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Show 2 PAPERMAKIN IN INDO-CHIN the arrogant overseers are instructed by the exacting an parsimonious proprictors to withhold two weeks' wages The coal that is dug, sorted, sifted, and finally lugged i baskets by women and children from this inferno is sol by the French masters to the government of Japan. Th same tired workers load the coal aboard ships and upo reaching the Island Empire it is stored with a watchfu eye to the future. During the ceaseless days and night the poor coolies and their families are slaving in the ho black mine, the French stockholders of the syndicate ar lounging in their easy chairs in the luxurious clubs an sidewalk cafés of Hano, Saigon, and Paris, leisurely sipping their apéritifs. Should we inquire if the coal mine i profitable to the white owners, the answer would have t be that each year the dividends and profits are equal t the original investment. The conditions in the min at Hongai differ but slightly from other Europea controlled industries of Indo-China. The nativ workers havelongsince become accustomed toil treatment, arduous labour, insignificant wages and long hours of toil through day and night Itis hoped that the dayis not far distant whe the tired people of Indo-China will be fre from the yoke of European domination Digital mage© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |