CHINESE FRUITERERS.

TO THE EDITOR OJ? "THE PRESS." &i rj —So air A.'IX 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 liiiht. 1 hold no brief for the fruiterers,'but tho test is not tho profit on ono pound of sound fruit, but howmany fruiterers have retired on their protttH in tho 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, srrtheartcd people say now that they have paid their £100, let them havo full liberties to do ns they wish. Uut they forget that it is not the incoming Chinaman that paid tho money, but hi* countryman who imported him, and who will mako good profit out of him before ho gives him his release. -Now if wo patronise the Chinamen and put the fruit trade into their hands, tho first tiling they will do will be to import another big hatch 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 mo how Labour men can stick up for the Chinamen. —Yours, etc., C,H J. MUNRO. Colombo street. Christcnureh, March 13th.