There was coolie labour of all kinds, take the ordinary Shanghai coolies, for instance, hauling carts and doing similar work, Did they have a decent life? No, they did not and eventually they were going to kick and every year the kick was going to be bigger and employers would be mulcted out of larger and larger increases, Treat them properly, if possible, include hansi arrangements inthe scheme, it should not be impossible to persuade landlords to build decent workmen's houses and let the employers rent them for their labour, treating the rent as part of the wages, and they would avoid, if a proper comprehensive scheme could be worked out, what had happened in Europe and America.
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