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Farber, agent, Colorado & Southern Ry., Ludlow, Colo‒‒‒‒ 6858 1 COMMISSION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. BOSTON, MASS., Monday, July 6, 1914-2 p. m. Present: Chairman Walsh, Commissioners Delano, O'Connell, Lennon, and Weinstock. E. H. Busiek, special counsel. Chairman WALSH. You may proceed, Mr. Busiek. TESTIMONY OF MR. HERVEY S. COWELL. Mr. BUSIEK. Will you please state your name in full? Mr. COWELL. Hervey S. Cowell. Mr. BUSIEK. Where do you live, Mr. Cowell? Mr. COWELL. Ashburnham, Mass. Mr. BUSIEK. What is your occupation, Mr. Cowell? Mr. COWELL, Principal Cushing Academy. Mr. BUSIEK. We would like to inquire into the circumstances of the admission of 20 students to your academy in the year 1911. Will you please tell the commission what the first information was that you had of those 20 students? Mr. COWELL. It was early in 1911; I am not sure what month. The first letter I could find was dated May 26, 1911. I have a copy of it. Mr. BUSIEK. I wish you would read the copy. Mr. COWELL. This was from Sarah E. Hing, 56 Yon Jie Gie, rear Canton Hospital, Canton: CUSHING ACADEMY, Ashburnham, Mass., U. S. A. MAY 26TH, 1911. MY DEAR SIR: Please send me one school chart and everything that is necessary for application to the Academy. I leave here for America the latter part of September, 1911, with twenty Chinese students. I have been a teacher of English for some years here, but the Chinese here can not get the education in English they can in America, and they sure pay a price for the favor of a few English words. If everything is suitable and the expense not too high I will arrainge to forward at once one year's expences for each. You must understand they are all new beginers, easy to teach and bother no one a room to stay together and their sundries. I am sure you could make it pay to open a branch just for the instruction of begining Chinese, but if every thing is O. K. I will see you when I arrive in America and I think we can arrainge everything, but please send your catalogue and all necessary things to admitt twenty boys from 12 years to 17 years of age at once and oblige. ever very sincerelly, yours to command, SARAH E. HING. Another letter of August 19, 1911. Then I have two other letters after that. Mr. BUSIEK. Please read the following letters. Mr. COWELL. This was August 19, 1911. Chairman WALSH. Have you a copy of it? Mr. COWELL. I have not. Chairman WALSH. Simply an answer inclosing catalogues. Mr. CoWELL. Yes, sir. Chairman WALSH. Did you know this lady before? Mr. COWELL. I had never seen her and didn't know anything of her. Commissioner O'CONNELL. Was she an American woman or Chinese? Mr. COWELL. She was an American woman who married a Chinese. claimed to be the daughter of a promineent man in Illinois. I have forgotten the name now, but he held some State office. She 6003 Mr. H. S. COWELL. SARAH E. HING, 56 Yon Jie Gie, Canton, China, August 19, 1911. DEAR SIR: It is with sincere thanks I take this pleasure to let you know I received the catalogue and other papers, for which I am more than obliged to you for. Am sending a check for three months for each boy. And would still owe you another debt of gratitude if you would be so kind as to look up a large office room with a kitchen attached they will each supply their own furniture (for the boys to use as a sleeping room they can then do their own cooking). And as I stated in my other letter the boys I am bringing are all new English beginners and therefor but little trouble. Now as I have no authorized receipt to bring studants to you, you will be granting me an everlasting favor by sending a receipt for the school fund to me in % the chief inspector of immigration at Seattle, Washington. Thanking you sincerely for your great kindness and trouble, I wish to remain ever yours to command, S. E. HING. We will sail from Hong Kong China on 23 of September and arrive at the Academy abought the 30 of October, 1911. Enclosed list of boys, their age and their guardians' name business and address. S. E. HING, Organizer of the Chinese Y. M. C. A. & W. C. T. U. Mr. BUSIEK. Did you ever make any investigation as to whether or not she was in fact an organizer of the Y. W. C. A. and W. C. T. U.? Mr. COWELL. Not personally. An organizer of the Government came to me and he took the matter up. I informed the Commissioner of Immigration and I have the letters acknowledging that. Mr. BUSIEK. We will get to that later. Mr. COWELL. Yes, sir. The next one is September 20, 1911, a month later. SARAH E. HING, Hotel China, Hong Kong, Sept. 20, 1911. Mr. COWELL, Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass. U. S. A. DEAR SIR: Not knowing if you received the other draft for one term of each boy, total 21, I will enclose duplicate draft. Also to let you know we can not sail on Sept. 23 as I stated in my previous letter, but will sail on Oct 14 sure, arriving abought Nov. 7, 1911. Please send receipt of one term for 21 boys for Mrs. Sarah E. Hing, % chief of immigration at Seattle Washington. Hoping to thank you personally for youre ever kindness I am ever most Sincerely, SARAH E. HING, Chairman WALSH. How much did she inclose in the second letter? Mr. BUSIEK. How much was the check for three months? Mr. COWELL. I have that there. We only charged them for the time they were there. They were there only about four weeks. One died on the passage, before he started. These are the only letters I have in my possession now from her before they came. I have some from her husband after they left. Mr. BUSIEK. Those students arrived at your academy when? Mr. COWELL. November 19, 1911. Mr. BUSIEK. What did you do for them in the way of quarters? Mr. COWELL. We found rooms for them in private houses. Mr. BUSIEK. Then you did not put them all together? Mr. COWELL. No, sir. We did not have any opportunity for them, and when they got there we put them in private houses, one in one place, two in another, and three or four in another. Mr. BUSIER. Could they speak English? Mr. COWELL. Only one could. One was sort of an interpreter for them. Mr. COWELL. Moy Wing. Mr. BUSIEK. Moy Wing? Mr. COWELL. Yes, sir. |