为移民提供食宿和就业的行会建立了起来。当然,这是要付钱的。所付费用可以保证工人得到合理的工资,不受雇主欺骗。会费累积到很大一笔的时候,行会就能够帮助生病或失业的人。他们不仅要注意工人是否得到应得的收入,还要使他还清所有的债务。没有其代理人出具的无欠债的证明,工人是不允许回到自己国家的。
Many Chinese were able to save a portion of their earnings to take with them to their family back home. Often, after workers returned to China, they would revisit North America to accumulate more money. Before being allowed to board a ship in China, however, they had to prove that they were going to their own free will and were under no labor contract. Before the ships set sail. The authorities would visit to guarantee that all on board had their ticket stamped and were not leaving the country against their will.
很多华人能够存下一部分收入,回家时带回他们的祖国。工人们回到中国后,常常会再次到北美挣更多的钱。然而,在中国,被允许上船之前,他们必须证明自己是自愿走的,并不是受劳动合同的约束。在开船之前,当局会上来检查,保证船上所有的人都检过票,并且不是违反他们的意愿离开这个国家的。
Yip Sang, born in Canton in 1845, left China at the age of nineteen to seek his fortune in America. After arriving in San Francisco in 1864, he earned a living by working first as a dish-washer, then as a cook, and finally as a cigar roller. From the outset, he perceived that if he was patient and could represent the best of his race, his merits would be recognized.
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