We were warned not to go to Canton at all on account of the boycott. The walls of Canton were placarded with posters ridiculing the Americans. The feeling was very intense against Americans on the part of the coolies. However. we went to Canton. and. although we did not discover from the Chinese who entertained us the cause of the boycott. some of us did discover the cause of it. A few of us met the representatives of American interests there. and they gave us a statement in regard to the boycott All the guilds in the Cantonese district. which are the powerful organizations there. more powerful than our labor organizations. united in demanding the admission of the Chinese cooly to the United States.