The quaintly worded advertisement of the Shanghai Laundry-men's Guild, published in the "N.- C. Daily News," means nothing more nor less than that our washing will cost us more, if the guild has its way. Suits are apparently to be washed at the rate of $18 per hundred—this apparently includes all large pieces of washing, and small pieces $4 per hundred. If by suit, the whole set of garments is meant, the charge is not unreasonable, but if it means that a man's coat and trousers are to cost 36 cents for washing tue laundry men are apparently inclined towards ex-tertian. The more serious point, however, is the attempt of the guild to obtain information as to its members' customers, and the rule obliging a member to report feiss ets tet nen a new customer. The obvious reason, to prevent bad debts, is all very well, but any foreigner so rash in the circumstances as to sack his washerman might soon find himself boycotted under the guild's orders. We do not like the tone of these "resolutions," so far as we have been able to decipher them, but as far as both possible grievances that are foreshadowed are concerned, the remedy is to have the washing done at home. It certainly promises to cheaper than the laundryman's charges,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.