What follows fs a lst of some of the seamen's organizations in' Shang-hal alone. te does not mention these Organtantions of vimiar character Which shipping. companies have' to dear with' in almost every port fall, and' which are often In rivalry oth each other and make the task the shipping companies in provide ing' smooth' and eftclent service 'China Merchant. Steamer Naviga-tom general Guild. Proparatery fee of the Chinese: Pilots "Assocle-} tion? China Marine Radio Omeers it; China Merchants Steam Navization Ca, Employees' Public Benefit Society: North Chung An Sailors! Gula; ven Yung General Club; Navi. fallen Helmemakers. Mutual Society: Vangtee, Plots Association; Trentain Sellers Guild; 'Yen Yung Doong)" Shing Soci" (Good tuck Mutual Prodi Society; Shanghai Se mena Friendly Benevolent" Soce the southern Branch of" Yon "Yung "(Good "tusk Mutual Prof)" Society; and there are others, It must be sullclent' to say {hat each shipping: company" has to dear with separate organisations" all these diferent lines with a result that myriads of negotiations have to take place over the slightest dlapute aitecting' any of the Unions! of the The baser elements among these various bodies connive to make it possible for ships to be seriously over-crowded with passengers, to smuggle goods and narcotics, and to endanger safety. These things are the concern not only of the shipping
selves, insurance companies, shippers sompanie, but of passengers Sem of freight, and last but not least, to the Government whose good name is made to suffer by the irresponsible actions of some of its less significant citizens. everyone, Genuine Untons Received A. canvass of the shipping come panies, both coastal and riverine, made by the "North-China Herald," provided the proof this statement. No objections were raised to the formation. of seamen's unions which are properly unions of seamen out to safoquard the interests of their members, There has been very little trouble from trained seamen; in fact, the nets of trained Chinese seamen in times of emergency have been such as (0 call forth the admiration of those who have been born and. have lived in nations where conquests: of the ocean's perils have established a heroic tradition, But the real-to-goodness Chinese! seaman—a magnificent type—has very little to say in the organization and running of the union of which ho is compelled to become a member. Nor, for that matter, have the real-to-Koodness officials of the union; for they are deprived of authority over number of minor bodies supposed to be formed under their auspices, but in reality acting entirely independent.
to the detriment of good order and discipline which the officials of the seamen's union and the seamen them: selves fully realize are necessary for} the safe navigation of any ship at sea.
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