(On Page 242 to-day will be found fa stimulating article by a spoil correspondent, in Basle on the proposed creation of & Central Reserve Bank, for "The general principles
amine the' proposal are, es.
the light of intern tional experience such as 15 avai: able to the correspondent. pendent of the Council. The rei Was made that there would be bjtetion to such a scheme proved it was satisfactory to the Council att satisfied the above requirements.
'A further point raised was number of pullers to be licensed. TH Council's representatives, reiterit the undertaking that a sufficient num ber shall be Icensed for the net fof the industry, Tt was pointed ships exist, No general figures for turnover in other trades are avallble for comparison, but the percent age is. sufficiently "high within, the short petlod to be significant. Neither ig it. known to what extent the dis~ pansing with the worker coincides With his attaining an age and experience when he would have to be ftiven remuneration for his services. {t'is, however, known that when the boy has served an apprenticeship of three or four years and is demanding that he receive some pay, it is often found convenient to replace him by'
younger unpaid boy in good health fresh from the country."
Converted Dwelling Houses Most of the chromium plating fac~ tories in. Shanghai are converted dwelling houses. They are usually fan ordinary Chiness house oF shop. containing one larger room and a fat chen downstairs and two, rooms! above. The front room, facing the: Street, is usually adapted for buffing and polishing, while the kitchen frequently has" plating vats installed. The floor of the workshop is the sleeping place of the apprentices whose bedding by day may be -seen rolled up and placed in a comer of {he dusty polishing room. f.otts, {hough the exit from them is pre carious in case of fire at night, are nevertheless regarded as _surerior sleeping secommodation and are' chosen by the older workers.
"The. conditions in the workshops are often appalling. The hours of!
Work average out to eleven hours Gay. In polishing shops six or eight puting or polishing wheels _are crowded into as small a space as possible, The older workers graduate Yo wheels nearest the doorway where {hero is more air and light. The newest apprentice mans the wheels farthest from the open air, He is visible only dimly through the dense Fighest level of protection. Inadequate diets producing lack of appetite will Drodude the' poorest work and the risks fre Intensified.
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