Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-30
CHINESE SEA GRUB.
COST OF FEEDING A PAGAN ON
AN OCEAN STEAMER.

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AN OCEAN STEAMER.
A Crowd Of Ceiestiais Leaving San Fran
cisco for Far C.thay-A Qusrrelsoms
Set Of Passengsrs-Littie Waste I'm Feed
fng-Profts-
The Oceanic Steamship company's Of
6ce was crowded the other forenoon by
Cinnamon anxious to avail themselves Of
the reduced rate Of passage by the Cana
dian Pacific steamship Abyssinia- Two
hundred and forty took passage by her
nnd sailed about IL o'clock Many held
of to the last minute in the hope that bet
ter terms might be made. but the agents
were inexorable-
Don't you fumigate the office after the
China steamer leavesY' asked Hawaiian
dude. who struggled to the counter
through the jabbering crowd Of Cinnamon
TO secure q passage to Honolulu by the
Australia.
What ails your was the retort- you
should be familiar with the essence Of
Cathay. as you come from Honolulu"
"0f course am. but nothing 80 rank
as this"
Good money. all the same. There are
no deadheads in the Chinese passenger
trade. no round trip complimentary tick
cts. Everything is on a basis Of United
States gold coin and no credit"
CHINESE SEA LAWYERS
Happening along at lunch. the lead
thus opened was followed. See the
Abyssinia lot of Chineses" asked the dis
penser of hospitality at q neighboring
areat - deaI NJ tronhla rost Btelv That
S;nd always do There are cr;nn,es and
h-aSan Jo,v, ,nan ~ ali k,nds arnona
them"
"Tava Won had exner,enca IN that
.,.dasH sve you naa experiences IN 'nA'
..yas TO- ra.r 1hara b.s,, .r,rlov,d
=, re les; TOT years. ! nass ave. oeen empioyeo
hnt have r,,;t tLa sss Tboao 3.Ilo,ys
viii have an srmorv with them Tbev
a,o ,,,a arralsor,a ,nd a.. n.oro,. and tha,a
a-. sl,,sv. go Ja.-,,ars shoor ~ 20 s+t- ,. ~,
tro,,hls They feli the ignorant coolies
tba;r r;obts, ond n va rvera not ,,rar,or.d
m {; ;gbt AZ the dron Of a hat II wo,,l,i he
oil m with ,,a and the shin We can.
a-ai1r ,,anare =, Lao,, tb,,,, rpd.- -
..iybat 10 the reta ~ nossacay,. astad
. ,o,,or,sr ,,bo b.nre,ad 70 10 nrsae,t
.Sfrentv.fva dpIIars and wbatavsr va
80 g.. f..;,,ht -
:. "a von In for a freight ~ravs. =
..Can{ taiI Knoy orIv ,vbat
do,nn"
..I9oas so5 oaseaoa money nav tina
canaJ;.n Pac;;r on 3 tbirtv d.y yov.@s
whar fba old lines conId baraIy msnsSa
to Get ret along with 4 s51 rateY.
81 sbonI5 smile Int Won ius. sk;rr,;sb
- - eI .-.
..What does it cost to feed Chinese pas-
sengers7''
Il brought over 500 of them one trip
at an average cost Of four and three
ciehths cents a day Der man. Yes, it was
little pinched, but they had enough.
Up to 300 fair average of the cost Is
ten cents per head daily, above that the
average lowers. think the Pacific Mail
figures on twelve cents, but that depends
on circumstances"
"What kind of food do they ret?'
"ChieHy rice We take twenty six diff
ferent kinds of elbows We take white
beans. brown beans, black beans, red
beans. green beans-every kind of beans;
orange peel, sauces, dried shrimps, dried
fish. dried abalone, although they get lit
tie OF that But the principal diet Is rice
Five pounds of fresh beef will go as far
with 100 Cinnamon as with five white
men They take big mess of rice and
small piece Of fresh meat, which they lift.
bite of small morsel and return to the
dish Then they pitch into the rice with
their chopsticks and sample the sauces.
They are fond OF salt pork and salt meat.
Fresh meat goes further. They should
never get salted meat or pork
MUST EAT OR srARvE
"Have Won ever had trouble with Chi.
nese nassengersr'
Gotten i remember once in the pek,no
we had a thousand Of them. and tbey
kicked about their food / went down To
find ont what the trouble was and then
brought down the chief officer. The rice
was NOT cooked TO their liking
al will rive YOU ten minutes to begin
eating. said the chief officer: after t6at
the rice will he thrown overheard
1--WE could NOT move We were sur-
rounded Times nm said 1 calling INV
bovs 10 clear away Over she ooes The
Cbinamen looked suIkv for a minute or 40.
and then sat down and ate the rice, and
that was the last of IL