"There are many reasons why the Seillement authorities are opposed to the Chinese control of factories Dut one of the main points is that the Settlement authorities are not willing to permit the Chinese Gov. ernment to have any kind of control Inthe Settlement. At present, ad~ ministrative power in the Seltlement completely in the hands of foreigners and they do not want to their rights. impaired. They a afraid that if they give way in thi particular point it might set a. pre Cedent for demanding other rights by the Chinese Government, "tin the second place, foreign factories in China are mainly concontrated in Shanghai. With their huge capital these factories have been able to control the raw material market in the interior. At the same time they "are employing cheap Chinese labour to turn out goods which they sell on the Chinese market at a pro-[Atable price, They can send. these products to the-interior without pay-Ing any import duty. Chinese work. ers in these foreign factories are working day and night and they are not pald as they should in consid Yon of their long working, how the Chinese Government should exercise factory control in the Shanghai Settlement these foreign-owned. fa tories are to be the main sufferers, They have to improve their treatment of their workers and the wages must raised and the working hours must be reduced. Naturally the foreigners will not give up their profits in this way if they can help it. This ace counts for the opposition on the part of the Shanghai Muntelpal Council 10 the proposed factory control by the Chinese Government, nese factories in the Settlement, It the Chinese authorities are permitted to Inquire into the welfare of these factories, improvement would naturally be introduced in administration and "equipment. These factories might some day become keen com-politers of the foreign-owned—factories. Naturally this is disliked by the foreigners and the best thing for them to do is prevent the Chinese authorities from acquiring the right to exercising control over these Chinese factories in the Settlement. The Interests of Chinese and foreign factories are conflicting. If the foreign {factory owners want to preserve their own Interests, they must do something retard the progress of their Chie "At the present moment, the International Settlement authorities a imposing all sorts of restrictions in Chinese factories. Under various pretences these factories are often Gned and even suspended by order of the Municipal Council. So want to protest the interests of Chinese factories in the Settlement the Chinese Government should do everything possible to secure the right of factory control from the Shanghai Municipal Council. It is no use for the Government to talk about profecting home industries or economic revival of the nation when it is unable to protect the existing Chinese factories' in the Shanghai Settlement."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.