The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-19

news matter, each page being almost rs
large as the observation-disclosures. The adj
Nertssements are printed in smaller. more
condensed type than the news matter on
the upper part Of each page.
The editorials are always appended 20
the end Of rews articles. Occasionally an
editorial may be five or ten times as long
as the article on which Il IS based. but
that Is the way Ng Poon Chew does the
thing. IL was Also the method pursued
by Rev. Mr.. sheldon when for a week
he ran a paper in Topeka not long aro.
There are sixteen men on the stan ~
the Chung Sal Vat Pc. headed by Nr
Poon Chew who is the brains and push
OF the whole concern. He Is the editorial
writer. the managing editor. tho news
editor, the city editor, the exchange edi-
tor. and the business manager Then
there are two stan writer's. six typxset-
tiers, one proofreader. one pressman. ons
business office clerk, one advertising ro-
hctor. two regular carriers and one cook.
The typesetters get SIS a month each ana
their board and lodging. That IL why
there Is cook on the stan All the
stan sleep In apartments back OF the
pressroom and eat in the business osice
hreakfast Is az In the morning, dinner
at In the afternoon and supper about
10 at night. The proofreader works only
IN tho afternoon. In the forenoon he Is a
private school teacher elsewhere. Tha
wages OF the typesetter. together with
the board and lodging, are equivalent 10
pay OF $40 a month. In China the sauna
service with board would bring SIS a
month. But there are no professional
Chinese typesetcers. movable types being
sun a novelty. The typesetter has 10 ~.
broken In TO the business That "a the
way Ng Poon Chew secured his present
staff--he broke them in
Altogether. Editor Ng Poon Chew has
reason to he proud or his plant and OF
.ne success he has won with 1t. AS to
the plant itself, 1t Il undoubtedly the fin-
est In the world already. but la RAPIDLY
being Increased by additions 10 keep pace
with the growth and demands of the pub-
hcation There are more than LOCO o0o
types In the more than 100 cases thar
reach from the floor to the height OF a
mans head. There are between 5000 and
1000 pounds of type In the cases. for each
character Is considerably larger and
heavier than English type OF common
size. Two tons of stili larger type have
been ordered from Japan. where Il can
be made much faster than In CHINA
The Chinese type cases are a novelty.
Instead OF the simple twenty-six letters
used In the English alphabet. the Chinese
typesetter must wander among moro
than a hundred cases containing the H.
600 different characters with which tho
sons OF old Confucius express their ideas
IN WoruS. IneSo characters are arranged
In 2i4 correiative groups each OF which
contains tho words OF similar root or
radical. For example. ali diseases are In
n group. and all trees In another In this
way the work OF the tspesetter is simpii-
Ned. Instead Of remembering the pnrticu-
lar little compartment for each OF the
li.o0o words. hs learns the location OF
each OF the ia groups Even then his
task Is n sixteen-to-one Job, compared
with learning the puzxiing divisions OF
the rack containing the English alphabet.
The Chinese type cases are inclined up
on A-shaped racks, and are grouped no.
coriing to the relative commonness OF tina
words. In setting mp an article In type.
tha Chinese frequently has to walk moro
than mile. turning up and down the III
tie alieywnyr OF cases, picking out type
here, selecting another there. crossing
from side to side, winding In and out
among the racks. and slowly building hts
sentence from the metallic blocks OF
strange looking symbols
The Chung Sal Vat 20 IL an evening pa
per and has no Sunday edition. the editor
is an ordained minister. objecting 20 such
publications. 1t sells readily for cents
per copy.