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| + | Q. 54 Mr. Colquohn, in some respects, is perhaps a bit of a bluffer, is he? | ||
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| + | A. Well, I don't know. | ||
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| + | Q. 55 He has been pretty slow on pay, hasn't he? | ||
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| + | A. Yes. | ||
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| + | Q. 56 How has he been on the pay to you? | ||
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| + | A. Well, of course he has kept me going, that is all. | ||
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| + | Q. 57 Have you ever had a square pay day? | ||
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| + | A. Not a regular pay, no. | ||
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| + | Q. 58 Anybody else, to your knowledge? | ||
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| + | A. Cannot say I do. | ||
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| + | Q. 59 If I told you that those four white men, if I told you they haven't got a cent yet? | ||
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| + | A. I believe you. | ||
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| + | Q. 60 These Chinese boys say they haven't been paid? | ||
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| + | A. Not entirely. | ||
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| + | Q. 61 Outside of what they have received for food? | ||
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| + | A. I would believe that. | ||
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| + | Q. 62 What would you contribute to the shortage of food to? Slow pay? | ||
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| + | A. It might be one reason. | ||
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| + | Q. 63 And if these Chinese people in Vancouver supplying the food, if they weren't getting paid, they couldn't be expected to keep on sending? | ||
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| + | A. Not indefinitely. | ||
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| + | Q. 64 With the history we have here, it wouldn't be a bit surprising if that was so, would it? | ||
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| + | A. It was very likely what happened, all right. | ||
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| + | Q. 65 Knowing what you know, you know perfectly well that men working in the woods do not intend to shorten themselves on food? | ||
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| + | A. You can't do it. | ||
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| + | Q. 66 What do you contribute the shortage of food to? | ||
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| + | A. I cannot see any particular reason right really for the | ||
