It is from the Latour Unions that the real trouble and the difficulties for trade are to be feared. The! demands of the Unions are numerous and extreme and sometimes Fantastic. Much detail hax been' made public'already and space forbids recapitulation. Unions spring lup and multiply each week, collie for extra pay, shorter hours, holl-days, leave, messing allowance ete, ete., which if loyally adhered might help to a partial resumption fof business and better relations: but already there have been instances of breaches of faith and further demands, and one despairs of such agreements becoming practical working arrangements, The better-class Chinese suffer as much and more than we do. In Jeases when they have found it impossible to grant the demands and have wished to close, they have been forbidden to do so, ard in two authenticated cases the workers have entered the premises and carried on, with th> natural ramous results.
Tke government are secking to spose extra forms of taxation: 12%
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