The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-01
INNOVATIONS IN CHM.

INNOVATIONS IN CHM.
Remarkable Incress. IN PoruI.t,o, or Z.
Great Province-Growth OF r ppy Cuit,rs
-Prediettou That Three Provt.e., n
Chinn VIII spppiy the Opium Deusns
SHANGHAI. Feb. 16-It is seldom that for.
eiRners can get any accurate inform alton In
regard to the growth or decline Of the great
interior cities OF China. Navigation on the
YanRtse River has been permitted as far as
Ichang to foreign steam boats. and It is known
that this great port has felt the stimulus of
European trade; but there are no accuratsI
data to show what has been the relative growth
OF the various provinces. or what the change
in agriculture or manufactures. 1t is eyidentS
from what the Marquis Tseng wrote in
his famous review article. The Awakeninaf
OF China" that there Is a great ferments
going on under tho apparently placid surfaces
OF Chinese life. and that the best energies OF
the most enterprising Chinese officials are
being put forth to train natives so that thsyk
may take the place OF foreign officers and
managers. This effort has borne fruit In IN Fl
navy and the customs service. In both OF which
several hundred Germans have been droppedf
during the last few years. In all new manu-
features the same process OF wedding out the
foreigners. who have taught the natives skin
and auickness In their spscialties. lie going
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statesman rs the Viceroy Ii Hung Chang A.
the demonstration that Chinese officers are
able to handle the now French cruisers OF
China's navy. It fattsrs that pride OF indie
pendsncs and that overweening concei. Of
their own ability which are the two most
striking qualities Of the Monaghan.
English and American mining managers
who have been hired at big salaries to super
intend the placing OF heavy machinery in 70.
mote interior districts all tell the same tale.
They are handsomely treated. but they must
teach all that they know to Chinese They
cannot retain monopoly OF their engineering
or Of their practical skill II seldom requires
over two or three years for the quick
witted Chinese to absorb all the foreign
ers' knowledge. Then the imported man.
ager 10 dismissed with costly presents and
the mine goes on under native control In
the great cotton factories near Canton and
the gun factory the same process OF dim
mutton has been seen. Doubtless. the intro
duetion Of foreign methods Of doing work in
agriculture Will soon follow the return OF the
Chinese who have spent years in the Straits
Settlements. Australia. and the United States.
and win soon return home safe from the per-
solutions Of petty mandsrinA
are aysa II the report q British Censu, Hob.
~ TIE l.
larger than California In area t168. 400
ssS s. T.sm :A hnSDSSls Matte dfHsa
as 21;13se5s: How :. srss.ly this u has ain in
scs ho IN A 4 ?! NOW 49,
million: % g: a.LshSSTins DISyinSs q %aa
walls has been built over. and eye. even the usual
isctarss the City occupies 4 low rank. but as
trading port and Distributing centre Il ranks
able to read fGentiy and thirty, per cent to
s s:sd .s ssi5 Among the women i've Der cent
The most rsmarka BILE chang in the proyine:
X II the
Of szechuen, {unn.n. and Kyeichov are o sPsG,
y b, % md enSts t0s hsrs
discarded ali the old restrictions on poppy enl-
tiyAtion and are nov stimulating Il as source re,
%stsa 81 ;SS s.e: S s6Sud ali the
be so immense that China could stop
1 ~i!sst GSn... G dspors Il. iHsr:...
SS h'S sy t sS.r with e:
OF reducing the demand. With that Gns ma.
tsrlalistic sense Of which the Chinese haysso
people must use opium It would be tst better
for them, as well as for the wealth o. the n
sh ss mp sass .stIes nf this spirit xhcS
has alarmed the Indian authorities and when
was at the bottom OF the apDotrtment OF Ing
Indian Opium Commission. III all the miles
fields OF Szechusn and Yunnan were waslhs
with peoples tho deficit OF the Indian empts
would reach such proportions that efAsA
would be inevitable ,
This British Consul thinks that smother gen.
Grafton will see the poppy planted on eFeIn
available acre In the three provinces. Inc sou
Is better fitted for It than the Indian sol, lhs
climate Is more favorable. labor Is as cheAh
and importation In less costly. MIN Az
these advantages the Chinese Will ial IN tn .r
usual shrswdnsss IL theJ do not selze thS
opportunity to keep at home the nlllqns OF
dollars that annually flow tntO the lhhIsh
treasury for this drug MISSIONARIES h a1
dwet upon the evil effects O OPIUM smVAt ~
In districts given over To the eultufe o. 'm'
poppy. but experts who are entirely nnptein
diced declare that opium has very NUS s- ~
huenee on the Chinese race Inc pow giysn
to the Monaghan. whereas the ,uio
psan is robbed OF all his will power bI the in-
sldlous drug. Chinese OF gooi rahk $50
opium as an FnglishmAn or an AmeIGGHSh u
brandy or liqueurs-as LUXURY ne wiz Hac,Iy
a pipe during business transaction eAAe1
as European would take a glass OF o ianu,
and soda or a dash OF Chartreuss or An,seuG
Va never dreams OF stupsfying himseH WIN
tha drug or OF deliberately setting Abnul "a
opium dshAuch. Even the coInmon peopseI IA
China arc very Abstemious in the use o. OPIUM.
and among the greater number the dlu3
serves n increase the bodily Vigor ana 10 raia
OH many diseases The subject OF OPIUM
ain 'ng the Chinese IL oas which onsIs a ms
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