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Chinese Shopkeepers.
On the subject of Chinese shopkeepers, '' Whiteman " . replies to " Squee-Key "in tho Wellington Times as follow*:—Regarding the statement that Britishers have forced themselves on the Chinese in their own country, it is, of course, quite true that some of our kinsmen are to be found there, as in every other part of the world, but if your correspondent will take the trouble to enquire, he will find that they are commercially a distiuct advantage tor China, spending annually, as they do, huge sums of money there as . the representatives of large British trading concerns in the TTnited Kingdom and other parts of the Empire. The Britisher does not monopolise any particular branch of industry in China, as the " Chow "does here, nor does he compete with him there for a livelihood. The Chinese in New Zealand are not here for the purpose of trading with us on behalf of firms in China; they are here to compete with Europeans, and owing to their well-known ability to live on the smell of an oiled rag, they are able to undersell the European fruit vendors, thus depriving them of their legitimate means of»livelihood. I note what,'" Squee-Key " says about the Chinaman being outclassed,in the fruit trade in ths other cities of the colony. The, true reason, however, why lie is almost unknown in theie citfes is that the people refuse to tolerate his obnoxious presence in their, midst, and I admire them for the determination and patriotism they have shown in this matter, Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XIV, Issue 1203, 3 February 1904, Page 2
On the subject of Chinese shopkeepers, '' Whiteman " . replies to " Squee-Key "in tho Wellington Times as follow*:—Regarding the statement that Britishers have forced themselves on the Chinese in their own country, it is, of course, quite true that some of our kinsmen are to be found there, as in every other part of the world, but if your correspondent will take the trouble to enquire, he will find that they are commercially a distiuct advantage tor China, spending annually, as they do, huge sums of money there as . the representatives of large British trading concerns in the TTnited Kingdom and other parts of the Empire. The Britisher does not monopolise any particular branch of industry in China, as the " Chow "does here, nor does he compete with him there for a livelihood. The Chinese in New Zealand are not here for the purpose of trading with us on behalf of firms in China; they are here to compete with Europeans, and owing to their well-known ability to live on the smell of an oiled rag, they are able to undersell the European fruit vendors, thus depriving them of their legitimate means of»livelihood. I note what,'" Squee-Key " says about the Chinaman being outclassed,in the fruit trade in ths other cities of the colony. The, true reason, however, why lie is almost unknown in theie citfes is that the people refuse to tolerate his obnoxious presence in their, midst, and I admire them for the determination and patriotism they have shown in this matter, Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XIV, Issue 1203, 3 February 1904, Page 2