Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-29

cling through China and Japan inves-
tigating the commercial and Industrial
conditions of the people. and looking
into all matters OF interest to the
United States. This senatorial trip was
made up of former Senator Dubois Of
Idaho and Senators Frank Pettigrew
of South Dakota and Frank Cannon OF
Utah who are still in Congress. These
men left for China at the close OF the
last session and arrived home just be-
fore the present session began. Dur
ing their travels they have visited
nearly every part OF Japan. have spent
some months In central and north
China, consulting with Ii Hung Chang
and other nabobs in Picking. and TAX
ing an overland trip to the great Chi
nese wall. The men are noted for their
practical business sense and their oh
seryations cannot but be OF the great
est value.
SENATOR CANNON CHATS OF
CHINA.
had n long interview the other
night with SenatorFrankCannon about
his trip. He has come back impressed
with the greatness OF the Chinese and
full of new ideas concerning their fu-
ture. Said he:
1--WE people of the western world know
but little of the Chinese. We have
thought that they were sinking back
and going into n decline. My impress
sion Is that they are simply crouching
to spring at the rest of the world. l
think that they will have all the rest
of mankind by the throat inside of a
generation If Russia, Germany and
England divide up China, they VIII
only stimulate her productive powers.
They viii organize the Chinese, and
the 400 600, 900 people of the Chinese
empire will become producers The
foreigners will introduce modern ma
chinery. and this will multiply the pos
sible amount of production from nve
to a hundredfold. / tell you It VIII
revolutionize the world, and the
change will he almost instantaneous
Don't you think you exaggerate the
ability of the Chinese. SENATOR"
mot Bit" replied Senator Cannon.
"1'hey are n wonderful people. Take a
little incident that happened while we
were in Picking. We were going to visit
the astronomical Instruments of what
is called the Chinese observatory on
the wall which runs about the city.
There are magnificent spheres and
hemispheres of bronze there which
were made about 800 years ago, and
had as n guide a half-naked. dirty Chi
naman. not more than fourteen years
old. He looked meaner and more ig-
norant than any ragamufiln You can
pick up on the street here today. When
he had guided us to the top of the wall,
he climbed upon the great celestial
globe and with his dirty finger pointed
out to us the various considerations. He
seemed to know all about astronomy
and described what every instrument
was for. The Chinese can learn any
thing. Some of them have come here
to school. they stand high in their
classes. They can handle machinery
and they are, believe, the best raw
material in the wa. of man to be found
in the Industrial world today.
THE RESOURCES OF CHINA.
70 ,eaking of raw materials. senator;
did you learn anything about the na!u'
raj resources of Gilman
"They are wonderful" replied Sena-
ton Cannon. "China has greater
variety and wealth OF mineral re-
earth My special attention was callet
to the provinces of Shansee and Honan
the first of which Is just little largel
than New York, and the second o.
which is smaller than Kansas. Thos'
two states support by farming popu
lation of nearly forty millions, and n
the same time they have more Goa
and iron close together than has eve
been found in any part OF the Unite,
States. The people are living now b,
what they get out OF their soil b.
agriculture. If the foreigners divide
up China. they will add to this a manu-
featuring product far greater than TIL
agricultural one. China has soil tina
will produce cotton In any quantity
They can raise long staple cotton ant
their latitudinal range for cotton II
three times that of the United States
The cotton manufactured In China i
all native cotton. and they are puttini
up many new cotton mills. Why. the.
raise cotton, wheat and beans In tn
same field, and l was told they ha'
been doing this for three thousan,
years"
THE NEW RAILWAYS OF CHINA
did you find any railroad building
going on. senatorp'
''Some. but not q great DEAL re
piled Senator Cannon. we went owe
II railroad from Tlentsin to Tung-Choy
on our way to Picking. The cars wer
very good. They were built In Chin
and they cost less than any cars In tn
world. The new roads are well bull
and those which are now planned vii
open up a country containing NOR
than a hundred million people. TIL
Chinese patronize the roads. and
have no doubt but that they will pa,
well. As yet, however. boats AM
wheelbarrows form the chief freigh
and passenger cars OF the country. Il
going to the Chinese wall | rode mos
of the way ON IA donkey. | took
short ride on wheelbarrow, and dur
ing part of my travels j rode in
Chinese cart, which IL about the hard
est method of travel 1 have eve
known"
Ii HUNG CHANG IN 1898.
"By the way, senator, did you NEE
Ii Hung Chang during your stay !
China!"
Eyes" was the reply. 1--WE spent n
afternoon with him, and had Ion
chat about Chinese and American mat
ters."
where did you see him."
TN Picking" said Senator Cannon
Iii now lives in Buddhist monster
there. For twenty years whenever h
has been in Picking he has stopped q
this monastery. He has his secretar,
an American named Pethick, with hin
and he watches from there the AFFAIR
of the world with his eagle eye"
rs 1t true that he has been degrad
ed?"
mo. think not" replied the sena
tor, "although he has not the powe
that he had in the past. lIo Is sol
of sentimental dictator or China |
regard to foreign affairs. The Chimes
cannot get along without him. an
they are cordial In their treatment {
him. He is very strong with the en-
peror and the empress dowager. an
the mobiles OF the court are ratht