Peking, Mar. 15.
'A benevolent employer in Tien-sin, who has tried to place wath: jets ju vis cotton factory' upon the eight-hour day, has been denounced by other Chinese cotton-mill eperators, gpd the municipal government has been urged to restrain him from putting the eight-hour day into effect. The petition to the municipal government asks:—"If a man] works only eight hours a day, what would he do with the rest of hi time? Naturally, having so much leisure, he would be tempted to become a communist."
The lot of the Chinese workin hard, the petition admits, and, if! he works 12 hours or more a day, hho does not have much time to refect upon his troubles. Why, then, ko him miserable by gi leisure to think about his woes The Pao Chen Cotton Mill, which started the eight-hour day, announced recently that it has not only lost anything by the change, but has increased production with. to expenses. The rival ators declare this is obviously untrue.
The "Ta Kung Pao," the leading Chinese newspaper, bitterly attacks the cotton mill owners for their efforts to restrain the introduction of shorter working hours. "If keeping workmen occupied is the only way to keep them out of communist mischief," the newspaper thy not introduce a 24-hour working day. They would be sure not to get into mischief?"—United Press.
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