CHINESE LAUNDRIES IN "LATHER" OVER FEES

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5324, 10 February 1947, Page 3

CHINESE LAUNDRIES IN "LATHER" OVER FEES

I NEW YORK j This is the talc of a shirt. Pressed by the demands of the ! ICh^nese Pmver ILaunderers Asso- j ciatlcn, Chinese hand laundry- j men cf Ncav York are fighting for j the status quo on the shirt — the ! price they chargc for doing it. , The Chinese who deserted hand ! methods for the machines want to ! charge a third more for their services. They wash the clothes for the haivrl latmdrymen. This demand fsr increased priees has taken the starch out of the hand men. The price is too high for wet wash, said a spokesman for the Chin- j ese Benevolent Association. "What will happen to our cus- j tomers?" he asked. He's afraid the"[ higher priees will "take them to the | cleaners." The poAver clan, on the other hand, j thinks this is a lot of suds^The • overall costs will average only l^out j about 21i cents a bundle, they say. I Meanwhile, the matter has reached I high levels. To .prevent hot argcnients, ( a meeting to mediate the matter was •called. Dr. H. Y. Lu, Chinese Consul , General in New York, said he would 1 try to help ,ir on out the problem. j The Chinese community has oeen j greatly churned by thq affair. Soiled linen is accumulating in * homes and boarding hoases whose i occupants depend on Chinese laun- ■ dries. The matter is eonfusing, but j they hope it will all eorae out in the j wash.** j . 1 - - - i