As regards the demands, the first two are not taken very seriously by either the workers or the manage. ment. The average wage earned by the workers in the No. 9 mill is 63 cents per day, while the average for the entire company's plant is 59.9 cents (erroneously stated as 58 cents yesterday), This wage is higher than is usually earned in the textile industry in. Shanghai. In the weaving shed the average wage reaches 70 cents, according to data obtained from' the management of the mill, The wage question ig taken to be included in the demands ay matter of form. As regards the Chinexe foreman, such questions are always. tri and are usually settled among the Chinese themselves, The third demand is the crux of the situation.
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