British Merchant Seamen in San Francisco, 1892-1898E. Arnold, 1899 - 206 pàgines |
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Pàgina 34
... crimps , etc. , as people who were born expressly into this world to be fleeced and robbed . In the estimation of these men , the one aim and object of the birth of a sailor into the world is solely that he may grow up , go to sea ...
... crimps , etc. , as people who were born expressly into this world to be fleeced and robbed . In the estimation of these men , the one aim and object of the birth of a sailor into the world is solely that he may grow up , go to sea ...
Pàgina 45
... crimps , tailors and every dis- honest person in the place who are eager to use him for their own interests . The voyage to San Francisco is a very long one , either round Cape Horn or from Australia , four to six months usually in the ...
... crimps , tailors and every dis- honest person in the place who are eager to use him for their own interests . The voyage to San Francisco is a very long one , either round Cape Horn or from Australia , four to six months usually in the ...
Pàgina 54
... crimps , a subject which will be dealt with later . No more irritating trial can be given to long - voyage seamen , and none with a worse . effect on the character and temper of the men , than the present penurious way of dealing out ...
... crimps , a subject which will be dealt with later . No more irritating trial can be given to long - voyage seamen , and none with a worse . effect on the character and temper of the men , than the present penurious way of dealing out ...
Pàgina 61
... crimps , who supply them with money on condition that they will go with them , yet , is it not a fact that from the wages sacrificed by deserting seamen on the Pacific Coast , certain ship- owners , and perhaps some captains , profit ...
... crimps , who supply them with money on condition that they will go with them , yet , is it not a fact that from the wages sacrificed by deserting seamen on the Pacific Coast , certain ship- owners , and perhaps some captains , profit ...
Pàgina 62
... crimps , for the simple reason that they had the use of a fair proportion of their wages- viz . , the amount they earned in port ; whilst the money earned at sea on the voyage out and home would be a good sum to take when the ship ...
... crimps , for the simple reason that they had the use of a fair proportion of their wages- viz . , the amount they earned in port ; whilst the money earned at sea on the voyage out and home would be a good sum to take when the ship ...
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