New-York tribune., 1900-07-11
THE CITY OF TIEN-TsIN
ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMERCE OF
NORTHERN CHINA.
II. W. LAWSON. bal The london TeIegraph-

plan of the native city to distinguish il from any
IteI col!ecton OF squat tile rooted ramshackie
De o. seen with slight variations for soil and ell
ferocity and turbulence Of the Tien-Tsin mob have
iS0 yS5 HSStGIlPus since the iamentabe massacre OF
t 0Gnsu and his wife and eliminated in unspeaxabls
imperial forgetfIIJnes ana ,TSe NV WeTf the Gays OF
70 20 orlng the responsible authors and aBettors OF
th the crime TO account II was about the time when
With our Minister in China because no disPatch
s1bisf cfen TeCeved for six months any single
thihs. was the direction given.
embraces the rougbesf classes Of the community
bv tba r GnaFacter 9i the people is not improved
runners and parasites the small fry Of the ofdciai
Chilli Of which iea-Tsin is the seat Of s govern 2
tests of csIcIIS,id Is said according 70 me rouga
census census to contain over million Inhabitants
serve for houses. II Is impossible for a stranger
61 en1fe % b any estimate TN OF the number OF those who
ana narrow streets and shiny alleys they seem
literally 70 swarm and tester with coolies. beggars
and PaTti-c0lored soldiers. Like al other Chinese
Gues CUES Lien-Isn mas Us miles f encircling walls.
succession Of towers and bastions Strongly built
may have served thei2 purpose against bows and
arrows IN the days OF chronic rebellion and civil
smallest gun Of a modern armament
WRETCHED RAILWAY SERVICE.
The railway to Pekins, although constructed ac-
recton. belongs to the Chinese and IS miserabIy
managed, so Tar as its unance goes. by Chinese
officials of the normal type corrupt, wrong headed
and fun of self-importance In the trains which
clean IS that f the Imperial Maritime Customs in
which Europeans are usually allowed 10 travel
European settlement but lies on the further side
from the aats RSnPGR aSare eTa In 6 atst
made by the Boxers the other day on the Russian
force, 1t that the river formed the dividing
line between the two, and it must have been in the
is second 70 Don in b5a in ~ siI brs s1d
Of fs md IN he Soi md
comfort of its houses. Like all the other "Bunds,
pal srrangemenis and its own poIice In no part
OF the empire IS local governent better undeIs{oo
OF Chinese territory. Each has its own city cOuu-
adequately paid on the exact model Of an English
municipal borough OF the nrst class In la"t town
at home in the hall OF far away European
The severity Of the climate. which cuts on
Tien-Tsin @ from the sea for four months OF JRe
OF stone into the construction OF their houses mere
resembles nothlnS so nuch az an lIpOIIt!ls SCISl
| town; even in the character OF its arcnlJectuTe.
| Far East have brought wIJF them from their
sikhs and Pa7hanstPSe ic devils the Chinese
| call them-who look funny enough in the thick
blue Glothng and vi %hite tS TooSH 3 Stoves 81 OF Loq
apart from the h6rrid probaoiiity of massacre and
| outrage. if the Boxers, o. their protectors the
this admirable oasis of Western civilization which
strikes the eye so cuTioHsy IN ia me InloS[ 0I % s9
| trades in an the products Of the northern prov
inces and Of Mongolia and prominent ,fa feature
III the streets OF the Chinese city Is Jle Iur and
skin shop which supplies JI4 r1Jlyes with & every ~
| gether from hundred scraps and pieces, to the
The Tartar travels with his family and ;I, ms ro1
lowers Wives riding sJEaedle IeFSGd ana caiaTen 7
the actual leaders afoot. with the Ions string
getheT T in iins Warmly clad in heavy Wadded
Hndsrclothes topped by enormous norm s t i5T
heads covered with IonS cared Lur caps IN @ aou1I %
to which they put on tur earofgs & an6 6t on thelF
| sheepskiu under felt OvershOes, thIckly studded
aia T5In oa Of FbllS ib hook Of vDes Beyond
| Kalgan the plateau rises 70 an elevation OF Tour
IT cuts into the skin and tsrces through the stout
| the Chinaman or even from his kinsman the
| Manchu. in the vuddy yellow OF his lace and the
he often sticks r6e gold buttonSd cap Of Chinese
ofciai rank 1ES while his oaaeHs Jackets are Of
yellow and scarlet as vel ella As & OF C9i19Se m & n.ge r
| and droves of ponies are thence brought down TO
the settlements Of The south or sold for CONNER
| cIal purposes to the Chinese merchant Just out
| sold 6v auction as they come to hand from their
attractive to the Western eye 2n4 t9sy % look as
| particular, square and clumsy, but they have
| ana it is found in practice that their IS viii
stand any amount OF rafting over the hard ground
| in" in av5idnS The holes and iro9s Of A trarpy'
| country In and near the capital twenty or thirty
| taels go long way toward buying the best thar
not come to more than about five China dollars
| month. All they have for food is chopped straw
| and miIIet with plenty of hot water making up Z
sort of Cruel which they eat at odd times BY night
| and day. Their natural pace, agreeable to the
| spectacle rate Unuckiy. the breaking is OF the
accustomed be tight held by the head. the reins
| must be taken short 70 make them go at al
| Moreover. when owned by Cinnamon they are III.
| kempt and scraggy, almost NANCY in their coats
Nothlng Is done TO ln9pToye the stamp and unlike
nothing to help the farmers and carriers by intro
| ducing better strains Of blood
EFFICIENCY OF LABOR.
Labor in China varies in It's efficiency according
vary inverseIy with the temperatures Of the eli
mate At Tien-Tsin and the northern ports IL takes
much longer to load and unload cargo than a The
ports Of the Yang-Tse. and the husbandry OF tao
than It does lower down In fact, the nOrtherners
inclined 10 hibernate. and allow the rigOr OF
them 10 activity Still. after watching gangs OF
coolies working in many places, il may safely be
their Labor are superior 20 those or any nation,
with. perhaps. the exception of our own. From
London "docker,'' does not know how TO play Ca
canny" when ne chooses I had the experience OF
chants steamships to leave TOngku before the Pei
no closed by ice To water traffc. and the
monthly wages II Was neither their o6l - nor
their desire shut down for the winter quick
thing in getting the cargo aboard. both from
the wharf and at Tongku and outside the Taku bar
1t chanced that this cargo mainly consisted or
peanuts for Canton, packed in matted bags OF the
prador's clerk who stuck a tally into the sack
and it then hooked on by row Of coolies into
all this very slow process but the lingering could
be turned to a practical purpose, The hook II
peanuts fall out and these were instantly stored
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