Prohibitive legislation seemed to offer the only solution. It would be necessary also to spread propaganda among the parents, who were at present firmly of the opinion that their children were much better fed and cared for while they were in the mill, and they also thus avoided the risk of having their children stolen. always a haunting fear among tha Chinese. Mr. Beswick went on to mention Ifare work at the Yangtsepoo social centre, with its school and hospital. With regard to the weekly day of re: he corrected an impression that the mill workers were held relentlessly to their tasks without a break. saying that the maple took fairly frequent holidays and when at work, took care that they did not "overdo it." As ta working conditions, very large sums of money had been spent on making the factories light and sanitary and providing adequate sanitarv_ accommodation. but it was very difficult to get the Chinese themselves to appreciate these effort The people they were trying to help showed absolutely no regard for their employers' property, nor would they observe the simplest rules of sanitation. Experience had been similarly disheartening in the matter of housing accommodation, many of the houses provided being allowed to get into a filthy state, often overcrowded with lodgers who were not employees of the company. With regard to safety devices, there were fower accidents hero in proportion to the number of workers than at heme. Foreign millowners had increased wages commensurate with the increased cost of living, and had made it possible for intelligent and diligent workers greatly to increase their own earning capa Some employers had also establish ed superannuation funds, greatly appreciated now that the people were beginning to unders(and. them, Tt was hoped by patience and goodwill to accomplish much more, but peeress was by no means easy with workers so unfortunately backward in education.
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