The Archive · 1924

Rents in Shanghai

After a tough struggle lasting over 50 days, the Chinese ink makers of the Wuyuan District in Anhui serving in Shanghai resumed. work on Friday. That the men are apparently well satisfied -may judged by the grateful thanks expressed in their letter addressed to the Committee of the Anhui Guild both for free accommodation during their strike and for their kind intervention, although the Chinese Press has made no mention of the terms of settlement, An inevease of Wages having been granted to the Chinese shoemakers who had been on strike for three Weeks or so, work was resumed on 'The Union of" tenants' Associ tions is planning a great demonstra tion against the abnormal increas of rents in the Settlement during the last two or three years, A meeting of delegates from all such associations was to be held at the Ningpo Association's Hall on Sun~ day afternoon to discuss methods of holding this demonsti exchanged between the Shanghai Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the Sino-Japanese Industrial Association through the Shanghai Japanese Merchants' Guild, on the subject of Japan's expulsion of Chinese workmen and hawkers. The Chinese complain that while Japanese hawkers of medicine and toilet articles are freely admitted into China without any restriction whatever, Chinese of even a better class" are finding obstacles in Jan Japan,

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