New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-07
CHINA OF TO-DAY.
RECENT OBSERVATIONS by A FRENCHMAN.
OPIUM SMOKING PROM TWO POINTS OF VIEW
TRADE WITH WESTERN NATIONS.

ng been a former fachc of the editorial stan oi Les
Temps" has had journalistic eye 10 cufrcnt event
there. and returns wclliu(orncd about the country
and it4 people. To TRIBUNE reporter VINO met MN
he was interestingly communicative
"Tcn you something new about China " be eH-
claimed Everything is new there. is fresh Is moth
ing like the life here or in Europe / went into the
Office of your minister Mr. Young, one day when WIS
in Pclin. and said 10 the Minister: TEL mo tie
ncvsr lie LAUGHED and .ail, 80 one H. making news
in China except tho tav-oncers They have found som"
thing that /. worth my kuoVcdcep what is that . |
asked They have found that You and live among
90. 100000 of people who pay their poll-r't's
promptly" That news. and boil IT down 10 mean
that Cinnamon pay their taxes promptly and that the
tax officers have taken the census with these results
They do things differently here and in France, and |
think that counting the entire empire they did not
make ont over twotbIrdS OF the population There
ar 300 900 coo of The ycllow-, warrant.
"Whtt are they mp To lmprimi,, Cung o. nm.
Let me tell Won there j. ma inside WOW o' iI' -''J''
/ took au investigating interest I'm opium eating ana
is effects | called ON DR.. John g Kerr, the Old ana
eminent physician, who for thirty years ha. been 10
char.. Of the Missionary Hospital 81 Hong Kong ana
has Lad 200 900 patients lie told me that almost
ever, bod, -mo- opium or cats IT. and mat pn>
morally, aul P0omaldy it De- dcs"''i'n To ne
clro' III" 1e'o il n.P',ins Liam, m'o, az, ,o T K, ,'
denied this ne said that no opium smoker u-c' the
r1. to procure sleep but often take. IL before going
o"cp I,1t H D. am c.Ptn.n9 1,' , p. ','' ,.s
nf time aud money There Won have two OF The l1ie't
ideas ! do not pin to either. hu have seen men
smoke thct 100 gain, da>. Thirty on iott grams
t. am average days smoke. and you v find that like
our tolacco habit II may he abused II degradcs as
much %. our habit does, but mo- more
HALLWAY. rGrAPu AND TELEPHONE LINrs
Are there any new works of any importance in pro
gtcssr
There isa railroad. That Ia new thing for CHM
II ,ou nlraso You remember that some sN years ago
ammo Enrli.hmcn organized the kaipnr Railway Com
nany for the purpose Of building road 10 the kapmg
MINI. from Iicni,in II created wat deal Of talk
,lrn mud the reports have been us few ns Tine did
,lrnda lu that road ia building thuuannd I hnrsr
ntr ni work nndcr direction oi g. W kndrr who. with
the secretary u NJ THROWN. gave me- many conir'irs
The, nt hr,t eni reluctant permission n hnhd seven
uilr4 nl tund aud the ground had o. lr luu nu I'VE
times Lcipie land could Doe procured nnd graves n ihr
v,v rrmn,rl The ground wns level ond happily tr
uuirrd little grading Men oHme tn work ~ snon AZ
the seven suprfsiiious miles we're completed, nnd the
entire distance will bee coseird within the leai, II uoh
i,., bpunrul The tuad has th'rr ordinary uat4
brugM nun England CITY r'nl tmcl7. AMI an cle
rnnt coach ursened Gov the higher nhrins There nte
three ln.iun ives one B thrW thr INST hnu ~ hiha
II roa made in kaipins and "a nnned thr Rocket oi
thina The other tvu vpre Imported llun lnian in
shoubuthnnu. sis round rua air made daily Passage
"a sr,,n cents. aud passenger uatg lh's ih" iiWn
i,,s no,sit oT rrnl lhn .nsinrris atp ln4li-hmrnt
ht, tho sphms pandntiu,s arl hiebpher $40 oil
hmtaa tho minpa support ihp tnil
Np7 ttp,p T. Telegraph liNp uh the i"al anI u %
us,i Ia t,np,,tiue With lelephr"as ~, whine r's'
s1a uiiu tho -tutprfs. aa Ntn na lht uitiH"is.
a,e natives and there 70 e." g"s'"h !" the "!'s' ed"
theIr mart dN inoe than there 10 q" tie cars 'hiua
l0an ltltionilu hlth oaf ahd Wuh ripsumu btoa"su
u IAla thuW ven
IIr uPPusIruN 80 PETROLEUM.
fut there i. oue modern thing that the almond
eyed do NOT hbc That is Tetr'eum. They oppose it,
ur.ins that il CAUSES many fire., The torta of Shaus
ba was out n au utcrlic NOT many VIC * ago against
li. oil that sometimes smushcs q lamp and burns d,
house Otlcr officials tuidly did the same II Is a
fear that Ignorance inspires, and it il OF vast luse-
qucuce ma-nuch ~ Your country regards petroleum
~ The most important article n your commerce with
China The opposition l. not so fierce a. was. and
have il from Minister Young own lips that 10 IT, cN
hansting itself lie SAYS; We strive to convince the
Chinese that we have their good lu view when We
ash them to share the advantages OF our more ad-
yrccd civilization; and with proper u~'ruou ION, 10
u-iue the OIL we Will have ~ Ia trade again 4
French resident at Ming pc gave ht of col'ring
fer lies in an American uUli. >uiIr firm this
try sent ont lot of am"s Of cheap and unsafe make
and they seemed 90 burst a- frequently as not 10.
Bnt American goods not generally opp. cd ~
So not 30 much a. French goods are. There is
cotton cloth for instance. tn, English rotl c.tr,c
and bo,viI, 4rrd while the American j. well finished
and of rood weight and naturally the American b. pre-
TERED But John Bull 0. catching ON. and there is a
strong competition of British goods that rc.omoir,
ynrr and Udrl rI Iu sims ar cases. lc liItc
sondlug dril- and cout'ucnts into China 90 -ou.c
tent and have a very good trade m them But these
goods ar, initiated too by the Lancashire LOOMS and il
serves 10 distress trade very badly
CANTON AND lis TRADE.
81 will give you some particulars about the trade
of Canton. tor | suppose your eyes arc set toward
Southern Clna now Canton is the great distributing,
centre for tLe section, and the headquarters Of the IA-
pc,ial maritime customs. department wholly con-
Quoted by Foreigners and supcuncndoi by Sir Robert
Hart. with a salary of $4,000 a year. some Of the
comm. i.-ioucr, | met Tho two at Canton are fine
gentlemen one a countryman of mine, the other an
American These men collect uniform five per cent
od yaIorem duty and the Government finds it nice
plan to have foreigners collect her revenues. They
have enough 70 do tor II "a busy place 1t Canton
The navigators number several thousand, and each
craft goe- equipped with from six to twenty cannon to
guard against japanese river pirates WhCna boat
or Junk discharges. the cargo i, quickly stored and
count ia made TO the department.
81 watched the unloading. and then went mp into the
,itv where in the Chinese merchants stocks found
that foreign manufactures were kept ndiscriminately
for sale The Chinese make little or no distinction
between people of any of the Western natonahtes,
ard their productions, except the Portuguese, Wiz
nrr especially dctcstcd. OF course found larger
number Of English shops and goods. but one day
whcn went into bakeshop Ia ask for oatmeal, tho
| clerk mouircd If | preferred the Victor ar the
Akron and I the American aud English barrels
standing together so also found French and Amer,
| can butter Dutch and American cheese IRISH and
Kentucky whisky and other articles of Eurol can make
| aldo b, aldo with your Yankee products. Canton u
! great Vt exports. too. l1OOo,Ouo worth OF 1lA''
81 900 900 of tca. and such things ~ human hair hto
crackers, wood ware aud paper going out every year
IMPORTING OREGON FINS.
"Ah no foreigners do not get rich IN China mnrk'te
The nntiyce need little waste nothing do everything
and having abundant capital md skilled labor ar'
both temperate aud frugal They are expert mitators
and will mako from Western patterns paper buttons
ra.sNnic and even cloth. ii Hung Chang. OF blessed
memory in Paris granted the establishment OF
| cotton mill nj Shanghai while ago, but the schem
| scen yonr Manchester goods countericcd. But Their
are two articles that they do not try 10 initiate
Wines and your lumber. Did you know that Chin
imports 100000 ioot of Oregon pine lumber yearly
Fact II can be had cheaper than to cart It from Core
md Mnnichnn MheIo now arc alnn.i the only rcmaIn