And the Poor "Woiking Gail"
the Editor of the '"Norrn-Cuama Dany News"
'Sm—The writer of the letter signed SP.CHB. who is apparently upset at the sight of Chinese factory: [girls being loaded into trucks "ain't seen nothin' yet", either.
T suggest that the writer take a rip to New York City and study {transportation conditions there in our, subways. He will witness millions work on Manhattan, subjected to far Worse "treatment...-but. nO. one wheezes about it if he can endure: the aight "of us at "rush hours," specially during summer... and survives the experiences he'll tart BIG Eley we ave al Ing himself. Back there in.our all
{Gkteng: men in uniform), red Sor the purpose of ramming and Jambing snugly into the trains. Sometimes they only use their hands, but usual-employ' their" feet, knees, backs, floods and. shoulders. 'They never apologize "when they' blacken our tyes, break our Insteps or smash our bs' 'And mind—we pay a nickel for this man-handling. Some-mes we sue the company, but few have ever been known to' collect.
1 is really a fact that many" 'American wage earner in New York City has entered. its: subways alive ud' come out a wide-eyed corpse, fans purse, sans) gloves, can teeth, sans Rat, sane life..to eay nothing sans dignity. And' the worst of 1S we don't even Sow we are dead—nor does anyone size because we are tarried along with the crowd in an Upright and apparently ving posture, fdue"to our wonderful human *pack: ing system" en route." Therefore T hange ait Randy fo ete me a bet St" perfect concentrated, "brutal "Ad more outstanding "example
umte-pecking than has "been achieved by Borough System of little old New York on our ubwaye during rash hours.
So save your tears over "crowded pigs" and restrain. your woo st the Sight of Chinese gel in trucks. Pour your pity' forth' on. the. *Wolking Gols" of New. Yorke We" tragic straphangers can't even fall down when we faint. because there's stand: ing. room "only. Books have. been lertten on the subject, but to date he pen has not proved more powers {ul than the politicians, But possbiy 1 SPOIL, wrote to Uncle Sam oF the Mayor of New York pointing cut how mich worse is our Tot than that the Chinese factory "hands. transit to "work, our. dreadful fate might be ameliorated. Men havel, been known to ery: "Are we mice or ment" The business women who of New York might.
"Are we women oF To say nothing qt how we look when we are unloaded on th platforms, we feel like porkers all ight, neatly condensed into sausage form:...but we don't wheeze about Shanghai, May 2.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.