Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-28

Take the Island Of Hong Kong n has
been built up hy Chinese labor Take
the Straits settlements. the chinese DO
the work nf SINGAPORE aud nll that ~
zion. although The population in made
uu N NnHya. Tho MHufr are. hove
ever. unreliable They viii work Cor r.
short time and then lay on weeks. The
chief business houses of singapore ore
owned hy chinese and thc EnHlrh
think Hn much % thU Ch'u.r1 element
there that there arc Chinese ln Che
council 0f the GOVERNOR. ard the chi.
Htao have considerable t1 d1 with 900
public muusr. lu slHw tho chinese
form the bet working element az tno
population. and ln thH elites OF Burmlh
nearly 600 thH mechanic orc Gilmore. 4
understand that tho EuHiiHh ln Hong
Kong Hrc much alarmed about the pose
alhllitioa NJ competition from the ph.l-
lprucH nH tp cotton factories. This.
however Dr. only lu connection with the
Introduction of chinese labor 10 the
phiUuuu aH The natives cannot mnn-
axe The factories. nnd there wIl he mo-
danger n the chinese nrn lrut uut 70
VIII Doe the H1me with thn duyCilnnrut
0f the iobnrcn pllniHi1nr The Phillip.
pIno Islands have some M thr nrUHt Toe
hacc1 lands NJ the world TnH' afe flr
superior 20 those M gum1trl and Java.
hut 10 will require chinese Labor foo work
thrm. I think that the matter ~ self
interest VIII eventually show your poo
pie that the. cannot got along without
the chinese In the Philippine"
cmNNs NEW RAILROAD.
I uoxt asked hls eneou.ucy mmrihlur
about the now railroads N CHINA. lie o.
hy Gar the hsHt posted mun nu the SUBJ
sect outside the celestial empire lie
was connected with the railroads uf
north china before ho came here. lie
has travelled nll over iha country and
knows ull about the possibilities. said
be-;
There ~ no land whore railroads will
pay better than ln china. We have n
vast population We have cities OF
enormous slEH situated only 70 foW mlIcH
apart aud Villages lunuWCfahlc. We
nrc re- great business people and our l1-
cal trade lH enormous Today tho most
~ our manufacturers and agricultural
products are carried from place o. place
on the water ON the backs uf men ur lu
carts in the future the great part of
them viii go hy rail- The ChiurarH Will
appreciate the economy uf railroad
transportation and the roads Will be
well putronlzed."
How do the roaia,now In operation
pnyT' I asked.
Some u them are paying enormous
dividends" replied the chinese minister.
Take tho road from Tien Tain % shan
I Hal Kwun. This was the nrst railroad
| N any length IN china. I was one NJ
I the builders. We could not got tho lm-
] pcrlnl sanction 20 IL at lint and We had
l 10 operate slowly ~ Hung chang
| was at the head OF the movement ami
] we built tho line milo by mile. fccliug
] our way, until we connected tho great
l KuiplnW coal mines with ripnTHia. and
| finally pushed the ruud on Co tho Chs
/ nese wall aud the sea at shan iinl
| Kwan Tho road now hns nn enormous
/ business aud it pays. ! venture trme-
| thing like 100 per cent. We have fac
| tories M Knlplng where we make our
own ears and locomotives. We have
/ chinese engineers. brikomcn rnl t0n-
| ductors and tho work IN the machine
/ shops u done by Chinese, I can't de-
| scribe the trouble We had IN getting the
l people 60 allow uH 10 Lulll ihc road.
| Even after We had tho imperial Hanc-
] tion we were held back hy .uhllc 0pIn-
| Ion. Tho labor organizations were
/ against as and We had 90 move very
I cautiously You see che labor unions
I ore very strong 10 china, The general
I idea IL that the country if Nn absolute
I monarchy. The truth o. that o. o. as
] democratic almost uH the Unltos strtes.
| and the words 'NoN u1puIi. NuN Def
| have almost as much weight
THE RAILROAD ~ PEKINo.
"rhoro ln now railroad from Tier
] Taln 90 poklng h. there not. your px-
] culloncyg" I asked.
] 'NoH," replied the Chinese minister !
devoted several yoau TO furths- that