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CHINESE FRUITERERS.
TO THE EDITOR "THE PRESS." —So Mr A.D Hart is in favour of tho Chinese fruiterer. That is because they do not enter into competition -with his earnings. If they did his squeal would ho loud and long. Now wo must look at this question in a sensible light. 1 hold no brief for the fruiterers,'but tho test is not tho profit on one pound of sound fruit, but how many fruiterers have retired on their profit in the fruit trade. I do not know any myself, but I know a number who have lost all their cash and had to face a hard world—broke. Now in reference to the Chinamen, soft theartcd people say now that they have paid their £100, let them have full liberties to do as they wish. But they forget that it is not the incoming Chinaman that paid tho money, but his countryman who imported him, and who will make good profit out of him before ho gives him his release. -Now if we patronise the Chinamen and put the fruit trade into their hands, the first thing they will do will be to import another big batch of undesirables, as they will need extra assistants. And at the same time, as this place is such a profitable investment, they will bring out a young army to attack other trades." It is a Chinese puzzle to me how Labour men can stick up for the Chinamen. —Yours, etc., C,H J. MUNRO. Colombo street. Christcnureh, March 13th. Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14304, 15 March 1912, Page 9 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19120315.2.85.3&srpos=12&e=-------100-CHP-1----0chinese+fruiterer--
TO THE EDITOR "THE PRESS." —So Mr A.D Hart is in favour of tho Chinese fruiterer. That is because they do not enter into competition -with his earnings. If they did his squeal would ho loud and long. Now wo must look at this question in a sensible light. 1 hold no brief for the fruiterers,'but tho test is not tho profit on one pound of sound fruit, but how many fruiterers have retired on their profit in the fruit trade. I do not know any myself, but I know a number who have lost all their cash and had to face a hard world—broke. Now in reference to the Chinamen, soft theartcd people say now that they have paid their £100, let them have full liberties to do as they wish. But they forget that it is not the incoming Chinaman that paid tho money, but his countryman who imported him, and who will make good profit out of him before ho gives him his release. -Now if we patronise the Chinamen and put the fruit trade into their hands, the first thing they will do will be to import another big batch of undesirables, as they will need extra assistants. And at the same time, as this place is such a profitable investment, they will bring out a young army to attack other trades." It is a Chinese puzzle to me how Labour men can stick up for the Chinamen. —Yours, etc., C,H J. MUNRO. Colombo street. Christcnureh, March 13th. Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14304, 15 March 1912, Page 9 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19120315.2.85.3&srpos=12&e=-------100-CHP-1----0chinese+fruiterer--