built prisons OF wood
IN them they confined Us. the natives
of China.
The sixth is the month in which the
flower OF the lily takes on its line of red.
After taking lis into the prisons OF
wood which they had built, they scorched
us in fire of sulphur
Officials of all grades and students Of
all oges received the same measures OF
abuse; they treated without mercy.
In the seventh month the hyacinth be.
gins to bloom.
HardShips such as these we have suf
fere for more than twenty years.
1t is IL great pity that we men of China
whose numbers are ten thousand times
ten thousand four times over are not
equal III value tc the half of the smallest
copper cash.
1he eighth month is the month when
the cinnamon sheds its sweetness.
Among the members of the native
chamber of commerce is one who hears
the name Tscng Seu Ching. This man
planned most civilized method, he
spent money on it and advanced the
righteous cause and his fame has gone
forth.
The ninth month is the month of the
yellow chrysanthemum.
Let us all assemble together and dis
cuss it's details
1t is best not to use American goods.
To oppose America is our safest course.
The tenth month is the month when
beautiful flowers become green.
We advise you, men. women and chill
dren of China if You want to eat your
rice in the future in peace to attend to
realize the importance of this movement.
In the eleventh month the flower of the
reed is blown about by the wind.
We. all of us, must remember and not
forget too soon the Pin Head Cigarettes
and the scented soap of the Americas
Trading company.
Furthermore, let us remember not 10
again usc the American piece goods.
In the twelfth month the flower of
the binds are many.
All You gentlemen who have listened
70 my song he civilized and retaliatr.
DO not learn or initiate the barbarous
way of the Boxers of Pckn.
II we do any act which is wrong or
miSchipVOuS we shall eat our bitterness