Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09
China and the Chinese

The Chinese are knowing people |
and in some seuses = commercial
people, as il proved by their produce /
ton and export Of tea and rice, bnt
they are SLOW x learn uad 20 take +
3lvaetaEe Of the thrift and enterprise
Of other people. aud hence, we sap
pose, the fresh efforts. through the /
Commission OF all civilized countries
10 establish more business vitality |
among the people They have god I
and copper mines, but they are /
worked just rs little a. possible,
and produce nothing for expert -
The Emperor cites the Govern
ment Of Mexico as proof that miner
al wealth alone does not hclpa peo
pie, and California Is mentioned as i.
proving that until Commerce and
Agriculture prospered the State was
not prosperous Gold was the mo-
tive, but wheat has proved far more
valuable than the gold.
Think Of country which can pro
duce. gather and cure the very best
tea III :. cost OF five or siX cents per
ponnd, aud il science could he apnli-
cd to the curing the cost per poaud
would be reduced To four ar ;bree
/ cents The absence Of good means
of transportation averages not less
/ than one cent per pound. For miles
( ii is carried on the hacks Of por,er>,
I the distance for which THIS mole 81
transportation is rendered necessary
| being equal 10 about eight day
I journey from the Bohoma district Il
| Canton the market piatr Il lie tsm
pre-. Large quantities ,rg also an
nua.ly passed across Tbs desert Is
caravans to Siberia, apd tie inland
trade Of the adjoining countries ez
hausts turthet percentage II the
product
The population Of China, exclusive
Of Thibet, is oyer three hundred aud
sixty millions within eighteen pro-
vinces that constitute the State. -
Thibet and one or two other provin>
ces give All aggregate computation
ol four hundred millions il official
figures are credited. rhc population
per square mile is 280-the average
in England being only 225, aud that
OF Holland being only 275. In some
Of the provinces it is packed at from
500 to 700 per square mile. The
arabic acres of ground in the whole
Empire is computed at al 81, 957.
or seven cig1teenths OF IN acre for
each Individual Nearly every acre is
yearly under cultivation, and the in,
nabitants live expense rely. Rice il
nearly the sole diet Of the lower class
Is and with the simple systen d
living, the soil is capable Of supports
ing a population more numerous to
the square mile than that Of England
The Roman Empire never exceeded
l20,000,001. With proper transpor
tation, every resource Of the Middle
Kingdom will be brought into re-
QUESTION. and minister to the mater
ial wealth Of our world
Though we call the Chinese q slow
people, it does not follow they are ig
norant in the useful arts, or unlearn-
ed in questions OF political economy
Probably no people give more atten
t ton to what Is called practical ans
t useful instruction. The many mil
3 lions who live upon the soil requir
, this. Scholarship and knowledge q
Q further there than here in the line o
political promotion The wisest MAJ
is entitled to the foremost place an,
secures it The most influential per
sons start from humble life. Tn
contests for intellectual superiorit,
are greater there than here. Tn,
government is in many ways demo
cratic, in the best sense Of democra
cy. The public opinion which com
: manda and tolerates suicide, wher
= there is failure of success, is owing E
t the absence Impractical Christianity
) but the motive is not so bad after all
!. since it is like that which prOmpte,
D Judas to go out and hang himself al
ter be became the betrayer of inno
cent blood The japanese, also, VII
are supposed to be much higher ton
, ed than the Chinese, only commi
harl kari when public opinion put
, the ban upon them. They fail an,
become mortified. They are detect
cd, and, upon the exc OF punishment
} rip open their bowels with as mucl
4 zeal as one would go to q wedding
/" Death is better than iishonor" i
/ also maxim among these people
} and it would do civilized nations M
harm if the maxim was made NOR,
prevalent than it is.