Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-19
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CHIN A GU =STIoN-
Chimes immigration in "a. Philippines.
III Org" Of ,ar china slurs.ion.
AND THE

Tnr hpd.ys Of C:.iua v,,v iii con-
,'ruc ION III ,ilIl'r.h' pr ious OF the
country. Ia epr. p!lt5 th Y are of
hrich; IN o.A"r~, Duit Of mai lit i
~ the sane as concrete walls are
~,Iuc.IiIt5 with IL; Ia otiIcio the
sides arc com ose.i mainly of mai
suL coated with mud, While III one
!al." d., rlrt the Animation, are du
III he c.u Ii and form IL system OF
ewes or Sub,rIlaueau dwellings.
f..ch iii the lt!ge cities ii family OF
ten person, r.tn i've tpr about four
nunured uoiitro Il wear including
r.uiAnS and fO1l, "nd with the
unusual accOinmU ,at!oh of i Whole
"Wr.lnE 10 themselves. The eX-
uE,c %. living TO lanp II Is = It' |
Il. from two 10 Two and salt do!lai )
Il lut.tn, vi. .CliI Hc. ute, TOO /, CUtIo@
,..d rrut. Away IRON The ciilr5 The
EXPENSES !, tr.ltI,'vd tltjN D'r e III.
In s,uu.c c..or, from l.llY 10 9.A,y lIrO-
~" lnnpt.iy 4 ~ImIi" ,twr.iIu-, W iIcn
rcdlvc, tn cApeAoe 10 etch ati.i lar
th,r. The CAue,e c.n!-rants ut
Batavia, the Dutcn capital oil Java,
.hnwrd IN cacl huuou ten men ii. TO
bear artL~.
Uupirr ~ucn c, iI..en. ru"l.Jr.,
nr;i.n and moral. nu~l be reduced
to die loves. drg:re. iLIs - ii,u,-
;ratrd ~ the fac, ;ha' III tie uor,u
ot Cnni the bets an ma,te larger
OF sin der i'll proportion l" ihc Lam .
iv, are constructed OF orlck, and are
warmed bv SIN all s,uve> HE usual
size of Chinese huu>cs, cXccp. anOn5
tnc hunted wealthy claS>t>, Is Ihlry
feet .oag, ten wide, and eIgnt h5u,
with street, irum ten - twcHty ieet
broad iunnnS par.ilel between me
bml ilnI., and crossed Dl harrow
auI Cirly lanes; and, according To
obSriyaut travellers, nelthcr table,
chair, nor o;her III lcie OF furniture
cin be seen in the dwellings, ~ the
poor.
The rate of wages may be inferred
from the average condition ul the
people. Tho WI rs OF mech lnicS
ana skll.ful wulkmcn seldom exceed
twenty five cents Il day, while tno,e
engaged by the month or Tor loLSer
periods receive sill less. y conn
mon iahnrer ordinarily oh .nlhs about
foul pence, English, winch may be
freely Translated at eIght cen per-
dtfm. 1t Is TIN c.aSS tn 1t constitute
the great bulk vi eInlSrahts, and
who, from their ability To learn read
l.y al, ordinary occupations, rrnht
the most when trahSplanted - sonc
legion where labor Is III demand.
The tual cost OF living To Il laborer,
his wife, and three chlldreu Is rell-
ably stated at three dollars per
month in Canton; while single or
elderly persons have been maintained
at cost of one dollar per month.
The small scale to which business
i, sublivided is shown by the cop
per CONS winch form the usual
medium of exchange aud which
form the smallest currency III the
world; silver being used only for the
largest Transactions. An undertake
ing requiring one hundred dollar,
oil capital Is frequently divided
among numerous share holders. 1t
follows that, money having relative
" 50 great value, the slightest pro
fit is acceptable, and hence III all
ordinary transactions Bargains are
mnde upon n MARCIA that would ne
deemed impossible III other coun-
! tries. As one writer has sad, the
| Chinese will refuse no money III sell
inS If they can be ever so little
gamers" OF course, where bust
ness is conducted upon ST. narrow a
margin, slight depressi"ns III the
general prosperity of any district
product extreme suffering, sucn rs.
for instance. has often resulted from
famines. Three years ago, III the
provinces of Shlnt IL aud Chh-l',
Il drought destroyed the crops, and
ms soon rs the reserve of food Was
consumed the people resorted to
chatf, the bark of trees, turhlp
leaves, elc., and We're finally re-
duced TO devouring The htf-declyed
sorghum stalks Oh which the roofs OF
their rude buildings We're composed
1t was this famine which was ST.
great that in one place II shop was
opened for the sale of human flesh
and many thousands of children were
sold into slavery j. order ;hlt their
parents might sustain lite upon the
proceeds. Aid was given from the
other provinces, and it was stated
apparently with truth. that but fol
! such assistance not one-half of the
population would have survived I'M
til the ripening of another harvest.
Even under ordinary conditions
the restitution is very great, and
beggars are brought to almost un-
imaginable depths. In some cases
systematic relief is afforded; but the
kind and character of this assis ance
only further shows the necessities of
the people. In Pekin there was
long since established ii phalanStery
which in Chinese was termed the
House of Hens Feathers" This
was large building upon the hnol
of whice was thick layer of feath.
er, over which was spread one i'm
mense coverlet, provided with in
Vulnerable holes, each large enough
for human head to pass through.
The lodSers-men, women and child
ren-buried themselves indiscrimi.
nately in this mass Of feathers, each
thrusting his head through one OF
the holes, and each paying the value
of tenth of u cent for Il night III
this dormitory. In the morning the
noise of tam-tam afforded the
signal for lifting the coverlet by Il
pulley suspended from the ceiling