The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-11

cisco for Far Cathay-A Quarrclsoms
Set of rassengers-LiuIs Waste In Feed.
ing-ProGt-.
The Oceanic Steamship ~company's Of.
flee was crowded the other forenoon b,
Cinnamon anxious to avail themselves u
the reduced rate Of passage by the Cana.
dian Pacific steamship Abyssinia. Two
hundred and forty took passage by her
and sailed about f2 o'clock Many held
oil to the last minute In the hope that bet
ter terms might be made. but the agents
were memorable.
Don't You fumigate the office after the
China steamer leavesg' asked a Hawaiian
dude. who struggled TO the counter
through the jabbering crowd of Cinnamon
to secure a passage to Honolulu by IT,.
Australia
What ais your was the rctort. you
should be familiar with tho essence o..
Cathay, as YOU conc from Honolulu
"Of course | am. but nothing so rank
rs this
Good money, all the same. There are
no ~deadheads Gin the Chinese passenger
trade. no round trip complimentary tick
tts. Everything is on 4 basis of United
States gold coin and no credit.
CmNEsE SEA LAWYERS.
Happening along at lunch. the lead
thus opened was followed. "See tbs
Abyssinia lot OF Chinese asked the di,
pcnser of hospitality at IA %ncighborug
lunch bar. Seem a queer lot. Give .
great deal Of trouble. most likely That
kind always do. There are cripples and
broken down men OF all kinds am0ug
them
Have YOU had experience in that
trade
Yes, for years. have been employed
in the Chinese trade quite a long time.
but | have quit the sea. These fellows
will have an armory with them. They
are Quarrelsome ami dangerous, and there
are always sea lawyers aboard 10 stir up
trouble. They tell the ignorant coolies
their rights. and if we were not prepared
to fight at the drop Of a hat it would be-
all up with us and the ship. We gen
orally manage 10 keep them under
What is the rate Of PASSAGE asked
a reporter who happened to bc present.
Twenty Eve dollars aud whatever we
can get for freight"
Are you i'm for a freight ware
Can't tell. Know only what we ara
doing
Docs $2j passage money pay the
Canadian Pacific on a thirty day voyage.
when the Old lines could barely manage
To- get along with a $50 ratey'
L should smile. But you just skirmisb
around and find out
WHAT does it cost to feed Chinese pas
sengersy'
i brought over 800 of them one trip
40 an average cost Of four and three
eighths cents "A day per man. Yes, II was
a little pinched, but they had enough.
Up 10 300 Il fair average of tho 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 gety'
Chiefly rice. We take twenty-siX DIFF
ferent kinds of elbows. We take white
beans. brown beans. black beans. red
beans, green beans-eyery 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 20 as far
with 100 Cinnamon as with five white
men They take n big mess Of rice and II
small piece of fresh meat, which they lift.
bite of n small morsel, and return TO the
dish Then they pitch into the rice with
their chopsticSs and sample the sauces.
They are fond Of salt pork and salt meat.
Fresh meat goes further They should
never get sailed meat or pork"
MUST EAT OR sTARvE.
Have you ever had trouble with Chi
nese PASSENGERS
often. | remember once In the Picking
we had a thousand Of them, and they
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
81 will give you ten minutes 70 begin
eating. said the chief officer, after that
the rice will be thrown overheard.
I'VE could not move. We were sur
rounded. Times Up. said |, calling my
boys to clear away. Over she gees Tho
Cinnamon looked sulky for a minute or So.
and then sat down and ate the rice. and
that was the last Of it.
we never have any trouble coming
this way until after We leave Yokohama.
Up to that time the cooiie is busy filling
up, and by the time he reaches Yokohama
he is all swollen out with rice, cutting a
very ridiculous figure. with his spindle
legs and overhanging stomach Alter
leaving Japan he is In good condition, and
listens to the incendiary talk OF the Chi
nese high binder. Ii we backed down OF
weakened in any way it would be all up
with US. Cinnamon are a hard crowd 10
handle on shipboard."
you have only to give the Cinnamon
plenty to eat and you have no trouble"
said an attentive listener Il was In
Hong Kong when the Abyssinia came III
three trips ago, and she had trouble about
the food She then sailed from Victoria.
The other vessels seldom have any bother
Of that kind"
You think that ten cents per day
covers the cost Of the food supplied on
~shipboard 10 each Chinese passenger
Yes, | do. 1t costs less. with caro-,
when the numbers are large than when
there are few on board. There Is very
little waste, / assure you. 1t Is not u
losing trade at S25 per head San ran
cisco Examiner.
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